4Rude CAPTURING A WHITE BIRD. THAT IS ALL THE SAME AS CAPTURING THE BLUE SKY.

Founded in Tokyo in 2005, 4RUDE celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2025.

We will be staging a series of performances every month until August 2026 to celebrate this milestone. These will feature revived versions of our previous works, particularly those created since our relocation to Berlin in 2013, as well as new productions. This is a unique opportunity to experience the history of 4RUDE.

Programme I is our second work in Berlin (2016).

Inspired by Kobo Abe’s novel The Woman in the Dunes, we have created a butoh theatre that seeps beneath the skin.

Freedom of transfer. Freedom not to transfer.
A round-trip ticket.
Social restrictions under the guise of freedom.
Utopia at the world’s end. Belonging.
Home.

Direction, choreography, performance, light & sound design: Hikaru Inagawa
Choreography, performance, costume: Maco
Music: Masaru Soga, Kazuya Zenzai and others
Production assistant: Adina Mohr, Rareș Grozea
Production: 4RUDE