Brad Birch’s new play MISSING PEOPLE is a bilingual family drama performed by Japanese and British actors, in a co-production between Leeds Playhouse and the Kani Public Arts Theatre in Japan.

It premiered at the New National Theatre in Tokyo on Feb 8th 2020 before transferring to Kani Public Arts Theatre from 22nd February. It was scheduled to play in the Courtyard Theatre, Leeds Playhouse from March 13-21st 2020, but the run was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic on 16th March.

MISSING PEOPLE

Cast: Simon Darwen, Susan Hingley, Ishia Bennison, Yutaka Oda, Yuri Eikawa, Natsumi Nanase and Hiroki Tanaka.

Co-directed by Mark Rosenblatt & Nobuhiro Nishikawa

Set Design Rumi Matsui

Costume Design Rie Nishihara

Lighting Design Elliot Griggs

Sound Matt Padden

Movement Sachi Kimura

Ishia Bennison as Linda in MISSING PEOPLE, New National Theatre Tokyo, 2020 (Image: David Lindsay)

Susan Hingley and Natsumi Nanase in MISSING PEOPLE, New National Theatre Tokyo, 2020 (Image: David Lindsay)

Susan Hingley and Simon Darwen in MISSING PEOPLE, New National Theatre, Tokyo & Leeds Playhouse, 2020 (Image: David Lindsay)

Natsumi Nanase, Susan Hingley, Ishia Bennison, Simon Darwen and Yutaka Oda in MISSING PEOPLE, New National Theatre, Tokyo and Leeds Playhouse, 2020. (Image: David Lindsay)

Yutaka Oda in MISSING PEOPLE, New National Theatre, Tokyo and Leeds Playhouse, 2020. (Image: David Lindsay)