About the speaker

Erina (Ogawa) Saji began her career in productions directed by Yukio Ninagawa and founded Utervision Company Japan in 2011. Her work fuses physical theatre and puppetry and has taken her to more than 30 countries. She co-founded eru Himal Puppet Theatre, Nepal’s first professional puppet company, and the Nepal Puppetry Association in 2025, carrying living puppetry traditions into the next generation.