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Ueda Kumiko × SPAC “Hamlet”

　

　
Adapted and directed by Ueda Kumiko
Written by William Shakespeare
Translated by Kawai Shoichiro

　
　
　

Cast

　

Information

2026
Saturday, 27 June at 1:30 pm＊Post-performance talk
Sunday, 28 June at 1:30 pm＊Post-performance talk/◆Childcare service available
Saturday, 4 July at 1:30 pm＊Backstage tour/◆Japanese/English subtitles available
Sunday, 5 July at 1:30 pm＊Backstage tour/◆Japanese/English subtitles available

At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
　
Duration: 135 minutes
In Japanese

※Admission to auditorium is restricted to children of school age and over.
More about childcare services.
　
◆Japanese subtitles
will be available for the performances on 4 and 5 July.
Mobile tablets for subtitles are available free of charge. (limited number of devices)
▼Booking form for tablets.
https://forms.gle/kJZmMjNhzXBUQnWK9
Application deadline: Sunday, June 21, at 6:00 p.m.
　
◆English subtitles
will be available for the performances on 4 and 5 July.
Mobile tablets for subtitles are available free of charge. (limited number of devices)
▼Booking form for tablets.
https://forms.gle/VbxPyRgmn1ccyb9DA
Application deadline: Sunday, June 21, at 6:00 p.m.
　

Related events

Pre-Performance Talk
Starting 25 minutes before each performance. Free of charge. No reservation required. (In Japanese only)
　
Meet us at Café Cinderella!
After the performance, the actors will come to see you off in their stage costumes. We hope you will take this opportunity to interact with the actors!
　
Pre-performance
A mini performance introducing “Hamlet”
27 and 28 June at 12:55 pm
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre, Café Cinderella (2nd Floor)
Approx. 5 minutes / Free, no reservation required
Performed by the students of the Drama Program, Arts Department, Shimizu Minami High School
　
Post-performance talk
27 and 28 June after the perfomance

　
Backstage tour
The technical staff will take you on a special backstage tour.
4 and 5 July after the performance
Time: About 30 minutes
Free of charge. Reservation required. Up to 40 people.
　
　
Cry room
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre, there is a soundproof room where you can watch the performance through a glass window.

〈Ticket Prices〉
・Adults: ¥3,200 per person
・Children requiring a seat (high school age and under): ¥1,100
・Children not requiring a seat: Free
*Tickets are available by phone or at the box office only.
　
Childcare service
Childcare service will be available for the performance on 28 June.
Please contact [ticket@spac.or.jp] by 21 June, at 6:00 p.m., in advance if you would like to use the service.

【Services available in Japanese only】
Coverage: 6 months to 7 years old
Fee: ¥1,000 per child

Performances for junior and high-school students

SPAC believes that theaters are a window to the world, and that is why it invites junior high school and high school students in Shizuoka Prefecture to its free-of-charge programs.

　

Ticket

◆Prior Reservation for Membership begins:17 May at 10:00
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins:24 May at 10:00
　
How to Purchase
●Online reservations
– Please enter from the language button “English”.
– Payment is possible with the following credit cards: DC, UFJ, NICOS, VISA, and Master. Tickets purchased through this website can be received at the venue from one hour prior to each performance.
　
●Phone reservations
from 10:00-18:00 at SPAC ticket center
TEL. +81-(0)54-202-3399

●Purchase at BOX Office
SPAC ticket center (10:00-18:00)
　
Day Ticket
Available at the entrance counter for leftover seats, from one hour prior to each performance.
*Please confirm ticket availability on the day by phone or by visiting SPAC official website

*Ticket reservations will finish at 18:00 on the day before the performance.

Please refrain from taking infants to the ordinary seats.
　

Ticket Price
4,600 yen (One viewing for regular adult)

●Student Discount:
　［U25 and University students］2,200 yen
　［High school students and under］1,100 yen
　*Please present ID/student ID at door
●Disability discount: 3,200 yen (for those with a disability pocketbook)
　*Please present disability pocketbook or Mirairo ID at door
　*Free for One attendant.

*More than one discount cannot be claimed per purchase.
*Please claim any discount when making a reservation

　

Staff

Lighting design: Osako Koji
Set design: Fukasawa Eri
Sound design: Sawada Yukino
Costume design: Sei Chigusa

Rehearsal director: Terauchi Ayako
Stage manager: Haraikawa Yukio
Stage: Furuya Kazumi, Tsuchiya Katsunori
Lighting operator: Takezawa Akira
Sound: Kondo Yu
Assistant set design: Sato Yosuke
Wardrobe: Ikeda Yuna, Sei Chigusa

Technical director: Muramatsu Atsushi

Production: Yoneyama Junichi, Murakami Ema

Flyer design: Miura Yusuke
　
Produced and organized by SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
Approved by Fujinokuni Arts Festival

Profile
Ueda Kumiko

Playwright/director, graduated in French literature from Kyoto University, Ueda has been creating works since 2013 at the intersection of philosophy, corporeality, and visual aesthetics. In 2023–2024, she is conducting research at the Théâtre de Gennevilliers as part of an official artistic training program supported by the Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs. During this period, she established her base in France, where she continues to live and work.
Her work explores the sensitive forms of temporality and instinct in a society dominated by productivity. In 2022, her play “Biome” was nominated for the Kishida Kunio Prize, and in 2024, she was selected for an official residency at KIAC for her project “Pneuma”. Recent projects include “Cavalleria Rusticana” (Aichi Arts Center), “Banquet du Vide” (Kamata Onsen), and “Pneuma” (KIAC).
She is currently developing “Les Pleureuses” and “When Does Time Become Beauty?”, two France-based projects that explore the female body and time through choreographic research. Both works are being created in collaboration with artists from diverse cultural backgrounds, reflecting her commitment to transcultural and interdisciplinary creation.