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MIYAGI Satoshi
Born in Tokyo in 1959. Director. General Artistic Director of SPAC – Shizuoka Performing Arts Center. Studied aesthetics from ODASHIMA Yushi, WATANABE Moriaki and HIDAKA Hachiro at Tokyo University, and founded the new theatre company KU NA’ UKA in 1990. Being active in the international industry, his directing, which fuses contemporary textual interpretations with physical techniques and patterns of Asian theatre, receives high acclaims both domestically and abroad. He was appointed as the General Artistic Director of SPAC in April of 2007. Along with presentations of his own works, he invites pieces that sharply cut away at modern society from all over the world. Furthermore, he has started new projects aimed at the youth of Shizuoka, putting efforts into presenting theatre as “a window to the world”. In June 2009, he directed “Two Ladies” written by KARA Juro at Spring Arts Festival Shizuoka. In July 2014, he was invited to the Festival d’Avignon and received excellent reviews for his staging of “Mahabharata” at “la carrière de Boulbon”. He is best known for such pieces as “Medea”, “Mahabharata”, “Peer Gynt” etc. In 2004 he received the 3rd Asahi Performing Arts Award. In 2005 he received the 2nd Asahi Beer Art Award.
　
Photos by ATARASHI Ryota (in Avignon)

◎Video (2014)


　

SPAC AUTUMN – SPRING 2016-2017 #5
Repertoire

Directed by MIYAGI Satoshi
Original text by William SHAKESPEARE
Translated by ODASHIMA Yushi
Embellished by NODA Hideki
Music by TANAKAWA Hiroko

Performed by
AKAMATSU Naomi, IKEDA Makiko, IZUMI Yoji, OHTAKA Kouichi, KASUGAI Ippei,
KATO Yukio, KAWAMURA Wakana, KIUCHI Kotoko, KIJIMA Tsuyoshi, KONAGAYA Katsuhiko,
SAKURAUCHI Yu, SATO Yuzu, SUZUKI Mariko, DAIDOMUMON Yuya, TAKII Miki,
TAKEISHI Morimasa, NAGAI Sayako, HONDA Maki, MAKIYAMA Yudai, MORIYAMA Fuyuko,
YOSHIMI Ryo, WAKAMIYA Yoichi, WATANABE Sayaka, WATANABE Takahiko

Information

■Schedule
25 February, Saturday at 14:00
　　*Shuttle bus from Tokyo / Post-performance talk / Nursery service
5 March, Sunday at 14:00
　　*Guidance for theatre beginners / Backstage tour / Nursery service
11 March, Saturday at 15:00
　　*Shuttle bus from Eastern Shizuoka / Backstage tour
18 March, Saturday at 15:00
19 March, Sunday at 14:00
　　*Post-performance talk
20 March, Monday at 14:00

Venue: Shizuoka Arts Theatre 　access

In Japanese with English subtitles

■Performances for junior and high-school students
24 February, Friday at 13:30*
27 February, Monday at 13:30*
28 February, Tuesday at 13:30*
1 March, Wednesday at 13:30*
2 March, Thursday at 13:30*
3 March, Friday at 13:30*
6 March, Monday at 13:30*
8 March, Wednesday at 13:30
9 March, Thursday at 13:30
10 March, Friday at 13:30*
13 March, Monday at 13:30*
14 March, Tuesday at 18:00*
The mark “*” means the performances that have available seats for general audience. (The tickets are limited.)

■Shuttle bus to Shizuoka Arts Theatre
＜From Tokyo＞
25 February, Saturday
09:30 Shibuya → 13:00 Shizuoka Arts Theatre
＜From Eastern Shizuoka＞
11 March, Saturday
Departure from Shuzenji-station to Shizuoka Arts Theatre
11:20 Shuzenji-station(South exit) → 12:10 Mishima-station(North exit) → 12:40 Numazu-station(North exit) → 14:00 Shizuoka Arts Theatre
*Returning bus will run after the backstage tour.
**Reservation is required.

Ticket Price

4,100 yen (One viewing for regular adult)

SPAC Membership Discount
3,400 yen (One viewing for regular adult)

Pair Discount
3,600 yen per person

Group Discount
3,200 yen per person for group of 3 or more

Senior Discount
3,400 yen for seniors over 60
*Please present ID at door

Student Discount
2,000 yen (University)
1,000 yen (High School and under)
*Please present school ID at door

Handicap Discount
2,800 yen (for those who possess handicap passbook)

*Cannot use more than one discount per purchase.
*Please inform use of discount when making reservation.

Day ticket
Available for left over seats, from one hour prior to each performance at counter.
*Please confirm ticket availability of the day by phone or by visiting Twitter(@_SPAC_)

How to Purchase

Prior Reservation for Membership begins: 31 July at 10:00
Advance Tickets Sale begins: 7 August 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)

●Purchase at Seven Eleven
Please use Multi Copy Machine inside stores

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 Twitter (@_SPAC_)

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

Staff

Stage manager: UCHINO Akiko
Stage design: FUKASAWA Eri
Lighting design: IWASHINA Takeaki (Saitama Arts Foundation)
Costume design: KOMAI Yumiko
Assistant director: NAKANO Masaki
Staging: KAMIYA Toshiki, YOKOTA Takao, ICHIKAWA Kazumi
Art work: SATO Yosuke
Lighting operation: KAMIYA Reina
Follow spot: KOBAYAKAWA Hiroya, ITAYA Wataru, KATO Etsuko
Sound: HARADA Shinobu, SAWADA Yukino
Wardrobe: SEI Chigusa, KAWAI Reiko
Hair and makeup: KAJITA Kyoko, TAKAHASHI Norimitsu
Technical director: MURAMATSU Atsushi
English subtitles(Translation):　Mika Eglinton
English subtitles(Cooperation for translation):　Andrew Eglinton　
Production: OGATA Mayuko, YUKIOKA Jun
Visual photo: OBAMA Harumi
Flyer design: SAKAMOTO Yoichi(mots)
Hair&Make for flyer photo: YUKI & RENA(La SUPREME Shin-Shizuoka CENOVA)

Produced by SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
In co-operation with NODA・MAP
Approved by Fujinokuni Arts Festival 2016
Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan in the fiscal 2016
　

　

　　
Director’s Profile
MORI Shintaro

　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　

　

　

SPAC Autumn→Spring Season ＃4
New Production

Directed by MORI Shintaro
Written by Manuel PUIG
Translated by FURUYA Yuichiro

Performed by TSUNOGAE Kazue and Micari

Information

■Schedule
5 December at 16:00 *Post-performance talk
12 December at 14:30
19 December at 16:00 *Post-performance talk
20 December at 14:30
23 December at 14:30
*Pre-performance talk will be held 25 min. before each show.
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre 　access

Duration: 175 minutes (with intermission)

■Performances for junior and high-school students
3 December at 13:30
4 December at 13:30
8 December at 13:3013:10
9 December at 13:30
10 December at 13:30
11 December at 13:30
14 December at 13:3013:00
16 December at 10:30, 14:30
18 December at 13:3013:00
21 December at 13:3013:15
22 December at 13:30
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre 　access

■Shuttle bus from Tokyo and Hamamatsu to Shizuoka Arts Theatre
Departure
5 December at 11:30 from Shibuya to Shizuoka Arts Theatre (arrives at 15:00)
19 December at 13:30 from Hamamatsu to Shizuoka Arts Theatre (arrives at 15:00)
*Returning bus to Tokyo and Hamamatsu run after the Post-performance talk.

Ticket

Ticket Price
4,100 yen (regular adult)

SPAC Membership Discount
3,400 yen (regular adult)

Pair Discount
3,600 yen per person

Group Discount
3,200 yen per person for group of 3 or more

Senior Discount
3,400 yen for seniors over 60
*Please present ID at door

Student Discount
2,000 yen (University)
1,000 yen (High School and under)
*Please present school ID at door

Handicap Discount
2,800 yen (for those who possess handicap passbook)

*Cannot use more than one discount per purchase.
*Please inform use of discount when making reservation.

Day ticket
Available for left over seats, from one hour prior to each performance at counter.
*Please confirm ticket availability of the day by phone or by visiting Twitter(@_SPAC_)

Phone Reservation
SPAC Ticket Center
TEL. +81-(0)54-202-3399 (10:00-18:00)

Staff

Stage design: FUKASAWA Eri
Lighting design: OSAKO Koji
Sound design: KATO Hisanao
Costume: KOMAI Yumiko
Stage manager: UCHINO Akiko
Staging: SAKAKI Yasuo
Lighting operation: KOBAYAKAWA Hiroya
Sound operation: SAKATA Yukari
Art work: SATO Yosuke
Production: TAKABAYASHI Rie, KUMAKURA Misato
Flyer design: TAKEZAWA Hisami

Produced by SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
Supported by
Program For the Promotion of Culture and Art by Utilizing University for the fiscal year 2015, The Agency for Cultural Affairs,
National University Corporation Shizuoka University
Approved by Fujinokuni Arts Festival 2015
　　
　
　
　

It is the Taisho era, where humans and sprits come and go in IZUMI Kyoka’s world of fantasy.
This very popular spectacle presented by MIYAGI Satoshi and SPAC will enthrall you with beautiful scenes and costumes, coupled with stirring live music!

　

Directed by MIYAGI Satoshi
Written by IZUMI Kyoka
Music: TANAKAWA Hiroko
Stage design: FUKASAWA Eri
Costume design: TAKEDA Toru

　

Outline of the story　
Long ago, the villagers made a promise with the dragon goddess of Yashagaike pond. “We will toll the bell three times a day, lest the dragon goddess leap out of the pond and flood the village…”
YAMAZAWA Gakuen visits the village and finds out that his old schoolmate HAGIWARA Akira, who had disappeared, has taken over the role of tolling the bell in the heart of the mountain after marrying Yuri, a young woman from the village. However, Lady Shirayuki, the dragon goddess who cannot leave the pond because of the promise, pines for her true love—the young lord of Senjagaike pond on the other side of the mountain—and tries to break the bell…
Meanwhile, in the drought-stricken village, the villagers are conspiring to sacrifice Yuri for the rain ritual.
　

　

Cast

　

Information

2022
22 January, Saturday at 2:00pm
*Guidance for theatre beginners
23 January, Sunday at 2:00pm
*Post-performance talk
29 January, Saturday at 2:00pm
*Guidance for theatre beginners
*Backstage lecture
30 January, Sunday at 2:00pm
*Backstage lecture
6 February, Sunday at 2:00pm
*Post-performance talk
12 February, Saturday at 2:00pm
*Backstage lecture
13 February, Sunday at 2:00pm
*Backstage lecture
19 February, Saturday at 2:00pm
*Backstage lecture
23 February, Wednesday at 2:00pm *
*Post-performance talk
5 March, Saturday at 2:00pm
*Backstage lecture
　
Duration: About 90 minutes
In Japanese with English subtitles
*Please refrain from taking infants to the ordinary seats.
*The tickets are sold out. From now on we are accepting applications to join the waiting list (via phone only).

Venue: Shizuoka Arts Theatre
2-3-1 Higashishizuoka, Suruga-ku Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan
● Approx. 5 minutes walk from South exit of JR Higashi-Shizuoka Station.
The entrance is on the east side (towards Shimizu) of the Granship building.
For more information, please click here: https://spac.or.jp/en/access
　

《COVID-19 Prevention Measures》
Requests to All Visitors

In addition to the following, please be sure to read [Important] Measures for Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 and Requests to All Visitors as well.

●Please check your physical condition before coming to the theater.
(If you have a fever or other symptoms, please refrain from visiting the theater.)
●Please be sure to wear a mask when you visit the theater.
●Your body temperature will be taken at the theater entrance using thermography or a non-contact thermometer. If your temperature exceeds 37.5 degrees Celsius, you will be asked to refrain from entering the theater.
●Please fill out and submit the visitor card.
(In the event of an outbreak of infection, we may provide the submitted information to public institutions such as health centers.)
※For this fiscal year, the balcony seats on the 1st floor of Shizuoka Arts Theatre are available if you maintain distance from the members of the audience around you.
Please contact the SPAC Ticket Center for further information.

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.
23 January, Sunday
6 February, Sunday
23 February, Wednesday
Free of charge. No reservation required.
　
Backstage lecture
The technical staff will explain behind the scenes.
29 January, Saturday
30 January, Sunday
12 February, Saturday
13 February, Sunday
19 February, Saturday
5 March, Saturday
Every day, after the performance
Time: About 30 minutes
Free of charge. No reservation required.　
　
Guidance for theatre beginners
SPAC actors 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.
22 January, Saturday
29 January, Saturday
12:30～13:30
In Japanese
Free of charge. Reservation required. Up to 20 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.
It is scheduled that about 6,300 students from about 40 junior high and high schools in the prefecture will view the work at Shizuoka Arts Theatre.
　

Ticket Price

4,200 yen (One viewing for regular adult)

SPAC Membership Discount
3,500 yen (One viewing for regular adult)

Pair Discount
3,700 yen per person

Group Discount
3,300 yen per person for group of 3 or more

Senior Discount
3,500 yen for seniors over 60
*Please present ID at door

Student Discount
2,000 yen (University)
1,000 yen (High School and under)
*Please present school ID at door

Handicap Discount
2,900 yen (for those who possess handicap passbook)
　
*Cannot use more than one discount per purchase.
*Please inform use of discount when making reservation.

How to Purchase

Prior Reservation for Membership begins: 4 December at 10:00
Advance Tickets Sale begins: 11 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 Twitter (@_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］ (One family only per performance)
For both the Shimoda and 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.
　

Staff

Lighting design: HIGUCHI Masayuki
Hair and makeup: KAJITA Kyoko
Stage manager: HARAIKAWA Yukio
Stage: FURUYA Kazumi、YAMAZAKI Kaoru, MORIBE Rio, ICHIKAWA Kazumi
Lighting: MORITA Honoka, MIZUNO Hikaru
Sound: HARADA Shinobu, OTSUKI Minori
Wardrobe: MAKINO Saho, YAMAMOTO Kana
Production: KUGA Haruko, SUZUKI Tatsumi, KOMIE Kaoru
Flyer design: ABE Taichi (TAICHI ABE DESIGN INC.)
　　
Produced by SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan through the Japan Arts Council

　

　
　
【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 Boulbon. 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 recieved “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” from the Ministry of Culture of France in 2018.

Story of a landowner living in an illusion of her past,
and funny people gathering at her estate

his masterpiece by Chekhov that continues to be loved throughout the world is turned into an ephemeral but beautiful world on stage by Daniel Jeanneteau, a French stage director, together with selected French and Japanese actors. Conversations among people who visit the estate are humorous as they are incompatible, reminding the audience of a sweet-and-sour romance that we have all experienced at least once. This is the long-awaited fourth round of the collaboration between Jeanneteau and SPAC, who have established a relationship of deep trust through works such as Blasted by Sarah Kane (2009), The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (2011), and The Blind by Maurice Maeterlinck (2015).
　
▼A scene from the first round of stage rehearsals held at Shizuoka Arts Theater in August 2021

▼Stage photos

　　

≪International collaboration work≫
Direction and Scenography: Daniel JEANNETEAU
Artistic collaboration, Dramaturgy, and Video: Mammar BENRANOU
Text: Anton CHEKHOV
Translation: André MARKOWICZ, Françoise MORVAN(French) ADACHI Noriko(Japanese)

Schedule

＜Iwata＞

2021 3 December, Friday at 1:30pm
At Ryuyo Naginoki Kaikan, Iwata city
6605-3 Toyooka, Iwata City, Shizuoka, Japan

Duration: 140 minutes
In Japanese and French with Japanese subtitles

　
*Please refrain from taking infants to the ordinary seats.

［ACCESS］

■ By Train
　Nearest station: JR Toyodacho Station

＜Charter buses from JR Toyodacho Station＞

	To Theatre		To Station
JR Toyodacho Station	12:35	13:05	◎
Ryuyo Naginoki Kaikan	12:45	13:15	◎

◎It runs after the show “The Cherry Orchard” ended.

■ By Car:
　Approx. 20 minutes from Iwata Interchange (I.C.) or Enshu-Toyoda Interchange (I.C.) on the Tomei Expressway.
★Car parking available

　
＜Shizuoka＞
13 November, Saturday at 2:00pm
14 November, Sunday at 2:00pm
20 November, Saturday at 2:00pm
21 November, Sunday at 2:00pm
23 November, Tuesday at 2:00pm
28 November, Sunday at 2:00pm
12 December, Sunday at 2:00pm
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
In Japanese and French with Japanese subtitles
★For more information, please click here.

　

Cast

　
【Profile】
Daniel Jeanneteau

Daniel Jeanneteau is a director and a scenographer. After graduating from Strasbourg School of Decorative Arts, he studied drama at the school attached to the National Theatre of Strasbourg. While at school, he met Claude Régy, a maestro of the theater world in France, and was engaged in the scenography of his works for fifteen years thereafter. He also worked with many directors and choreographers, including Jean-Claude Gallotta, Trisha Brown, and Pascal Rambert. Since 2001, in collaboration with Marie-Christine Soma, he has been directing works by Racine, Strindberg, Sarah Kane, and Daniel Keene. After serving as the art director in Studio-Théâtre de Vitry from 2008, he assumed the post of theater director for T2G – Théâtre de Gennevilliers in 2017.

Mammar Benranou

After making efforts as a film director, cameraman and editor, Mammar Benranou directed Forêt D.88 (2007) based on a theatrical project by Guillaume Vincent. In 2009, he wrote and directed Le Chant des invisibles, an experimental documentary film. For SPAC, he was in charge of creating images used in the play The Glass Menagerie, and also produced a video recording the works by Daniel Jeanneteau from a unique viewpoint. He also designed images for the L’Annonce faite à Marie by Paul Claudel (directed by Yves Beaunesne, 2014). Recently, he has been working as a collaborator for Aguets, partition pour un cirque ensauvagé (2021), directed by Daniel Jeanneteau, with the students of the Académie Fratellini.

Story of a landowner living in an illusion of her past,
and funny people gathering at her estate

This masterpiece by Chekhov that continues to be loved throughout the world is turned into an ephemeral but beautiful world on stage by Daniel Jeanneteau, a French stage director, together with selected French and Japanese actors. Conversations among people who visit the estate are humorous as they are incompatible, reminding the audience of a sweet-and-sour romance that we have all experienced at least once. This is the long-awaited fourth round of the collaboration between Jeanneteau and SPAC, who have established a relationship of deep trust through works such as Blasted by Sarah Kane (2009), The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (2011), and The Blind by Maurice Maeterlinck (2015).
　
▼A scene from the first round of stage rehearsals held at Shizuoka Arts Theater in August 2021

▼Stage photos

　　

≪International collaboration work≫
Direction and Scenography: Daniel JEANNETEAU
Artistic collaboration, Dramaturgy, and Video: Mammar BENRANOU
Text: Anton CHEKHOV
Translation: André MARKOWICZ, Françoise MORVAN(French) ADACHI Noriko(Japanese)

　
Outline of the story
Ranevskaya ends her relationship with her lover in Paris and returns to her family estate after five years. However, because of accumulated debts, the cherry orchard she had cherished is about to be auctioned to pay for the mortgage…

　

Cast

　
　
【Profile】
Daniel Jeanneteau

Daniel Jeanneteau is a director and a scenographer. After graduating from Strasbourg School of Decorative Arts, he studied drama at the school attached to the National Theatre of Strasbourg. While at school, he met Claude Régy, a maestro of the theater world in France, and was engaged in the scenography of his works for fifteen years thereafter. He also worked with many directors and choreographers, including Jean-Claude Gallotta, Trisha Brown, and Pascal Rambert. Since 2001, in collaboration with Marie-Christine Soma, he has been directing works by Racine, Strindberg, Sarah Kane, and Daniel Keene. After serving as the art director in Studio-Théâtre de Vitry from 2008, he assumed the post of theater director for T2G – Théâtre de Gennevilliers in 2017.

Mammar Benranou

After making efforts as a film director, cameraman and editor, Mammar Benranou directed Forêt D.88 (2007) based on a theatrical project by Guillaume Vincent. In 2009, he wrote and directed Le Chant des invisibles, an experimental documentary film. For SPAC, he was in charge of creating images used in the play The Glass Menagerie, and also produced a video recording the works by Daniel Jeanneteau from a unique viewpoint. He also designed images for the L’Annonce faite à Marie by Paul Claudel (directed by Yves Beaunesne, 2014). Recently, he has been working as a collaborator for Aguets, partition pour un cirque ensauvagé (2021), directed by Daniel Jeanneteau, with the students of the Académie Fratellini.

From flowers to stars; everything is connected.

Maurice Maeterlinck, the writer well known as the author of The Blue Bird, was also a competent beekeeper. Based on his essay The Life of the Bee, Céline Schaeffer, a French Director, vividly depicts a year in the life of a honeybee wrapped in mystery. The work, skillfully incorporating projection and dance, was re-created by SPAC in Japanese in 2020. It received a favorable reception as a theatrical play that can be enjoyed by both adults and children. Beautiful scenery that changes thorough the four seasons, and the life led by the honeybee—Look very carefully, and the voice of nature will invite you to join the adventure inside a beehive.
　
▼Stage photos（2020）／Performance in 2020

　　

Based on The Life of the Bee Maurice Maeterlinck
Written and directed by Céline SCHAEFFER
Performed by SPAC / TAKII Miki, NAGAI Kenji, NAKAMURA Yuki, KIUCHI Kotoko
Japanese Script by NOUSO Masao

　

SPAC 2020–2021 programs
Promotional videos

　

　

#1

Republic of the Bees

＜Shizuoka＞
2 October，Saturday at 2:00pm
3 October，Sunday at 2:00pm
9 October，Saturday at 2:00pm
10 October，Sunday at 2:00pm
23 October，Saturday at 2:00pm
24 October，Sunday at 2:00pm
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
In Japanese

＜Shimoda＞
27 November, Saturday at 2:00pm
At Shimoda Civic Culture Center
In Japanese

Based on Maurice Maeterlinck
Written and directed by Céline SCHAEFFER

Performed by SPAC / TAKII Miki, NAGAI Kenji, NAKAMURA Yuki, KIUCHI Kotoko

▼Stage Photos（2020）／Performance in 2020

　

#2

The Cherry Orchard

＜Shizuoka＞
13 November, Saturday at 2:00pm
14 November, Sunday at 2:00pm
20 November, Saturday at 2:00pm
21 November, Sunday at 2:00pm
23 November, Tuesday at 2:00pm
28 November, Sunday at 2:00pm
12 December, Sunday at 2:00pm
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
In Japanese and French with Japanese subtitles

＜Iwata＞
3 December, Friday at 1:30pm
At Ryuyo Naginoki Kaikan, Iwata city
In Japanese and French with Japanese subtitles

Directed and scenography by Daniel JEANNETEAU
Written by Anton CHEKHOV
Translated by André MARKOWICZ, Françoise MORVAN (French), ADACHI Noriko (Japanese)

Performed by SUZUKI Haruyo, FUSE Asuka, Solène ARBEL, ABE Kazunori, Quentin BOUISSOU, Aurélien ESTAGER, KONAGAYA Katsuhiko, Nathalie KOUSNETZOFF, KATO Yukio, YAMAMOTO Miyuki, Axel BOGOUSSLAVSKY, DAIDOMUMON Yuya, OUCHI Yoneji

▼”The Glass Menagerie” directed by Daniel JEANNETEAU（2011）

　

#3

Demon Lake

2022
22 January, Saturday at 2:00pm
23 January, Sunday at 2:00pm
29 January, Saturday at 2:00pm
30 January, Sunday at 2:00pm
6 February, Sunday at 2:00pm
12 February, Saturday at 2:00pm
13 February, Sunday at 2:00pm
19 February, Saturday at 2:00pm
23 February, Wednesday at 2:00pm
6 March, Sunday at 2:00pm
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
In Japanese with English subtitles

Directed by MIYAGI Satoshi
Written by IZUMI Kyoka

Performed by OKUNO Akihito, KASUGAI Ippei, KIUCHI Kotoko, KIJIMA Tsuyoshi, KONAGAYA Katsuhiko, SUZUKI Mariko, TAKII Miki, TAKEISI Morimasa, NAGAI Kenji, NAGAI Sayako, HUSE Asuka, MISHIMA Keita, MIYAGISHIMA Haruka, YAMAZAKI Koji, WAKAMIYA Yoichi

▼Stage Photos（2012）

　

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Requests to All Visitors

In addition to the following, please be sure to read [Important] Measures for Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 and Requests to All Visitors as well.

●Please check your physical condition before coming to the theater.
(If you have a fever or other symptoms, please refrain from visiting the theater.)
●Please be sure to wear a mask when you visit the theater.
●Your body temperature will be taken at the theater entrance using thermography or a non-contact thermometer. If your temperature exceeds 37.5 degrees Celsius, you will be asked to refrain from entering the theater.
●Please fill out and submit the visitor card.
(In the event of an outbreak of infection, we may provide the submitted information to public institutions such as health centers.)

　

Organized by
SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
The Japan Foundation
［For “The Cherry Orchard” at Shizuoka Arts Theatre, excluding Performances for junior and high-school student］
The Association of Public Theaters and Halls in Japan
［For “Republic of the Bees” at Shimoda, “The Cherry Orchard” at Ryuyo］

Produced by SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center

Supported by
The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan through the Japan Arts Council
The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
［For “Republic of the Bees” at Shimoda, “The Cherry Orchard” at Ryuyo］

　

Citizen participants and SPAC actors, 50 in total, are going on a raid…Really?!

Indecisive and just going with the flow—a typical Japanese atmosphere.
A chance to hear the special inside story of “Chushingura” in the Reiwa era!

The version of “Chushingura” (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers) written by HIRATA Oriza in 1999 features no stuffy old language. In a peaceful time where bushido has long been forgotten, the remaining samurai, referring to one another simply as “Tanaka-san” or “Suzuki-san,” think about what to do after their master impulsively attempts to kill Kira. This plain-language version of “Chushingura” subverts the tropes of historical samurai dramas and offers many findings about modern life.

　

　

43 citizen participants selected.
Citizens from a wide range of generations, from teenagers to people in their 80s, gathered under a common desire to create a performance with other people. Some of them are acting on stage for the first time, some became captivated by plays after participating in SPAC’S human resources development project, and some have abundant experience of acting in various plays.
Fifty performers, including SPAC actors, join together in dialogue, dancing, and a live percussion performance, creating their own unique “Chushingura 2021” in an outdoor theatrical space.

　

　

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Written by HIRATA Oriza
General director: MIYAGI Satoshi

Directed by TERAUCHI Ayako, MAKIYAMA Yudai
Composed by TANAKAWA Hiroko
Choreographed by KITAMURA Akiko
Composition of music used in the play by YAMANUKI Norihiko

Cast

YOSHIUE Soichiro, OOTAKA Kouichi, KATO Yukio, KIJIMA Tsuyoshi, DAIDOMUMON Yuya, WAKAMIYA Yoichi, TAKEISHI Morimasa

ISHII Moemi, YOSHIMI Ryo, SAKAKIBARA Yuumi, OISHI Nobuhiro[Gekidan Watanabe], KAGEYAMA Hisae[Gekidan Watanabe]

ITO Kiyomi, INOUE Satsuki, INOUE Moe, USAMI Junko, UCHIYAMA Reina, OISHI Yumeko, OONO Hiromi, OMATA Asahi, KASAHARA Mami, KATAYAMA Harue, KAWAKAMI Shion, KOBAYASHI Kiyomi, KOBAYASHI Momiji, KOBAYASHI Reiko, OYANO Keiko, SAEKI Akihiko, SAWADA Yui, SHIBATA Akira, SHIRAGA Hisayoshi, TAKASAWA Rie, TAKEUCHI Kaoru, TSUCHIYA Kaoru, TODUKA Hiroyuki, NAKAGAWA Eri, NAKAZAWA Tsuyoshi, NAKAMURA Ayano, NAMAI Mizuki, FUJIE Ash, FUJIMI Hana, HOSHI Yoshiyuki, HOSODA Ai, MAEDA Nobuko, MATSUMOTI Mayumi, MIZUNO Juri, MORISAKI Sanae, YAMADA Toshimi, YAMANASHI Madoka, YAMAMOTO Mao, YAMAMOTO Yuji, YAMAMOTO Yukie, YUZAWA Yumiko, YOSHIDA Mineko
　

Information

Saturday 5 June at 19:30
Sunday 6 June at 19:30
at Open Air Theatre “UDO”, Shizuoka Performing Arts Park
Duration: 100minutes(Without intermission)

*Seats with no backrest
*Performances will be held even if it rains. As the use of umbrellas is not permitted during a performance, please ensure you have suitable rainwear. You are also advised to bring warm clothes for night performances at this time of year.
*Admission to auditorium is restricted to children of school age and over.

　
《COVID-19 Prevention Measures》
Requests to All Visitors

In addition to the following, please be sure to read [Important] Measures for Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 and Requests to All Visitors as well.

●Please check your physical condition before coming to the theater.
(If you have a fever or other symptoms, please refrain from visiting the theater.)

●Please be sure to wear a mask when you visit the theater.

●Your body temperature will be taken at the theater entrance using thermography or a non-contact thermometer. If your temperature exceeds 37.5 degrees Celsius, you will be asked to refrain from entering the theater.

●Please fill out and submit the visitor card.
(In the event of an outbreak of infection, we may provide the submitted information to public institutions such as health centers.)

Access

Open Air Theatre “UDO”, Shizuoka Performing Arts Park

100-1 Hirasawa, Suruga-ku Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan　Map

[Recommendation]
Please take our charter buses for Shizuoka Performing Arts Park instead of a private car.

	To the park			From the park
Bus stop at South exit of JR Higashi-Shizuoka Sta.	17:30	18:05	18:40	◎
Shizuoka Arts Theatre	▼	▼	▼	◎
Shizuoka Performing Arts Park	17:45	18:20	18:55	◎

◎It runs after the show ended.

Ticket Price

4,200 yen (for regular adult)

SPAC Membership Discount
3,500 yen (for regular adult)

Pair Discount
3,700 yen per person

Group Discount
3,300 yen per person for group of 3 or more

Senior Discount
3,500 yen for seniors over 60
*Please present ID at door

Student Discount
2,000 yen (University)
1,000 yen (High School and under)
*Please present school ID at door

Handicap Discount
2,900 yen (for those who possess handicap passbook)

*Cannot use more than one discount per purchase.
*Please inform use of discount when making reservation.

How to Purchase

Prior Reservation for Membership begins: 8 May at 10:00
Advance Tickets Sale begins: 9 May at 10:00
　
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– 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
*Our telephone service will be closed on Monday 17 May.
　
Day Ticket
Available at each venue for leftover seats, from one hour prior to each performance.
*Please confirm ticket availability on the day by phone or by visiting Twitter (@_SPAC_)

*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 Koichi
Set design: FUKASAWA Eri
Costume design: TAKAHASHI Kayo
Chief assistant director: NAKANO Masaki
Assistant director: SATO Tsuyoshi(Garan Hakubutsudo)／KONO Toshinori(Entertainment unit FOX WORKS)／KIDA Hiroki(Theater Company Z・A )／OHASHI Mizuki(Performance Unit HORIZON)
Stage manager: OGAWA Tetsuro
Stage: YAMAZAKI Kaoru, TSUCHIYA Katsunori, MIWA Ayaka
Scenery: YOSHIDA Yuna
Lighting: KOBAYAKAWA Hiroya, MORITA Honoka, MIZUNO Hikaru
Sound: SAWADA Yukino, TAKESHIMA Chisato
Wardrobe: KOMAI Yumiko, SEI Chigusa, SATO Rise, YAMAMOTO Kana, MAKINO Saho
Technical director: MURAMATSU Atsushi
English subtitle translation: TANAKA Nobuko
Subtitle operation: KATAOKA Sachiko
Production: TANJI Haru, YONEYAMA Junichi, NISHIMURA Ai, SUZUKI Tatsumi, SAKANAKA Toshiki
Flyer design: ADCOOK

Lighting equipment provision：Marumo Electric Co.,Ltd.
Cooperation in musical instruments (Kkwaeng’gwali): Mindeulle, a Korean percussion class in Shizuoka

Produced by SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
Co-produced by Shizuoka Cultural Program Promotion Committee
Supported by Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Activities, the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan through the Japan Arts Council

　　

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[Directors]
TERAUCHI Ayako

Ms. TERAUCHI became involved in plays in 1997 in KU NA’ UKA Theater Company. Since the company entered a fallow period in 2007, she has been based at SPAC and appearing on stages in Japan and abroad, while also being engaged in physical expression education at Tokyo University of the Arts. She has many talents in addition to being an actor, engaging internationally in such activities as the composition of music performances, direction of plays, and interpretation. She worked as a SPAC director for several plays, including “Ootto Eetto Eejanaika” during the Open-air Performing Arts Festival 2020 in Kakegawa.

　
NISHIO Kaori

Playwright, director, leader of Bird Park. Born in 1985. After a childhood in Malaysia she researched TERAYAMA Shuji and OTA Shogo at university, and founded Bird Park in 2007. Since then she has handled all of the group’s scriptwriting and direction. She was nominated for the 58th KISHIDA Kunio Drama Award. Furthermore, her major works include “A Paper Balloon” written by KISHIDA Kunio and “Invisible Neighbors (inspired by “8”)” which was performed at Festival/Tokyo 14.
　
SUZUKI Ichirota

Director of Large, Small & Ref. Co. Ltd. Born in 1977. Soon after graduation from high-school, he moved to US and then UK. He began his career as an artist during the time in London. Nearly 10 years in UK, he then moved back to Japan and joined Creative Support Let’s (NPO) in charge of project planning such as exhibition, talk session, community space management, and human resource education program. In 2013, co-founded Large, Small & Ref. Co. Ltd. with an architect OHIGASHI Tasuku, mainly in charge of project planning, management and art direction. Earned MA Fine Arts at Central St. Martins College of Art & Design (Byam Shaw School of Art).
　
OHIGASHI Tasuku
The representative director of Large, Small & Ref. Co. Ltd. and Architect. After graduating from economic department of Kansai University, he then went on to work for a building contractor. A few years later, he began his career as an architect in Osaka. In 2011, moved the base to Hamamatsu to set up his own architect office, which deals with local project as well as architectural design. In 2013, co-founded Large, Small & Ref. Co. Ltd. with SUZUKI Ichirota.
　
Bird Park
A theatre company formed in 2007 by NISHIO Kaori as a playwright and director with MORI Sumire as an actress and designer, in order to explore the existence of minor matters that is slightly off-edge but still shows its presence in the society. Their work delves into space and language, always approaching subjects from a slightly oblique perspective to shine a gentle spotlight. They have created performances at a range of local sites such as a former warehouse, an old Japanese house and a disused shop in Tottori, Kitakyushu, Hiroshima and Osaka. And they have won many awards in various cities like Osaka, Hiroshima, Tokyo and so on.
　
Large, Small & Ref. Co. Ltd.
Established in 2013 by OHIGASHI Tasuku and SUZUKI Ichirota. They flexibly deal with complex matters from project planning, direction and management to architectural design. Based on their belief that even the most distant issues in our society share the same ground, they try to introduce unique development for the project by combining different disciplines and heterogeneities.




鳥公園「緑子の部屋」2014年


㈱大と小とレフ「セミナールーム黒板とキッチン」2014年

Participatory Theatre/JAPAN（Shizuoka）
Directed by OHIGASHI Tasuku (Large, Small and Ref. Co. Ltd.), SUZUKI Ichirota (Large, Small and Ref. Co. Ltd.), NISHIO Kaori (Bird Park)

Produced by SPAC -Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
Cooperated by Ikeda association

Information

2 May at 11:00, 14:30
3 May at 11:00, 15:00
4 May at 11:00, 16:00
5 May at 11:00, 16:00
6 May at 11:00, 15:00
Around the town of Ikeda (Meeting point : Ikeda Kominkan)
Duration: 70 minutes (expected)　　In Japanese

Ticket

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Phone Reservation
SPAC Ticket Center
TEL. +81-(0)54-202-3399 (10:00-18:00)

Introduction

Suruga streets with green tea smell
A strange city walk
A play in which you can “participate”!　
“I want to walk the streets that I do not know”. What is it that stirs human hearts? Although the reason for a journey is different depending on the person, if you love theatre, perhaps there is a time when you have travelled for theatre, because “I want to watch this play, because it is only here and now that I can see this”. In times past, in large towns there has been a theatre. This was not only a place of exchange for the people who lived there but also became a place for travelers to learn about the history and culture of the land. However with the development of transportation journeys have become more convenient. While many carry their feet to this festival, there is no time to learn about the city of Shizuoka, and there are many that simply return home without doing so. But now…?

The tag of uniqueness is realized
A town turns in to a theatre
A small adventure
One may say, I came to watch theatre and I have to do fieldwork? But no, this is a genuine “theatre” piece that layers productions from various places. NISHIO Kaori of theatre unit “Bird Park” (who has continued to organize site specific creative activities) along with Shizuoka architecture, design and event planning company “Large, Small and Ref. Co. Ltd.” will challenge themselves in a work where the town itself becomes the stage. It could almost be described as a theatrical version of a role playing game. What kind of adventure awaits?