Theatre Creator and Performer
Co-Artistic Director of Popcorn Galaxies
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June Fukumura is the Co-Artistic Director of Popcorn Galaxies with Keely O'Brien. Since 2013 Popcorn Galaxies has been creating site-specific, site-responsive, immersive theatrical experiences. Popcorn Galaxies aims to illuminate the mundane by juxtaposing it with the unexpected and to test the thresholds between imagination and reality, life and theatre. For more visit www.popcorngalaxies.ca |
Solo and freelance projects
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June works in the intersection of experimental contemporary theatre, movement, and new devised works. Trained in Grotowski inspired physical theatre, The Six Viewpoints by Mary Overlie, contact improvisation, clown, and Simon Fraser University's Theatre Performance program, her embodied practices investigates new theatrical forms through physical performance. She also works as a stage actor. Most notably she played Miyoko and Mrs. Yamamoto in the 2023 world premiere of Forgiveness, a Governor General Nominated play by Hiro Kanagawa Co-Produced by Arts Club Theatre & Theatre Calgary. |
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Select Theatre/Devised Projects:
Forgiveness | Miyoko/Mrs. Yamamoto | Dir: Stafford Arima / Arts Club Theatre & Theatre Calgary
In the Shadows of the Mountain (reading) | Andrea / Young Ester | Dir: Valerie Sing Turner / Visceral Visions
Animus Anima (workshop) | Zero | Dir: Eugene Ma / Trade Co. Theatre
Otosan | Little Shizu | Dir: Donna Yamamoto/ Little Onion Puppet Co.
Akashi (10 minute theatrical ver.) | Kana | Dir: Mayumi Yoshida / Boca Del Lupo
MINE | Performer | Dir: Maiko Yamamoto / Theatre Replacement
Coloured | Clown | Dir: Avyen von Waldenburg / New(to)Town Collective
12 Minute Madness | Smoker | Dir: Raina von Waldenburg / Center for Embodied Performance
Wild State | Perfomer | Dir: Maiko Yamamoto / Simon Fraser University
The Love Talker -| Gowdie Blackmun | Dir: Keely O’Brien / Simon Fraser University
The Cold War | Mary Muffet | Dir: DD Kugler / Simon Fraser University
Donut Holes in Orbit | Mrs. Lee | Dir: Davey Calderon / Simon Fraser University
Forgiveness | Miyoko/Mrs. Yamamoto | Dir: Stafford Arima / Arts Club Theatre & Theatre Calgary
In the Shadows of the Mountain (reading) | Andrea / Young Ester | Dir: Valerie Sing Turner / Visceral Visions
Animus Anima (workshop) | Zero | Dir: Eugene Ma / Trade Co. Theatre
Otosan | Little Shizu | Dir: Donna Yamamoto/ Little Onion Puppet Co.
Akashi (10 minute theatrical ver.) | Kana | Dir: Mayumi Yoshida / Boca Del Lupo
MINE | Performer | Dir: Maiko Yamamoto / Theatre Replacement
Coloured | Clown | Dir: Avyen von Waldenburg / New(to)Town Collective
12 Minute Madness | Smoker | Dir: Raina von Waldenburg / Center for Embodied Performance
Wild State | Perfomer | Dir: Maiko Yamamoto / Simon Fraser University
The Love Talker -| Gowdie Blackmun | Dir: Keely O’Brien / Simon Fraser University
The Cold War | Mary Muffet | Dir: DD Kugler / Simon Fraser University
Donut Holes in Orbit | Mrs. Lee | Dir: Davey Calderon / Simon Fraser University
Forgiveness by Hiro Kanagawa
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Select Dance/Movement Projects: Cave to Dream | Dir: Cindy Mochizuki / Richmond Art Gallery Disagreeable Tales | Dir: The Biting School / Vancouver International Dance Festival Declarations | Dir: Jordan Tannahill / PuSh International Performing Arts Festival Emergence | Dir: Lily Cryan / Simon Fraser University Los Goyas | Dir: Robert Azevedo / Shooting Gallery Performance eatingthegame | Dir: Milton Lim / Hong Kong Exile In Peril of Combustible Seas | Dir: Robert Azevedo / Simon Fraser University ReCall | Dir: Iris Lau / Simon Fraser University Escapement | Dir: Iris Lau / Simon Fraser University |