Tokyo Weekender - February 2017

Tiziano, ca.1515, Oil on canvas, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence © Gabinetto Fotografico del Polo Museale Regionali della Toscana
C
COMEDY
Three comedy nights to keep you
laughing all month long
JIMMY CARR
One of the most prolific
joke-tellers of recent
times, Jimmy Carr embarked
on a mammoth
world tour earlier this
year that features a
selection of his very
best jokes along with
brand new material.
His deadpan delivery
coupled with plenty of dark humor has made him a
perfect host for several of Britain’s top panel shows,
and Carr brings equal amounts of charm and edge
to his stand-up. February 27, Yamano Hall
Gabriella Mangano & Silvana Mangano “There is no there,”
2015 / Single-channel video / Collection of the artist /
Courtesy of Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne
TITIAN AND THE RENAISSANCE IN VENICE
When it comes to Venetian Renaissance art, one prolific painter perhaps embodies
it more than others – Tiziano Vecellio, also known as Titian. The 15th/16th
century painter worked steadily on commissions from monarchs and popes alike
throughout his fruitful life. His brilliant colors, free and vibrant brushwork and use
of softly diffused light became a calling card and influenced generations to come.
On top of dozens of Titian's works, this exhibition includes influential works by
Bellini and Vivarini, as well as later Venetian works by Veronese and others. Tokyo
Metropolitan Art Museum Until April 2 titian2017.jp/english
YEBISU INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR ART &
ALTERNATIVE VISIONS 2017
Better known as Yebizo, this renowned festival will take place at the renovated
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum in Ebisu. The theme for this year’s festival is
“Multiple Future” and the art promises to explore this concept by employing duplicative
techniques and marrying variant elements. Participants for 2017 include
artist Yasuko Toyoshima, videographer Fiona Tan, American filmmaker Nancy
Kates, and Academy Award–winning Polish director Zbigniew Rybczyński.
Tokyo Photographic Arts Museum Until February 26 www.yebizo.com
EDDIE IZZARD
In bringing his latest
stand-up show, “Force
Majeure,” to Tokyo
for the first time ever,
Eddie Izzard is closing
in on having toured
30 different countries.
This extensive tour is
no match for Izzard’s
energetic stream-ofconsciousness
style of comedy, which often leads
him to speak in multiple languages, even ones he
claims not to know. Equally at home on stage and on
screen, Izzard is a master storyteller and a fearless
entertainer. February 25, Tokyo Comedy Store
PERFECT
LIARS CLUB
Perfect Liars Club is a
comedy storytelling/
interrogation show that
started in Washington
DC in 2013. The point
of the game is to spot
the liar. For the first
part of the show, four
people tell funny stories,
three are real, one is not. In the second part, the
audience asks questions of the performers, looking
for holes in their stories. In the last segment, the audience
votes on who’s lying and sees if they’re right.
All in all, a fun way to spend an evening and sharpen
your wits. February 9, Good Heaven’s Bar
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