In December 2019 the Japan Arts Council National Theatre in Tokyo will stage a revival of the 1931 kabuki show KOMORI NO YASUSAN, written by Kimura Kinka in 1931 and based on Chaplin’s City Lights. The show has been revived and revised by Ono Hiroyuki in collaboration with Matsumoto Koshiro the 10th, who will perform in the show. Here are the first photographs of Matsumoto Koshiro the 10th in costume for the performance:
In commemoration of this year’s 130th anniversary of Chaplin’s birth, the National Theatre of Japan is reviving KOMORI NO YASUSAN, a Kabuki version of Chaplin’s CITY LIGHTS that was originally performed in August 1931 at Tokyo’s Kabuki Theatre. The revival stars Matsumoto Koshiro the 10th.
From 4th December to 26th December 2019.
Further details on the National Theatre of Japan’s website.
The first ever Chaplin Award for Asia will be presented by Kiera Chaplin to the incredibly talented Tony Leung Chiu-Wai on November 10th, 2018 at the Shangliu Tatler Annual Ball in Shanghai.
We are delighted to announce that Erhan Ay from Istanbul, Turkey is the winner of our Design a Logo contest for 2019, the 130th anniversary of Chaplin’s birth :
Congratulations, Erhan! We love the logo!
Erhan Ay’s design will accompany Chaplin events and communication in 2019. The logo will be used by the Chaplin office (Roy Export, Bubbles Incorporated) and their licensees, and by Chaplin’s World by Grévin.
To see Erhan Ay’s other work, you can visit erhanay.com and follow him on:
The jury consisted of employees of the Chaplin office, members of the Chaplin’s World team and Laura Chaplin, Chaplin’s granddaughter. We would like to express our thanks again to all of the participants for taking the time to submit their artwork, and for being Chaplin fans.
The competition was very tough. Amazingly, there were 195 participating logos - far more than we expected – from six continents, from such diverse countries as Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Lithuania, Malaysia, Nepal, Norway, the Philippines, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the USA and Venezuela.
We were so impressed with the submissions that it took us some time to come to a decision, and have decided to share a few of our favorite runners-up in the following days.
U2 has licensed from our office the use of Chaplin’s final speech from The Great Dictator to open their 2018 “eXPERIENCE & iNNOCENCE Tour” in European venues.
Watch the original speech here:
In 1959, Chaplin released The Chaplin Revue, comprising three of his early silent films (A Dog’s Life, Shoulder Arms and The Pilgrim) with an orchestral music track he composed with the help of his music associate, Eric james. Chaplin also wrote the lyrics for The Pilgrim’s title song, “Bound for Texas”, which was sung by Matt Munro.
In the coming days, we’ll publish a new track from the original soundtracks of A Dog’s Life, Shoulder Arms and The Pilgrim once a day on Youtube so you can listen from anywhere! Subscribe to our Youtube channel to keep up with our daily posts.
You can also get the soundtracks on:
Apple Music / iTunes:
- A Dog’s Life
- Shoulder Arms
- The Pilgrim
Spotify:
- A Dog’s Life
- Shoulder Arms
- The Pilgrim
Deezer:
- A Dog’s Life
- Shoulder Arms
- The Pilgrim
Amazon:
- A Dog’s Life: GB US
- Shoulder Arms: GB US
- The Pilgrim: GB US
and more…
Charlie Chaplin’s birthday, April 16th, is Charlie Chaplin Day. Watch the video below!