Performing Female Intimacy in Japan's Takarazuka Revue

Nobuko Anan (Kansai University)

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Cambridge University Press
28 August 2025

Theatre Studies; Gender studies, gender groups; Gender studies: women; Gay & Lesbian studies

Series: Elements in Women Theatre Makers

Japan's Takarazuka Revue is arguably the most commercially successful all-female theatre company in the world. Renowned for its glamour-laden staging of musicals and revues, the company's signature shows are heterosexual Western romances where women play both male and female roles. Since its audience consists almost entirely of women, Takarazuka creates a space for queer intimacy between performers and ardent female fans. This Element analyses the recent experimental show, The Poe Clan, directed by Koike Shūichirō, which portrays a male homoerotic relationship, argued as a façade for a queer, kin-like relationship between women. It also explores works by the female director Ueda Kumiko, which depict an anti-capitalist shared commons for female intimacy. These shows exhibit resistant girls' aesthetics, expressed in the company's two-dimensional performance style.

By: Nobuko Anan (Kansai University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009554978
ISBN 10: 1009554972
Series: Elements in Women Theatre Makers
Pages: 68
Publication Date: 28 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Gender and sexual conundrum of the Takarazuka revue; 2. Female queer kinship and the poe clan; 3. Ueda Kumiko's experiments: De-capitalising TAKARAZUKA postscript; References.