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Between the Stones Project Sponsors and Contributors

The Between the Stones project was the result of extensive collaboration and the positive vision and support of our collaborators and partners. It was a great pleasure to work again with professional Japanese noh actors Kinue Oshima, Teruhisa Oshima, Akira Matsui, all of the other professional Japanese artists, and Theatre Nohgaku members. We were, of course, delighted to be joined by 11 year-old Iori Oshima accompanied by his mother, Suzuko Oshima, for his debut international visit and tour. 

It was a special pleasure to work with Simon Callow, who helped us deliver the main event at the Japanese Embassy as part of Phase 2 and who joined in a podcast discussion with composer Jonathan Dove, Richard Emmert and Jannette Cheong. Our thanks to Jonathan and Simon for their kind support and interest in undertaking this. 

We were also pleased to add, Hideta Kitazawa, our wonderful mask maker and friend, to the wide range of collaborative project activities in the final phase. 

A network of partners and organisations were involved - some throughout the three phases and across the project - covering a wide range of outreach and educational activities. These included (in alphabetical order) with those connected to events and sponsorship for Phase 3 highlighted in bold: 

  • The British Library (Outreach, UK. Phases 1-3)

  • Cragside House (Outreach, UK Phase 1)

  • Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (Key Phase 3 Sponsor)

  • Coventry Primary Schools (Five) (Phases 1-3)

  • East 15 Acting School/University of Essex (Education) (Phases 2-3)

  • Embassy of Japan, London (Japan-UK Season of Culture organisers. Phases 1-3)

  • Graham Marchant (Sponsor Phase 2)

  • Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (Key Phase 2 Sponsor)

  • Guildhall School of Music & Drama (Education - Phase 2)

  • Ireland Japan Association (Sponsor of Phases 1-3)

  • Japan Centre (Sponsor phase 2)

  • Japan Foundation (Key Phase 3 Sponsor)

  • Japanese Garden Society (will design and build the Coventry Children’s Karesansui Garden)

  • Japan House (Phase 3 Public event)

  • Japan Society London (Education partner Phases 1-3, & Key Phase 2, Sponsor)

  • Japan Society Northwest (Outreach Phases 1 & 3)

  • John Lewis & Partners (Sponsorship-in-kind, Phase1)

  • Kilkenny Liberal Studies Group (Outreach, Ireland)

  • Marie Curie Hospice Hampstead (Outreach, UK)

  • Moss Timber (contribution to pillars and specialist wood for Hideta Kitazawa’s demonstration talks)

  • Mitsubishi Corporation International (Europe) Plc (Key Phase 3 Sponsor)

  • Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. (Key Phase 2-3 Sponsor)

  • Musée Guimet (Theatre partner)

  • National Opera House, Wexford, Ireland (Theatre partner)

  • London Digital Print Ltd (Key Sponsor Phases 1-3)

  • RED Partners (Sponsor - website development)

  • Royal Holloway University of London Centre for Asian Theatre and Dance (Education)

  • Oriental Museum Durham University (Outreach/Education, UK)

  • Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford (Education, UK)

  • Sawin & Edwards (Sponsorship in-kind)

  • School of Oriental & African Studies (Education, in-kind sponsorship)

  • Southbank Centre (Theatre partner)

  • Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny, Ireland (Theatre partner)