JANNETTE CHEONG is a poet, playwright, and designer. She has collaborated with Oshima Noh Theatre, Richard Emmert, and Kitazawa Hideta for almost two decades. Uniquely, she has written three noh pieces in English: Pagoda (2009, 2011); Opposites-InVerse (2017), blending noh, opera and ballet; and Between the Stones (2020). She lives in London.
RICHARD EMMERT is the founder and former artistic director of Theatre Nohgaku, which is dedicated to performing noh in English. He has worked in North America, Europe and Asia and has composed music in noh style for English, French, and Spanish language noh. Awarded the Koizumi Prize in 2019, he is Professor Emeritus of Musashino University. He lives in Tokyo.