Hanamichi Productions is a performing arts company that fosters cross-cultural artistic collaboration between Japan and the United Kingdom through live performance, film, exhibitions, writing, and group workshops. Founded in 2024 by actor-dancer Suleiman Suleiman, Hanamichi Productions creates daring and innovative theatre inspired by the rich tapestry of traditional Japanese drama, dance, painting, costume, music and architecture.

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On Tuesday 16th July 2024, Hanamichi Productions co-produced the critically acclaimed world premiere of Spring Snow at Ryedale Festival in North Yorkshire. The performance was described in The Guardian as 'a gripping piece of cross-cultural music theatre of astonishing power, drawing on the undoubted parallels between Schubert’s lost wanderer and kabuki’s preoccupation with the trials of love and grief.' Between July 2024 and the bicentenary of Franz Schubert's death in October 2028, Spring Snow will be performed across the UK, Europe, United States and Japan in prestigious theatre, gallery and museum settings. The principal artists involved in this project are mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron, pianist Julius Drake, tsugaru shamisen musician Hibiki Ichikawa and actor-dancer Suleiman Suleiman.