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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

ABE Kazunori

KIJIMA Tsuyoshi

SAKAKIBARA Yuumi

SUGIYAMA Ken

TAKEISHI Morimasa

TATENO Momoyo

NAGAI Sayako

HONDA Maki

MIYAGISHIMA Haruka

YAMAZAKI Koji

YOSHIMI Ryo

WAKAMIYA Yoichi

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

OUCHI Yoneji

DAIDOMUMON Yuya

NAKANISHI Seira

FUSE Asuka

YAGI Kotaro

YAMAMOTO Miyuki

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

The Menam River Japanese is a grand-scale historical play on the turbulent life of YAMADA Nagamasa, a hero from Shizuoka Prefecture who was given an important post in the Ayutthaya Kingdom (Thailand) at the beginning of the 17th century. The direction by IMAI Tomohiko, artfully interpreting the relationships among people is brilliant.
　
Direction: IMAI Tomohiko
Text: ENDO Shusaku

Cast

ABE
Kazunori

OUCHI
Tomomi

OOTAKA
Kouichi

KATO
Yukio

KONAGAYA
Katsuhiko

SATO
Yuzu

TAKII
Miki

FUSE
Asuka

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MISHIMA
Keita

YAMAMOTO
Miyuki

YOSHIUE
Soichiro

WATANABE
Takahiko

Information

2025
18 January, Saturday at 2:00 pm
*Post-performance talk

19 January, Sunday at 2:00 pm
*Guidance for theatre beginners, Backstage tour

15 February, Saturday at 2:00 pm

16 February, Sunday at 2:00 pm

1 March, Saturday at 2:00 pm
*Post-performance talk

2 March, Sunday at 2:00 pm
*Guidance for theatre beginners, Backstage tour

At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
　
In Japanese with English surbtitles
Duration: 135 minutes
*Please refrain from taking infants to the ordinary seats.
　

Related Events

Meet us at Cafe 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!
　
Post-Performance talk by the artists: after the performance.
18 January, Saturday
1 March, Saturday
Free of charge. No reservation required.
　
Backstage tour
The technical staff will take you on a special backstage tour.
19 January, Sunday
2 March, Sunday
Every day, after the performance
Time: About 30 minutes
Free of charge. Reservation required. Up to 40 people.
　
Guidance for theatre beginners
SPAC staff will give beginner audiences a lecture on what to look for and pay attention to before the performance. This event can be participated in by both those seeing the performance for the first time and repeaters.
19 January, Sunday at 12:30
2 March, Sunday at 12:30
Time: About 60 minutes
In Japanese
Free of charge. Reservation required. Up to 30 people.
　

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.

Tickets

◆Prior Reservation for Membership begins:
　27 October at 10:00
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins:
　3 November at 10:00
　
◎How to Purchase
at SPAC ticket center (10:00～18:00)
●Phone reservations　+81-54-202-3399
●Purchase at BOX Office

●Online reservations https://spac.or.jp/ticket
　
Day Ticket
Available at the entrance counter for leftover seats, from one hour prior to each performance.
　
◎Ticket Price
*All ticket prices include consumption tax.

●Individual ticket price: 4,200 JPY
●Student Discount:
　［U25 and University students］2,000 JPY
　［High school students and under］1,000 JPY
　*Please present ID/student ID at door
●Disability discount: 2,900 JPY ［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
　
〔Nursery room〕
For the Shizuoka performances, there is a nursery room where parents can watch the program with their infant children.
*A babysitting service is available on 19 January.
*The only language our childcare staff speaks is Japanese.
*Fee is 1,000 yen per child
*Reservations are required for childcare services.
Please use the form below to make a reservation.
https://forms.gle/o6ESJ2VZQnmkyAut9

Staff

Lighting design: OSAKO Koji
Stage design: FUKASAWA Eri
Sound design: WADA Masashi
Costume design: KOMAI Yumiko

Stage manager: OGAWA Tetsuro
Assistant director: MORIBE Rio
Stage: TSUCHIYA Katsunori, YAMAZAKI Kaoru, MORI Masashi
Lighting operator: HANAWA Yuki
Sound: SAWADA Yukino, TAKESHIMA Chisato
Art work: SATO Yosuke
Wardrobe: MAKINO Saho, IKEDA Yuna
Technical director: MURAMATSU Atsushi
English subtitles translation: Steve CORBEIL
English subtitles Operation: OISHI Takako
Production: NISHIMURA Ai, KITAHORI Ruka

Flyer design: ABE Taichi (TAICHI ABE DESIGN INC.)
Promotion photo: HASHIMOTO Hirotaka
　
Produced and organized by SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
Approved by Fujinokuni Arts Festival

Under the auspices of
Tourism Authority of Thailand, Shizuoka Japan Thailand Association

Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan through the Japan Arts Council, Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Activities

IMAI Tomohiko

IMAI Tomohiko joined the company of Bungakuza in 1992 and left in 2020. In addition to appearing on many stages as an actor, he also works actively on movie and video contents. As a director, he was engaged in works such as “Pandra’s Bell” (by NODA Hideki), “Noises Off” (by Michael Frayn), “The Good Person of Szechwan” (by Bertold Brecht), “Memorial” (by MATSUBARA Shuntaro), and “Ne” (by ONO Kotaro). At SPAC, he directed “Our Town” (by Thornton Wilder) in 2010 and 2013, which evoked deep emotion among the audience. He won the 31st Kinokuniya Theatre Awards, the Best Actor Award of the 9th Yomiuri Theater Awards, and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s 62nd Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists.

Did you know that the story of the white hare of Inaba may also be found in the myths of an indigenous community in North America? It is a majestic and festive musical play that interprets a hypothesis advocated by Claude Lévi-Strauss, one of the greatest philosophers, anthropologists, and ethnologists of the 20th Century, with a theatrical imagination.
　
Conception and direction: MIYAGI Satoshi
Text: collective writing of KUBOTA Azumi and the troops
Music: TANAKAWA Hiroko
Space design: KIZ Junpei
Lighting design: OSAKO Koji
Costume&Mask design: TAKAHASHI Kayo
Props design: FUKASAWA Eri
Sound design: HARADA Shinobu
Hair and makeup: KAJITA Kyoko

Cast

ISHII
Moemi

OUCHI
Yoneji

KAGEYAMA
Hisae

KASUGAI
Ippei

KAWAMURA
Wakana

KIUCHI
Kotoko

KIJIMA
Tsuyoshi

SAKURAUCHI
Yu

SUGIYAMA
Ken

SUZUBAYASHI
Mari

DAIDOMUMON
Yuya

TAKEISHI
Morimasa

TATENO
Momoyo

NAGAI
Sayako

NOGUCHI
Shunsuke

HONDA
Maki

MIYAGISHIMA
Haruka

YAMAZAKI
Koji

YOSHIMI
Ryo

WAKAMIYA
Yoichi

WATANABE
Sayaka

Information

＜In Shizuoka＞
19 October, Saturday at 2:00 pm*lecture
20 October, Sunday at 2:00 pm*Post-performance talk
27 October, Sunday at 2:00 pm*Backstage tour
3 November, Sunday at 2:00 pm*Backstage tour
4 November, Monday at 2:00 pm*Backstage tour
9 November, Saturday at 2:00 pm*Backstage tour［Babysitting service］

At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
　
＜In Hamamatsu＞
7 December, Saturday at 13:30 pm
At Hamamatsu Social Welfare and Exchange Center
*Backstage tour (with Portuguese interprtation)
　
＜In Numazu＞
21 December, Saturday at 13:30 pm
At Numazu Civic Culture Center
　
Duration: Approx 110 minutes
In Japanese with English subtitles
*Please tell us beforehand if you want to see the show with preschool children.

Related Events

[In Shizuoka]
Art workshop
Let’s make masks with the props designer FUKASAWA Eri!
21 September, Saturday
13:00～14:30 For Children
15:30～17:30 For Everyone
At Cafe Cinderella, Shizuoka Atrs Theatre
Reservation required. Up to 10 people.
Fee: 2,000 yen
【In Japanese only】
　
Pre-Performance Talk
Starting 25 minutes before each performance.
Free of charge. No reservation required.
【In Japanese only】
　
Lecture -Tracing the history of the work-
“The White Hare of Inaba-Navajo” was premiered as a commissioned work for the 10th anniversary of the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris. SPAC Staff YOKOYAMA Yoshiji will give a lecture on what to look for and pay attention to before the performance.
19 Octorber, Saturday 10:30～12:00
Fee: 1,000 yen / U25 500 yen
Reservation required. Up to 35 people.
【In Japanese only】
　
Meet us at Cafe 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!
　
Post-Performance talk by the artists: after the performance.
20 Octorber, Sunday
Free of charge. No reservation required.
【In Japanese only】
　
Backstage tour
The technical staff will take you on a special backstage tour.
27 October, Sunday
3 November, Sunday
4 November, Monday
9 November, Saturday
After the performance
Time: About 30 minutes
Free of charge. Reservation required. Up to 40 people.
【In Japanese only】

　
＜In Hamamatsu＞
Backstage tour
7 December, Saturday after the performance
Time: About 30 minutes
Free of charge. Reservation required. Up to 40 people.
【In Japanese with Portuguese interprtation】
　

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.

Tickets

〈Shizuoka〉
◆Prior Reservation for Membership begins:31 August, Saturday at 10:00 am
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins:7 Sepember, Saturday at 10:00 am

〈Hamamatsu and Numazu〉
◆Prior Reservation for Membership begins:6 October, Sunday at 10:00 am
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins:13 October, Sunday at 10:00 am
　
◎How to Purchase
at SPAC ticket center (10:00～18:00)
●Phone reservations　+81-54-202-3399
●Purchase at BOX Office

●Online reservations https://spac.or.jp/ticket
　
Day Ticket
Available at the entrance counter for leftover seats, from one hour prior to each performance.
　
◎Ticket Price
*All ticket prices include consumption tax.

●Individual ticket price: 4,200 JPY
●Student Discount:
　［U25 and University students］2,000 JPY
　［High school students and under］1,000 JPY
　*Please present ID/student ID at door
●Disability discount: 2,900 JPY ［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
　
〔Nursery room〕
For the Shizuoka and Numazu performances, there is a nursery room where parents can watch the program with their infant children.
*A babysitting service is available on 9 November.
*The only language our childcare staff speaks is Japanese.
*Fee is 1,000 yen per child
*Reservations are required for childcare services.
Please use the form below to make a reservation.
https://forms.gle/o6ESJ2VZQnmkyAut9
　　

Staff

Assistant director: NAKANO Masaki
Stage manager: HARAIKAWA Yukio
Stage: SUGIYAMA Yuri, HAYASHI Tetsuya
Lighting: KOBAYAKAWA Hiroya
Sound: OTSUKI Minori
Art work: SATO Yosuke
Wardrobe: SEI Chigusa, IKEDA Yuna
Hair and makeup: TAKAHASHI Norimitsu, WAKABAYASHI Akane
Subtitles: OISHI Takako
Production: KUGA Haruko, SATO Hiko

PR Art Director: ABE Taichi(TAICHI ABE DESIGN INC.)
　
　
Produced and organized by SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
Approved by Fujinokuni Arts Festival

［Hamamatsu］
Under the auspices of Hamamatsu City Board of Education, Hamamatsu Cultural Foundation
Sponsored by Shunkado Co., Ltd.

[Numazu]
Co-produced by Numazu City Board of Education, Numazu City promotion public corporation
Co-operated by Izu Peninsula Geopark and Tourist Bureau

Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan through the Japan Arts Council, Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Activities

*Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Musée du quai Branly, “The White Hare of Inaba-Navajo” was premiered in June 2016.

MIYAGI Satoshi

Born in Tokyo in 1959, after studying aesthetics at Tokyo University under ODASHIMA Yushi, WATANABE Moriaki and HIDAKA Hachiro, he founded the KU NA’ UKA theater company in 1990 and soon began staging plays overseas as well as in Japan. As a result, MIYAGI’s work — in which he often fuses contemporary textual interpretations with physical techniques and patterns of Asian theatre — has long been acclaimed both at home and far beyond. Indeed, in 2004 he received the 3rd Asahi Performing Arts Award, and the next year the 2nd Asahi Beer Art Award. Since taking up his position with SPAC in April 2007, MIYAGI has staged many of his own works — including “Medea”, the Hindu epic “Mahabharata”, and “Peer Gynt” — and has invited artists from abroad to present pieces casting a keen eye on the modern world as they see it. In line with his aim to make theatre “a window to the world,” he has also started a new SPAC-based project aimed at the youth of Shizuoka. In 2014, MIYAGI was invited to the Festival d’Avignon, where he received excellent reviews for his open-air version of the Hindu epic “Mahabharata” staged in La Carrière de Bourbon. Following that landmark achievement, the festival extended the honor of inviting MIYAGI to present a Buddhist interpretation he created of the ancient Greek mythological tragedy “Antigone” as its super-prestigious opening program for 2017. On that occasion, which was the first time an Asian play had ever been selected to launch the festival, MIYAGI’s exalted “stage” was the open-air Cour d’honneur du Palais des papes (the Honor Court of the Palace of Popes). By the play’s end, those towering medieval stone walls were ringing out with long and splendid standing ovations welcoming the work’s director and creator along with SPAC’s actors and staff — while more than 60 European media all gave great reviews. In 2018, he received the 68th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize of Drama. Also he received “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” from the Ministry of Culture of France in 2018. In 2023, he received the Japan Foundation Awards, La médaille d’or du Rayonnement Culturel de La Renaissance Française.

　
◆Presentation at the Musée du quai Branly
Just as Musée du Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, Centre Pompidou, Musée du quai Branly is one of the most significant museums in France. In 2006, “Mahabharata – Nalacharitam” (Directed by MIYAGI Satoshi) was widely acclaimed as an opening performance of the Musée du quai Branly’s new Théâtre Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Musée du quai Branly, “The White Hare of Inaba-Navajo” was premiered in June 2016.
www.quaibranly.fr
　　

▲Image of Paris tour poster(9-19 June, 2016 )

▲2019

　
The legendary stage play by BETSUYAKU Minoru is now handed down to the next generation.

The “patient,” has been hospitalized due to a keloid scar on his back caused by the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Although the memory of the war is fading, and his wounds now have lost their heroic value, he yearns to come back to where it all started. On the other hand, the “nephew” believes that all the victims should wait for the time to die apart from people, while the “nurse” expresses her desire to have a baby despite the future she certainly knows.

Playwright BETSUYAKU Minoru is renowned for his varied writing endeavors, including children’s stories, essays, and criticism. He has authored 140 plays and is credited with establishing the Japanese absurd play. With an acute awareness of the ambiguous communication style of the Japanese language, he has carved a significant niche in contemporary Japanese theatre history, creating a unique style that evokes a strange and poetic sense of anxiety, emptiness, and alienation in human society. His historic masterpiece “The Elephant” was penned in 1962 for the newly formed company Jiyu Butai, in collaboration with SUZUKI Tadashi (the first General Artistic Director of SPAC), and it left an indelible impact on subsequent generations.

The emotions of the ‘hibakusha’ (atomic bomb survivors) and the alienation they have suffered from society depicted in this work resonate with the present day, where a sense of stagnation prevails. Emerging director EMMA breathes new life into this work and presents it to a world still shaken by war.

　
Direction: EMMA (TOYONAGA Junko)
Text: BETSUYAKU Minoru

▼Stage photo

▼A scene from the rehearsal at BOX theatre

Cast

MAKIYAMA
Yudai

ABE
Kazunori

YOSHIUE
Soichiro

KONAGAYA
Katsuhiko

SAKAKIBARA
Yuumi

WATANABE
Takahiko

Information

2024
7 December, Saturday at 6:30pm
8 December, Sunday at 2:00pm＊Lecture／Special Talk
14 December, Saturday at 2:00pm＊City walking tour with Japanese guide／Lecture／Backstage tour
15 December, Sunday at 2:00pm＊City walking tour with English guide／Lecture／Backsage tour［Babysitting service］

　
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
*Notice Regarding English Surtitles
　
Duration：TBA（Be planning to 90min）
In Japanese with English surtitles
*Please refrain from taking infants to the ordinary seats.
　

Related Events

Pre-Performance Talk
Starting 25 minutes before each performance.
Free of charge. No reservation required.
　
Special post-performance talk by the artists who participated in the SCOT SUMMER SEASON 2024 “Momotaro Meeting”: after the performance.
8 December
Free of charge. No reservation required.
　
City Walking Tour of Shizuoka’s War Memories　＊See here for details and application.　https://forms.gle/pRrSMdcSmuXP3rWD6
14 December［with Japanese guides］, 15 December［with English guides］

Japanese tour: 1,000yen / English monitoring tour: free
Reservation required.
*High school students and under…Free of charge
*The English-language monitoring tour on Sunday, March 15 is for foreigners and others who need a guide in English.
*People who have booked “The Elephant” on a different day from this program may also participate. Participation in this tour only is not available.
Cooperation：Shizuoka Peace Center, Volunteer guides “Sumpu Wave”


　
Guidance of BETSUYAKU Minoru for theatre beginners
SPAC staff OOKA Jun will introduce the appeal of BETSUYAKU’s works. This event can be participated in by both those seeing the performance for the first time and repeaters.
［For drama club students］8 December at 12:30pm／［For the public］14 December at 12:30pm
Duration: About 60 minutes
In Japanese
Entry fee: 500yen / High school students and under: free
Reservation required. Up to 30 people.

　
Backstage tour
The technical staff will take you on a special backstage tour.
14 December and 15 December after the performance
Duration: About 30 minutes
Free of charge. Reservation required. Up to 40 people.
　
Meet us at Cafe 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!
　

Ticket Price

4,200 yen (One viewing for regular adult)

●Student Discount:
　［U25 and University students］2,000 yen
　［High school students and under］1,000 yen
　*Please present ID/student ID at door
●Disability discount: 2,900 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:
　6 October at 10:00
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins:
　13 October 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 X (@_SPAC_)

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

Please refrain from taking infants to the ordinary seats.
　
［Nursery room］
For the Shizuoka performances, there is a nursery room where parents can watch the program with their infant children.
*A babysitting service is available on 15 December.
*The only language our childcare staff speaks is Japanese.
*Fee is 1,000 yen per child
*Reservations are required for childcare services.
Please use the form below to make a reservation.
https://forms.gle/o6ESJ2VZQnmkyAut9

Staff

Stage design：YOSHIDA Yuna
Lighting design：HANAWA Yuki
Sound design：SAWADA Yukino
Costume design：SEI Chigusa

Stage manager：OGAWA Tetsuro
Stage：YAMAZAKI Kaoru
Lighting：TAKEZAWA Akira　（Shizuoka：MIZUNO Hikaru）
Art work production：MORI Masashi
Wardrobe：MAKINO Saho

English surtitle translation: Roger Pulvers
English surtitling: OISHI Takako
English surtitle manipulation: SUZUKI Mariko

Technical director：MURAMATSU Atsushi
Production：YUKIOKA Jun, SATO Misaki
Production Intern：MIYAGI Hana
Managing director：NARUSHIMA Yoko
　
Flyer design: ABE Taichi (TAICHI ABE DESIGN INC.)

Comission: Japan Cultural Expo 2.0
Organized by Toga Cultural Foundation, Japan Arts Council, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
Co-hosted by SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center

SPAC Season Program offers a lineup of the world’s masterpiece plays directed in a modern style. This year, three plays will be staged. The first is “The White Hare of Inaba-Navajo,” a popular play held at SPAC that was originally written and performed as a commissioned work from Musée du Quai Branly in France. The second is “The Elephant,” written by BETSUYAKU Minoru and directed by EMMA (TOYONAGA Junko), a promising director whose work will be performed at SPAC for the first time. The third is the long-awaited replay of “The Menam River Japanese,” written by ENDO Shusaku and directed by IMAI Tomohiko, which was originally scheduled to be performed in February 2020 but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With these selected works, we look forward to seeing you at our theater in the seasons from autumn to spring.

#1

The White Hare of Inaba-Navajo

2024
19, 20, 27,October
3, 4, 9 November
at 2:00pm

At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
In Japanese with English surtitles

　more information　

Did you know that the story of the white hare of Inaba may also be found in the myths of an indigenous community in North America? It is a majestic and festive musical play that interprets a hypothesis advocated by Claude Lévi-Strauss, one of the greatest philosophers, anthropologists, and ethnologists of the 20th Century, with a theatrical imagination.

Conception and direction: MIYAGI Satoshi
Text: collective writing of KUBOTA Azumi and the troops
Music: TANAKAWA Hiroko

Cast: ISHII Moemi, OUCHI Yoneji, KAGEYAMA Hisae, KASUGAI Ippei, KAWAMURA Wakana, KIUCHI Kotoko, KIJIMA Tsuyoshi, SAKURAUCHI Yu, SUGIYAMA Ken, SUZUBAYASHI Mari, DAIDOMUMON Yuya, TAKEISHI Morimasa, TATENO Momoyo, NAGAI Sayako, NOGUCHI Shunsuke, HONDA Maki, MIYAGISHIMA Haruka, YAMAZAKI Koji, YOSHIMI Ryo, WAKAMIYA Yoichi, WATANABE Sayaka
　

Director’s Profile
MIYAGI Satoshi

Born in Tokyo in 1959, after studying aesthetics at Tokyo University under ODASHIMA Yushi, WATANABE Moriaki and HIDAKA Hachiro, he founded the KU NA’ UKA theater company in 1990 and soon began staging plays overseas as well as in Japan. As a result, MIYAGI’s work — in which he often fuses contemporary textual interpretations with physical techniques and patterns of Asian theatre — has long been acclaimed both at home and far beyond. Indeed, in 2004 he received the 3rd Asahi Performing Arts Award, and the next year the 2nd Asahi Beer Art Award. Since taking up his position with SPAC in April 2007, MIYAGI has staged many of his own works — including “Medea”, the Hindu epic “Mahabharata”, and “Peer Gynt” — and has invited artists from abroad to present pieces casting a keen eye on the modern world as they see it. In line with his aim to make theatre “a window to the world,” he has also started a new SPAC-based project aimed at the youth of Shizuoka. In 2014, MIYAGI was invited to the Festival d’Avignon, where he received excellent reviews for his open-air version of the Hindu epic “Mahabharata” staged in La Carrière de Bourbon. Following that landmark achievement, the festival extended the honor of inviting MIYAGI to present a Buddhist interpretation he created of the ancient Greek mythological tragedy “Antigone” as its super-prestigious opening program for 2017. On that occasion, which was the first time an Asian play had ever been selected to launch the festival, MIYAGI’s exalted “stage” was the open-air Cour d’honneur du Palais des papes (the Honor Court of the Palace of Popes). By the play’s end, those towering medieval stone walls were ringing out with long and splendid standing ovations welcoming the work’s director and creator along with SPAC’s actors and staff — while more than 60 European media all gave great reviews. In 2018, he received the 68th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize of Drama. Also he received “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” from the Ministry of Culture of France in 2018. In 2023, he received the Japan Foundation Awards, La médaille d’or du Rayonnement Culturel de La Renaissance Française.

◉Archive for The White Hare of Inaba-Navajo in 2019
　
　

#2　　New Creation　

The Elephant

2024
7 December at 6:30pm
8, 14, 15 December at 2:00pm

At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
In Japanese with English surtitles

　more information　

The “patient,” hospitalized with a keloid scar on his back caused by an atomic bomb, receives a visit by his nephew. This historic masterpiece was written in 1962 for the new company Jiyu Butai, formed jointly with SUZUKI Tadashi (the first General Artistic Director of SPAC), and it had an enormous impact on generations thereafter. It is directed by EMMA, a promising theater director.

Direction: EMMA (TOYONAGA Junko)
Text: BETSUYAKU Minoru

Cast: ABE Kazunori, KONAGAYA Katsuhiko, SAKAKIBARA Yumi, MAKIYAMA Yudai, YOSHIUE Soichiro, WATANABE Takahiko
　

Director’s Profile
EMMA (TOYONAGA Junko)

EMMA was born in 1988 in Kobe City. She is a play director. She values creating works with the regional community, through research on the region’s inherent culture and history. For the Setouchi Triennale, she created her work with an organization in Shodoshima for the preservation of Kabuki in agricultural villages and the local residents. She believes that a theatrical production itself is an activity to strengthen the relationships among people and to heal their hearts, and seeks the usability of artistic expressions in society. A joint research project represented by EMMA was adopted as a theatrical experiment by the Kyoto University of the Arts, and she is currently engaged in creation activity including fieldwork on islands. She currently works as a part-time lecturer at the Tokyo University of the Arts. She is also an executive director of the Japan Directors Association.

#3

The Menam River Japanese

2025
18, 19 January
15, 16 February
1, 2 March
at 2:00pm

At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
In Japanese with English surtitles

　more information　

The Menam River Japanese is a grand-scale historical play on the turbulent life of YAMADA Nagamasa, a hero from Shizuoka Prefecture who was given an important post in the Ayutthaya Kingdom (Thailand) at the beginning of the 17th century. The direction by IMAI Tomohiko, artfully interpreting the relationships among people is brilliant.

Direction: IMAI Tomohiko
Text: ENDO Shusaku

Cast: ABE Kazunori, OUCHI Tomomi, OOTAKA Kouichi, KATO Yukio, KONAGAYA Katsuhiko, SATO Yuzu, TAKII Miki, FUSE Asuka, bable, MISHIMA Keita, YAMAMOTO Miyuki, YOSHIUE Soichiro, WATANABE Takahiko
　

Director’s Profile
IMAI Tomohiko

IMAI Tomohiko joined the company of Bungakuza in 1992 and left in 2020. In addition to appearing on many stages as an actor, he also works actively on movie and video contents. As a director, he was engaged in works such as “Pandra’s Bell” (by NODA Hideki), “Noises Off” (by Michael Frayn), “The Good Person of Szechwan” (by Bertold Brecht), “Memorial” (by MATSUBARA Shuntaro), and “Ne” (by ONO Kotaro). At SPAC, he directed “Our Town” (by Thornton Wilder) in 2010 and 2013, which evoked deep emotion among the audience. He won the 31st Kinokuniya Theatre Awards, the Best Actor Award of the 9th Yomiuri Theater Awards, and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s 62nd Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists.

◉Archive for The Menam River Japanese in 2019
　
　

Ticket

#1 “The White Hare of Inaba-Navajo”
〈Shizuoka〉
◆Prior Reservation for Membership begins: Sat. 31 August at 10:00am
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins: Sat. 7 September at 10:00am

〈Hamamatsu and Numazu〉
◆Prior Reservation for Membership begins: Sun. 6 October at 10:00
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins: Sun. 13 October at 10:00

#2 “The Elephant”
◆Prior Reservation for Membership begins: Sun. 6 October at 10:00
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins: Sun. 13 October at 10:00

#3 “The Menam River Japanese”
◆Prior Reservation for Membership begins: Sun. 27 October at 10:00
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins: Sun. 3 November at 10:00
　
◎How to Purchase
at SPAC ticket center (10:00～18:00)
●Phone reservations　+81-54-202-3399
●Purchase at BOX Office

●Online reservations https://spac.or.jp/ticket
　
Day Ticket
Available at the entrance counter for leftover seats, from one hour prior to each performance.
　
◎Ticket Price
*All ticket prices include consumption tax.

●Individual ticket price: 4,200 JPY
●Student Discount:
　［U25 and University students］2,000 JPY
　［High school students and under］1,000 JPY
　*Please present ID/student ID at door
●Disability discount: 2,900 JPY ［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
　
　
［ “The White Hare of Inaba-Navajo” “The Menam River Japanese” ］
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

Supported by Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Activities (for “The White Hare of Inaba-Navajo”)

　
［ “The Elephant” ］
Comission: Japan Cultural Expo 2.0
Organized by Toga Cultural Foundation, Japan Arts Council, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
Co-hosted by SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center

OKAKURA, who is generally known in Japan as Tenshin, loved Kabuki and traveled to many countries and is credited with an important role in introducing Japanese and Asian arts to the world. However, by the end of the 1868–1912 Meiji Era, when people were excited about the modernization and westernization of Japan, he was despairing of both his own country’s and Western countries’ future.

After enjoying Western opera during various stays in the United States, he wrote his English-language libretto “The White Fox” for the Boston Opera House just before his death. Now, SPAC’s general artistic director, MIYAGI Satoshi, is set to breathe new life into that work in this production he directs using his characteristic logos (speaker) and pathos (mover) method in which two actors share one role — and can also play music live on stage.

In this way, together with some reworking of the libretto, Miyagi is eager to bring the opera Tenshin dreamed of to full bloom in Spring in Shizuoka…

Story Line

One day when she is nearly killed, the queen of the foxes, Kolha, is rescued by a man named Yasuna. Then, when Kolha hears that Yasuna’s lover, Kuzunoha, has been kidnapped, Kolha turns into her double and appears in front of him. Later, after Kolha and Yasuna have been living happily together for a while, Kolha hears that Kuzunoha is safe and well — and she makes a decision . . .

Information

【Shizuoka】
2024 3 May at 19:00, 4 May at 19:00, 5 May at 19:00, 6 May at 19:00

Venue：at Momijiyama Garden Square, Sumpu Castle Park

＜Events＞
〈Pre-performance Talk〉
Starting at 18:15, OOOKA Jun will introduce some points to make the play interesting to watch at the Festival garden.(approx 10 min/participation free/no reservation required)
〈Pre-performance〉
Starting at 18:30, there will be a pre-performance “Mini Byaccoden” in front of the venue by students of Shimizu Minami Senior High School, Art Department. (approx 5 min / participation free / no reservation required)
　

　
【Hamamatsu】LAKE HAMANA HAMANAKO2024
2024 25 May at 14:30

Venu：at Outdoor Stage, Hamanako Garden Park

　
Duration: 85 minutes in Japanese
※Performances will be held even if it rains.（There is a roof over the seats）

Ticket

【Shizuoka】Please visit festival website for details.
https://festival-shizuoka.jp/en/ticket/
　
【Hamamatsu】＊Admisshion free／You need the ticket to Hamanako Garden Park.
Please visit LAKE HAMANA HAMANAKO2024 website for details.
https://hanahaku2024.jp/ticket/
　

Staff / Cast

Direction and Script: MIYAGI Satoshi
Written: OKAKURA Tenshin（“THE WHITE FOX”）
Music: TANAKAWA Hiroko

Cast: Micari, MIYAGI Satoshi :instead of HAYAMA Haruyo, IKEDA Makiko, UCHIYAMA Reina, OUCHI Yoneji, OOTAKA Kouichi, KATO Yukio, KAWAMURA Wakana, KIJIMA Tsuyoshi, SAKAKIBARA Yuumi, SAKURAUCHI Yu, SUZUKI Mariko, TATENO Momoyo, TERAUCHI Ayako, FUJIMI Hana, FUSE Asuka, HONDA Maki, MORIYAMA Fuyuko, YOSHIUE Soichiro, WAKANA Daisuke, WATANABE Takahiko

Prop Design: FUKASAWA Eri
Lighting Design: HANAWA Yuki
Sound Design: SAWADA Yukino
Costume Design: SEI Chigusa
Hair and Makeup Design: KAJITA Kyoko

Assistant Director: NAKANO Masaki
Stage Manager: OGAWA Tetsuro
Stage: SUGIYAMA Yuri,　SATO Yosuke, YOSHIDA Yuna, TSUCHIYA Katsunori(Hamamatsu), MORI Masashi(Hamamatsu)
Lighting: YOSHITSUGU Keisuke, MIZUNO Hikaru
Sound: OTSUKI Minori, MAKISHIMA Koji(S.C.ALLIANCE), MOCHIZUKI Ami(S.C.ALLIANCE)
Pupet Design: YOSHIDA Yuna
Art Work Production: SATO Yosuke, MORI Masashi
Costume: SEI Chigusa, MAKINO Saho, IKEDA Yuna, ISHIKAWA Mitsuteru, TAKAHASHI Kayako, Madeleine Tessier(Intern)
Wardrobe: SEI Chigusa, IKEDA Yuna
Hair and Makeup: KAJITA Kyoko, TAKAHASHI Norimitsu(Shizuoka), WAKABAYASHI Akane(Hamamatsu)
Surtitle Translation(Chinese/Korean): Brainwoods Corporation, Ltd.
Surtitle Translation(English) :Ash
Assistant Director・Surtitle Operator: OISHI Takako
Kolha’s Gown Design in the Second Act: TAKAHASHI Kayo
Volunteers: IGARASHI Etsuko, HIRATSUKA Keiko, MIYAHARA Junko, MUTO Tsukiko
Production: OISHI Takako, SATO Hiko, NAKMURA Yuki(Hamamatsu)

Managing Director: NARUSHIMA Yoko
Technical Director: MURAMATSU Atsushi
Lighting Manager: HIGUCHI Masayuki
Sound Manager: SAWADA Yukino

Flyer design: ABE Taichi (TAICHI ABE DESIGN INC.)
Photo: KATO Takashi
Make up: KAJITA Kyoko

Production: Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC)
Organization: the Committee of the Open-air Performing Arts Festival under Mt. Fuji

A scandalous love affair that is a sidesplitting comedy?
SPAC will launch an all-out attack to make you laugh out loud in the new year!
Der Rosenkavalier is known as a timeless masterpiece opera. Replacing its setting with the glamorous days of early Westernization in Japan, as symbolized by the Rokumeikan building, the opera is reborn as a lighthearted theatrical work with the first joint direction by MIYAGI Satoshi and TERAUCHI Ayako, and the music by NEMOTO Takuya, a master of all music genres from classic to modern music. Experience your first laughs of the year with this slapstick love comedy of aristocrats performed by the actors accompanied by live music!
　

Direction: MIYAGI Satoshi, TERAUCHI Ayako
Text: Hugo Von Hofmannsthal
Music: NEMOTO Takuya

Story line
The Marschallin is deeply in love with her young lover, Octavian, but she knows that such happiness will not last long. On the other hand, Octavian is appointed as Der Rosenkavalier for Baron Ochs, and as such, delivers a silver rose to Sophie, a young woman who has no choice but to marry the Baron, a very annoying man.
What will you witness? A fling, a marriage of convenience, love at first sight, or stolen love? Who will give up and who will bring this curious romance to fruition?

Cast

ISHII Moemi

OOTAKA Kouichi

KIUCHI Kotoko

KIJIMA Tsuyoshi

KONAGAYA Katsuhiko

SAKAKIBARA Yuumi

SATO Yuzu

TAKEISHI Morimasa

NAGAI Kenji

HONDA Maki

MAKIYAMA Yudai

MIYAGISHIMA Haruka

MORIYAMA Fuyuko

YAMAMOTO Miyuki

YOSHIUE Soichiro

WAKAMIYA Yoichi

Information

2024
7 January, Sunday at 2:00 pm　＊Post-performance talk
8 January, Monday at 2:00 pm　＊Backstage tour
13 January, Saturday at 2:00 pm　＊Post-performance talk
14 January, Sunday at 2:00 pm　＊Backstage tour
20 January, Saturday at 2:00 pm　＊Lobby concert
21 January, Sunday at 2:00 pm　＊Backstage tour
10 March, Sunday at 2:00 pm　＊Lobby concert／Post-performance talk

At Shizuoka arts theatre
　
Duration：130 minuites
In Japanese with Japanese and English portable subtitles

*Please refrain from taking infants to the ordinary seats.
　

Related Events

Pre-Performance Talk
Starting 25 minutes before each performance.
Free of charge. No reservation required.　
　
Post-Performance talk by the artists: after the performance.
7 January, Sunday
13 January, Saturday
10 March, Sunday
Free of charge. No reservation required.
　
Lobby Concert
A mini concert by a music group active in the prefecture will be held in the lobby on the 1st floor before the play starts.
20 January, Saturday
10 March, Sunday
　
Backstage tour
The technical staff will take you on a special backstage tour.
8 January, monday
14 January, Sunday
21 January, Sunday
Every day, after the performance
Time: About 30 minutes
Free of charge. Reservation required. Up to 40 people.
　
Meet us at Cafe 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!
　

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.
It is scheduled that about 9,564 students from about 62 junior high and high schools in the prefecture will view the work at Shizuoka Arts Theatre and other venues.

Ticket Price

4,200 yen (One viewing for regular adult)

●Student Discount:
　［U25 and University students］2,000 yen
　［High school students and under］1,000 yen
　*Please present ID/student ID at door
●Disability discount: 2,900 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 October at 10:00
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins:
　14 October 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 X (@_SPAC_)

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

Please refrain from taking infants to the ordinary seats.
　
［Nursery room］
For the Shizuoka performances, there is a nursery room where parents can watch the program with their infant children.
*This service can only be reserved by phone or at the box office.
*A babysitting service is available on 13 January.
＊On 20 Saturday, January and 21 Sunday, January, the nursery room will not be available due to the implementation of audio guidance services.

Staff

Stage design: KOSAKA Nana
Lighting design: KOBAYAKAWA Hiroya
Sound design: SAWADA Yukino
Costume design: SEI Chigusa
Hair and makeup design: KAJITA Kyoko

Assistant Director: NAKANO Masaki
Stage Manager: HARAIKAWA Yukio
Stage: SUGIYAMA Yuri, MORIBE Rio, TSUCHIYA Katsunori
Sound: TAKESHIMA Chisato
Art Work: YOSHIDA Yuna, TSUKAMOTO Kana
Art Work production: SATO Yosuke, MORI Masashi, YOSHIMI Ryo
Wardrobe: SATO Rise
Costume production: TSUKAMOTO Kana, MAKINO Saho
English subtitle translation: EGLINTON Mika and EGLINTON Andrew
Assistant director（for script）, Subtitle operation: OISHI Takako
Technical director: MURAMATSU Atsushi
Production: SAKANAKA Toshiki, SATO Misaki

Poster design: ABE Taichi(TAICHI ABE DESIGN INC.)
　
　
Produced 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

［Support for audiences］
Organizers: Japan Association of/for People with Intellectual Disabilities, Japan Arts Council, Agency for Cultural Affairs
Cooperated by National Network to Promote Cultural and Artistic Activities of People with Disabilities
Cooperated/Collaborated by Governors’ Coalition for Promoting Arts and Cultural Activities of Disabled People
Commissioned by Japan Cultural Expo 2.0 (Commissioned)

Cultural Arts Universal Tourism Project toward the Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai
Matching Project for Providing Reasonable Accommodations in culture and the arts activities

“Touristic Drama”—Traveling Izu through Theatre and Video
A young man traveling alone to escape loneliness meets a female dancer along the way. Attracted to the girl, his troubled mind is gradually put at ease, but the time for them to part ways approaches… A novel by KAWABATA Yasunari, a Nobel Prize winner, is made into a theatrical play by TADA Junnosuke, who works as a director in multiple genres, including classical drama, modern play, dance, and performance art. Scenic footage of the beautiful Izu Region, a setting in the story, newly shot for the play is incorporated to provide a new style of “touristic drama.”
　

Script and Direction: TADA Junnosuke
Text: KAWABATA Yasunari
Video supervisor: MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki

　
▼Stage photos

▼Rehearsal photos

Cast

KAWAMURA Wakana

YAMAZAKI Koji

OUCHI Tomomi

KASUGAI Ippei

KATO Yukio

SAKURAUCHI Yu

SUZUBAYASHI Mari

TATENO Momoyo

NAGAI Sayako

FUSE Asuka

MISHIMA Keita

WATANABE Takahiko

Information

[Shizuoka]

2023
7 October, Saturday at 2:00 pm*Post-performance talk
29 October, Sunday at 2:00 pm*Backstage tour
11 November, Saturday at 2:00 pm*Backstage tour
12 November, Sunday at 2:00 pm*Guidance for theatre beginners
18 November, Saturday at 2:00 pm*Post-performance talk
19 November, Sunday at 2:00 pm*Backstage tour
　
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre

　
[Shimoda]
2023 15 December, Friday at 6:30 pm
At Shimoda Civic Culture Center
　
[Shuzenji]
2023 23 December, Saturday at 1:30 pm
At Shuzenji Total Hall
　
[Hamakita]
2024 10 February, Saturday at 1:30 pm
At Hamamatsu Hamakita Cultur Center
　
[Numazu]
2024 25 February, Sunday at 1:30 pm
At Numazu Civic Culture Center
　
Duration：130 minutes
In Japanese
*Please refrain from taking infants to the ordinary seats.
　　

Related Events at Shizuoka Arts Theatre

Pre-Performance Talk
Starting 25 minutes before each performance.
Free of charge. No reservation required.
　　
Post-Performance talk by the artists: after the performance.
7 Octorber, Saturday
18 November, Saturday
Free of charge. No reservation required.
　
Backstage tour
The technical staff will take you on a special backstage tour.
29 Octorber, Sunday
11 November, Saturday
19 November, Sunday
Every day, after the performance
Time: About 30 minutes
Free of charge. Reservation required. Up to 40 people.
　
Guidance for theatre beginners
SPAC staff will give beginner audiences a lecture on what to look for and pay attention to before the performance. This event can be participated in by both those seeing the performance for the first time and repeaters.
12 November, Sunday at 12:30
Time: About 60 minutes
In Japanese
Free of charge. Reservation required. Up to 30 people.
　
Meet us at Cafe 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!
　

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.
It is scheduled that about 9,564 students from about 62 junior high and high schools in the prefecture will view the work at Shizuoka Arts Theatre and other venues.

Ticket Price

4,200 yen (One viewing for regular adult)

●Student Discount:
　［U25 and University students］2,000 yen
　［High school students and under］1,000 yen
　*Please present ID/student ID at door
●Disability discount: 2,900 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:
　27 August at 10:00
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins:
　3 September at 10:00

[Shimoda, Shuzenji]
◆Prior Reservation for Membership begins:
　7 October at 10:00
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins:
　14 October at 10:00

[Hamakita, Numazu]
◆Prior Reservation for Membership begins:
　3 December at 10:00
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins:
　10 December 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 X (@_SPAC_)

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

Please refrain from taking infants to the ordinary seats.

　
［Nursery room］
For the Shizuoka performances, there is a nursery room where parents can watch the program with their infant children.
*This service can only be reserved by phone or at the box office.

*A babysitting service is available on 11 November.
　

Staff

Stage design: FUKASAWA Eri
Lighting design: IWAKI Tamotsu
Sound design: HARADA Shinobu
Costume design: SEI Chigusa

Stage manager: OGAWA Tetsuro
Stage: YAMAZAKI Kaoru, FUJISHIRO Shuhei
Lighting operator: HANAWA Yuuki
Sound: OTSUKI Minori
Art work: SATO Yosuke, TSUKAMOTO Kana
Wardrobe: MAKINO Saho
Video: TAKEZAWA Akira
Director of video: ONO Shintaro

Technical director: MURAMATSU Atsushi
Production(Video): ISHII Moemi
Production: YUKIOKA Jun, KUGA Haruko
Managing director: NARUSHIMA Yoko

Poster design: ABE Taichi(TAICHI ABE DESIGN INC.)
Poster photo: MAKITA Natsumi(F4,5)
　
　
Produced 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, Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Activities(Shizuoka and Shimoda)
Co-produced by Culture City of East Asia 2023 Shizuoka Prefecture Executive Committee
Organized by SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center, the Association of Public Theaters and Halls in Japan(Shuzenji)
Sponsored by Suruga bank Ltd., Izukyu Holdings Co.,Ltd.(Shimoda, Shuzenji and Numazu), Tokai Bus Inc.(Shimoda, Shuzenji and Numazu), The Mishima Shinkin Bank (Shimoda, Shuzenji and Numazu)
Co-operated by Kawazu Town, Izu Peninsula Geopark and Tourist Bureau(Shimoda, Shuzenji and Numazu)
Under the auspices of Kawazu Town Board of Education, Shimoda City, Shimoda City Board of Education(Shimoda), Izu City, Izu City Board of Education(Shuzenji), Hamamatsu City, Hamamatsu City Board of Education(Hamakita), Numazu City, Numazu City Board of Education