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Tokyo’s annual theater-fest responds to the challenges of 3/11 in a variety of fascinating ways. The festival director talks to Metropolis and we give you the lowdown on six plays you might want to see.

Imprisoned by a public nervous after the Fukushima disaster, Astroboy receives a large, reptilian visitor who has certain challenges to pose to the little robot hero. A dialectic mini-play on the consequences of nuclear power.

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Callum Grant didn’t even know what a Blue Man was when he auditioned—and that’s probably why he got the part. A member of the Tokyo show, Grant chats to Metropolis about life in the big blue.