There are things we regard as common knowledge today, but who first propounded them and when?

This dramatic tour de force by Bertolt BRECHT superimposes the life of Galileo Galilei—who advocated heliocentrism at a time when the geocentric model was considered to be common sense—upon his own life under the Nazis. In an age in which we are bombarded with information and face the critical question of what to believe, what is the “truth” that this play depicts? That is the question posed to young people living in the modern age through this monumental historical work directed by TADA Junnosuke, who in 2023 fascinated many young people with his staging of “The Dancing Girl of Izu”, in a new theatrical style called “touristic drama” that combines pop sensibility with a sense of immersion. This multi-protagonist play features twenty members of SPAC’s own troupe of actors.
　
Written and Directed by TADA Junnosuke
Original Work by Bertolt BRECHT
　

Profile

TADA Junnosuke

TADA Junnosuke is a theatrical director born in 1976. He presides over Tokyo Deathlock, and is engaged in works of various genres, including classical drama, modern plays, dance, and performance art. Along with such creative activities, he also holds important positions such as artistic director for public theaters, art director for municipalities, and festival director. In 2013, he became the first foreign-national winner of the 50th Dong-A Theater Award in Korea with “Karumeghi,” a jointly produced work by Japan and South Korea, He currently serves as a joint director for the Tokyo Festival, and is also a part-time lecturer for Shikoku Gakuin University and Joshibi University of Art and Design. For SPAC, he directed “Spinning Gears” (written by AKUTAGAWA Ryunosuke) in 2018 and “The Dancing Girl of Izu” (written by KAWABATA Yasunari) in 2023.

Cast

ISHII Moemi, OUCHI Tomomi, OOTAKA Koichi, KAGEYAMA Hisae, KASUGAI Ippei, KATO Yukio, KAWAMURA Wakana, KIUCHI Kotoko, KONAGAYA Katsuhiko, SAKURAUCHI Yu, SATO Yuzu, SUZUKI Mariko, SUZUBAYASHI Mari, NAGAI Kenji, NAKANO Masaki, MAKIYAMA Yudai, MISHIMA Keita, YOSHIUE Soichiro, WATANABE Sayaka, WATANABE Takahiko

　

Infomation

2026
Sunday, 18 January at 1:30 pm
Saturday, 24 January at 1:30 pm ◆Nursery service available
Sunday, 25 January at 1:30 pm
Sunday, 1 February at 1:30 pm
Saturday, 14 February at 1:30 pm
Sunday, 15 February at 1:30 pm
Saturday, 7 March at 1:30 pm

At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
　
Duration: Within 120minuites（to be determined）
In Japanese
　
◆English subtitles
will be available for the performances on 14 & 15 February, 7 March.
Mobile tablets for subtitles are available free of charge. (limited number of devices)
▼Booking form for tablets
https://forms.gle/MSnEZHSQZ29k5zqc9
　

　

Related events

Pre-Performance Talk
Starting 25 minutes before each performance. Free of charge. No reservation required. (In Japanese only, expect 14, 15 February)
　
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 “Galileo”
14, 15 February at 13:05 pm
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre, Café Cinderella (2nd Floor)
Approx. 15 minutes / Free, no reservation required
Performed by the students of the Drama Program, Arts Department, Shimizu Minami High School
　
Further related events will be announced later.

　

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.
　

Nursery service

Nursery service will be available for the performance on 24 January.
Details on how to apply will be updated and announced by the ticket release date.

【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 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

　

How to Purchase

◆Prior Reservation for Membership begins:
　2 November at 10:00
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins:
　9 November at 10:00
　
●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.
　

Staff

Set design: KAMIIKE Takuya
Lighting design: IWAKI Tamotsu
Sound design: HARADA Shinobu
Costume design: SEI Chigusa

Assistant director: HAMAYOSHI Seitaro
Stage manager: OGAWA Tesuro
Stage: SUGIYAMA Yuri, YAMAZAKI Kaoru
Lighting operator: TAKEZAWA Akira
Sound: TAKESHIMA Chisato
Assistant set design: MORI Masashi
Wardrobe: MAKINO Saho
Technical director: MURAMATSU Atsushi

Production: KUGA Haruko, MORI Teruyoshi

Flyer design: ABE Taichi (TAICHI ABE DESIGN INC.)

Produced and organized by SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
Approved by Fujinokuni Arts Festival
Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan through the Japan Arts Council

　

　
“The purpose of playing…[is] to hold, as ’twere, the mirror up to nature” (Hamlet)

Upon receiving news of his father’s sudden death, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, hurries back to his country, only to find that his uncle, Claudius, has succeeded to the throne and married Hamlet’s widowed mother. Stunned after losing everything, Hamlet is confronted by his father’s ghost, who commands his son to avenge his death at the hands of Claudius.

This is the first production at SPAC by director UEDA Kumiko, who has risen to prominence through her tireless activities within Japan and overseas. UEDA, who is laser-focused on work that bridges the gap between popular appeal and artistry, and which even first-time theatre-goers can enjoy, is teaming up with SPAC for the first time with this staging of Shakespeare’s theatrical masterpiece. Through the medium of the actors’ bodies, this ambitious play simultaneously depicts human love and hate, justice, existence after death, space, and the providence of the natural world.
　
Directed by UEDA Kumiko
Written by William SHAKESPERARE
　

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), with video excerpts available below.
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.

Cast

　

Infomation

2025
Sunday, 9 November at 1:30 pm＊Post-performance talk
Saturday, 15 November at 1:30 pm
Saturday, 22 November at 1:30 pm＊Backstage tour/◆Nursary service available
Sunday, 23 November at 1:30 pm＊Backstage tour
Saturday, 29 November at 1:30 pm◆Japanese/English subtitles available
Saturday, 6 December at 1:30 pm◆Japanese/English subtitles available
Sunday, 7 December at 1:30 pm＊Pre-performance/◆Japanese/English subtitles available

At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
　
Duration: Within 120minuites（to be determined）
In Japanese
　
◆Japanese subtitles
will be available for the performances on 29 November, 6 and 7 December.
Mobile tablets for subtitles are available free of charge. (limited number of devices)
▼Booking form for tablets.
https://forms.gle/EN4gEMd2up4EHmNL9
　
◆English subtitles
will be available for the performances on 29 November, 6 and 7 December.
Mobile tablets for subtitles are available free of charge. (limited number of devices)
▼Booking form for tablets.
https://forms.gle/RYHx71v1sXwuGb6K9

　

Related events

Pre-Performance Talk
Starting 25 minutes before each performance. Free of charge. No reservation required. (In Japanese only, expect 7 December)
　
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”
7 December at 13:05 pm
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre, Café Cinderella (2nd Floor)
Approx. 15 minutes / Free, no reservation required
Performed by the students of the Drama Program, Arts Department, Shimizu Minami High School
　
Post-performance talk
Sunday, 9 November after the perfomance
by UEDA Kumiko and ISHIGAMI Natsuki (SPAC Autumn Season 2025-2026 Artistic Director)
　
Backstage tour
The technical staff will take you on a special backstage tour.
22, 23 November 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.
　

Nursery service

Nursery service will be available for the performance on 22 November.
Please contact [ticket@spac.or.jp] by 15 November in advance if you would like to use the nursery 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 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

　

How to Purchase

◆Prior Reservation for Membership begins:
　7 September at 10:00
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins:
　14 September at 10:00
　
●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.
　

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
Technical director: MURAMATSU Atsushi

Production: YONEYAMA Junichi, MAEHARA Takuya, MURAKAMI Ema

Flyer design: ABE Taichi (TAICHI ABE DESIGN INC.)

Produced and organized by SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
Approved by Fujinokuni Arts Festival
Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan through the Japan Arts Council

　

　

100th anniversary of Yukio Mishima’s birth

Toshinori , a young blind man, describes “what he saw at the end of the world.”
He keeps denying the real world and referring to it as a “ghost.” Is there any future for him?

In a room at a family court, fifteen years after the Pacific War, two couples are contesting the custody of a beautiful young man named Toshinori, who lost his parents and his sight during the conflict. With the conciliation process in deadlock, the mediator, Shinako, decides she can stand it no longer and has a one-to-one talk with Toshinori….

Yoroboshi is one of MISHIMA Yukio’s Modern Noh Plays, in which he adapted traditional Noh verses into modern plays. The director is ISHIGAMI Natsuki, a playwright who has worked on art projects in public spaces on the theme of cities and communities. When premiered in 2022 at the SCOT Summer Season (Toyama) and Shizuoka Performing Arts Park’s Box Theatre, this play won plaudits for its theatre-in-the-round staging and innovative production. It will now be revived at Shizuoka Arts Theatre.
　
Directed by ISHIGAMI Natsuki
Written by MISHIMA Yukio (From “Modern Noh Plays”)
　

Profile

ISHIGAMI Natsuki

Playwright, working mainly in the company “Pepin” from 1999. She works on plays and art-projects expressing peopleʼs alternative behaviors in cities and communities in Japan and abroad. Her recent activities include: directing Stage Art Sector in “Culture City of East Asia 2019 Toshima,” writing and staging “Oesiki Project Tour Performance ʻBEAT,ʼ” being Guest Curator for ADAM Artist Lab in Taipei Arts Festival 2019, directing “Theatre Today” in On Stage Shizuoka (FY2021) and directing “Yoroboshi”(2022), “Otsuya’s Love”(2023) and “The Kitchen of Click-Clack Mountain”(2024) at SPAC.

▼Stage photos from the 2025 performance

Cast

　

Infomation

〈Shizuoka〉

2025
Saturday, 4 October at 1:30 pm
　＊Pre-performance ◆Engrish subtitles available, Nursery service available
Sunday, 5 October at 1:30 pm
　＊Pre-performance
Saturday, 18 October at 1:30 pm
Sunday, 19 October at 1:30 pm
　＊Backstage tuor ◆Engrish subtitles available

At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
　
◆English subtitles
will be available for the performance on 4 and 19 October.
Smart glasses for subtitles are available free of charge. (limited number of devices)
▼Booking form for the smart glasses.
https://forms.gle/QTrjCZyYkgUQ9Kra9
　

〈Numazu〉

Saturday, 31 January 2026, at 1:30 pm
At Numazu Civic Culture Center
　

〈Hamamatsu〉

Saturday, 7 February 2026, at 1:30 pm
At Hamamatsu Hamakita Cultur Center
　
Duration: Within 90minuites（to be determined）
In Japanese

Related Events at Shizuoka Arts Theatre

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 MISHIMA Yukio
4, 5 October at 12:45 pm
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre, Café Cinderella (2nd Floor)
Approx. 15 minutes / Free, no reservation required
Performed by the students of the Drama Program, Arts Department, Shimizu Minami High School
　
Backstage tour
The technical staff will take you on a special backstage tour.
19 Octorber, Sunday after the performance
Time: About 30 minutes
Free of charge. Reservation required. Up to 40 people.
　

Cry room

Shizuoka Arts Theatre and Numazu Civic Culture Center each have 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.
　

Nursery service

Nursery service will be available for the performance on 4 October.
Please contact [ticket@spac.or.jp] by 27 September in advance if you would like to use the nursery 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 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

　

How to Purchase

[Shizuoka]
◆Prior Reservation for Membership begins:
　17 August at 10:00
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins:
　24 August at 10:00

[Numazu, Hamamatsu]
◆Prior Reservation for Membership begins:
　2 November at 10:00
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins:
　9 November at 10:00
　
●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.
　
　

Staff

Lighting design: OSAKO Koji
Set design: Nomura Yoshifumi
Sound design: WADA Masashi
Costume design: SATO Rise
Costume arrangement: MAKINO Saho

Assistant director:
KATO Yukio (for the performances in Shizuoka)
TAKEISHI Morimasa (for the performances in Numazu and Hamamatsu )

Stage manager:
OGAWA Tetsuro (for the performances in Shizuoka)
HARAIKAWA Yukio (for the performances in Numazu and Hamamatsu )

Stage: TSUCHIYA Katsunori, HAYASHI Tetsuya
Lighting operation: KOBAYAKAWA Hiroya, HIGUCHI Masayuki, MIZUNO Hikaru (for the performances in Numazu and Hamamatsu)
Sound: OTSUKI Minori
Assistant set design: SATO Yosuke, MORI Masashi
Wardrobe: MAKINO Saho (for the performances in Shizuoka), IKEDA Yuna (for the performances in Numazu and Hamamatsu)
Technical director: MURAMATSU Atsushi

English subtitles translation: YAMAGATA Mirei
Production: KITAHORI Ruka, SATO Hiko

Flyer design: ABE Taichi (TAICHI ABE DESIGN INC.)

Produced and organized by SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
Approved by Fujinokuni Arts Festival

[Numazu]
Co-produced by Numazu City Board of Education, Numazu City promotion public corporation

［Hamamatsu］
Hamamatsu Cultural Foundation

Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan through the Japan Arts Council