"C" is for 1000 Cranes

Last night and this afternoon, at Artspring, UBC Theatre alumnus Colin Thomas' award-winning play, 1000 Cranes, is being presented in Toyoshi Yoshihara's translation by Bunkaza, a Japanese theatre company with a 70-year record of excellence and a special interest in producing Canadian work.

The play weaves together two stories. In the first, which is based on the true story of Sadako Sasaki, a young girl discovers that she has radiation-induced leukemia nine years after the bombing of Hiroshima. Determined to live, she folds origami cranes, which are a symbol of hope
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The second story is about Buddy, a Canadian boy who is afraid of nuclear war and thinks there's nothing he can do to stop it.

The play is written in english, later translated into Japanese and is performed here in Japanese.

This image shows the celebration of having won a relay race as part of a peace demonstration.