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LIN Lee-chen
Born in Taiwan in 1950. LIN Lee-Chen is the Choreographer and Artistic Director of Legend Lin Dance Theatre. Over forty-five years, she has worked on numerous dance pieces, leading the Taiwanese dance world. In 1995, she founded Legend Lin Dance Theatre and participated in some major international festivals where she earned her esteemed reputation. In 2002, she was selected as among one of the eight most significant contemporary choreographers in the world by ARTE, an important arts and culture television channels in Europe. In 2008, Legend Lin Dance Theatre participated in the Beijing Olympic Festival. It was the first time that a Taiwanese performance group received an official invitation to perform at National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing. After “Miroirs de Vie”, “Hymne aux Fleurs qui Passent”, she finally completed “Song of Pensive Beholding”; the trilogy of her tribute to Heaven, Earth, and Man thus realized. She has also staged performances at Festival d’Avignon, Théâtre National de Chaillot, Biennale de la Danse de Lyon, Chekhov International Theatre Festival, Festival Internacional Cervantino, etc.

　
Legend Lin Dance Theatre
www.legend-lin.org.tw
The history of Legend Lin Dance Theatre is very much the story of its artistic director and choreographer LIN Lee-chen. A graduate of the Chinese Culture University, LIN founded the repertory company for the purpose of presenting large-scale performance works that reflect the spirit and culture of her native Taiwan. Inspired by local religious rituals and ceremonial rites celebrating the rhythms of nature and our place in it, the artistry of the Legend Lin Dance Theatre blends a lush visual aesthetics with a brilliantly original choreography that gives new meaning to the phrase “poetry in motion.” A show-stealer at the Festival d’Avignon in 1998, “Miroirs de Vie” was inspired by the Jiao, a Daoist open-air ceremony held during the Ghost Festival in the seventh lunar month, when the angry spirits of the un-cared-for dead are temporarily allowed to return to the world of the living. Having grown up in the harbor town of Keelung, where the Jiao has been practiced for centuries, LIN was a frequent witness to the power and beauty of this appeasement ceremony, and her “Miriors de Vie” is an aesthetic tribute to this local cultural tradition. In its many appearances overseas, the company has won praise from critics and audiences alike. Its “Hymne aux Fleurs qui Passent”, which pays tribute to the cycle of the seasons and the complementary principles of Yin and Yang, garnered the Prix du Public at the 9th Biennale de la Danse de Lyon in 2000 and broke attendance records at the Festival de Otoño the following year. The work was subsequently performed in Italy, Germany, Austria, U.S. and Mexico, bringing Legend Lin Dance Theatre onto the world stage. In 2009, invited by the National Theater & Concert Hall, National Performing Arts Center (former National Chiang Kai-Shek Cultural Center) as Flagship production of the year, Legend Lin Dance Theatre presents the final work of the series, “Song of Pensive Beholding” after nine years. Inspired by watching the eagles at Keelung Harbor, LIN Lee-chen’s hometown, the choreographer weaves her original tribal myth with a pensive eye, reflecting on the harm done to our environment and ourselves by human avarice. This long-awaited piece completes the trilogy of Lin’s tribute to Heaven, Earth, and Man, and once again stuns the world stage. With this production, Legend Lin paid its first visit to one of the most prestigious theater in the world — Théâtre national de Chaillot in Paris in 2011, and also made a big success in Hong Kong World Culture Festival, Teatro Alfa in Brazil, Chekhov International Theatre Festival in Moscow and Festival Internacional Cervantino in Mexico in the following years.
　

Dance / TAIWAN
Artistic director and choreographer: LIN Lee-Chen
Produced by Legend Lin Dance Theatre

Information

2 May at 13:30
3 May at 14:30
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre　access
Duration: 120 minutes
*Each day the pre-performance talk is held 20 minutes before the show.
*Post-Performance Talk by LIN Lee-Chen on 3 May.

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Introduction

Is this a dance?
It flows like a river,
Like the truth of the universe.
Legend Lin Dance Theatre was founded in 1995 and has since created three pieces of work within a single series. They ensure the positive and negative mutually support each other and form a pluralistic universe in which people, spirit and god, can coexist. “Song of Pensive Beholding”, which will be staged this time, is the final part of a trilogy, and has been created over a period of nine years. Through the eyes of the eagle that flies in the sky, this piece looks mercifully upon desire and the flow of the soul. It completes a journey that unlocks the myth of the body. Overwhelming in its display of the body’s strength and sophisticated and beautiful placement, within the piece, like a mandala, are conflicting elements that coexist. It draws into one’s mind solemnness and harmony that has been scattered over many years, and evokes an emotion similar to liberation.

Perfect calm and freedom!
Leading Taiwanese Culture,
Global Choreographer LIN Lee-Chen.
LIN Lee-Chen is artistic director of Legend Lin Dance Theatre that has won praises in the world. She is also a costume designer who can create the elaborate world. Holding the belief that the soul of predecessors dwells in the crafts that they left, she skillfully captures these colors and designs into the visual elements of her work. While Taiwanese locality is the origin of the piece, LIN did not stay in this local consciousness. While creating this dance work, her world goes beyond the frame of dance. Born out of a long and intense creation process, one cannot help but watch this gem. This piece is both very traditional and highly avant-garde. It is a depiction of whom you pray to for life’s happiness, and by watching, your soul will be led back to your inner earth.

Staff/Cast

Artistic Director and choreographer: LIN Lee-Chen
Visual concept: LIN Lee-Chen
Chinese Calligraphy: CHENG Yen-Ping
Lighting design: CHENG Kuo-Yang
Costume design: YIP Tim
Set design: CHENG Wang, CHEN Nien-Chou
Photographer: CHIN Cheng-Tsai, CHEN Tien-Mou
Rehearsal master: TSAY Bi-Jue
Associate rehearsal master: CHENG Chieh-Wen
Text: CHENG Chieh-Wen, LO Yu-Chia, CHEN Wei-Shiang

Singer: HSU Ching-Chwen
Musicians: HUANG Chih-Lin, HO Yi-Ming
Dancer:
[White Bird] WU Ming-Ching
[The death of White Bird] WANG Chien-Yi
[Samo] PING Yen-Ning
[Yaki] CHENG Chieh-Wen
Female dancer: LIN Jui-Yu, FENG Kai-Lun, WU Chia-Chien, CHEN Yi-Yi, CHANG Ya-Han, WU Pei-Chien, CHANG Yun-Chen, CHAN Hui-Fang, CHENG Yu-Shu, LAI Szu-Ying
Male dancer: HUANG Yao-Ting, CHEN Hsuan-Ting, KAO Pao-Chuan, GUO Ding-Wei, CHU Cheng-Kang

Producer: CHEN Nien-Chou
Technical director: CHENG Kuo-Yang
Stage manager: CHENG Tzu-Wei
Sound engineer: KAO Hung-Chia, Chieh Yun Corp.
Technical assistant: YIN Hao
Executive secretary: CHENG Chieh-Wen
Administrative consultant: LIAO Yo-Jen
Administrators: LIU San-San, WU Min-Fang, CHEN Wei-Shiang
Wardrobe Management: CHANG Chia-Chi
Prop Management: HUANG Yao-Ting
Make-up Management: LIN Jui-Yu
Hair accessory Management: WU Ming-Ching
Costume Management: WANG Chien-Yi
Music Management: CHENG Chieh-Wen

2009 NTCH Flagship Production

Commissioned and Produced by National Performing Arts Center – National Theater & Concert Hall
Produced by Legend Lin Dance Theatre
Supported by Ministry of Culture, Republic of China (Taiwan) ,
The Taipei Cultural Center, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan
Acknowledgement: Preparatory Office of the National Human Rights Museum

　　

　
Daniel JEANNETEAU
Director and set designer. Born in 1963 in Moselle, France. After graduating from l’Ecole des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg, JEANNETEAU went on to study theatre at l’École du Théâtre National de Strasbourg. In 1989 he met director Claude REGY. JEANNETEAU went on to produce all the set designs for REGY’s productions for fifteen years. Since 2001 he has collaborated with Marie-Christine SOMA and they directed pieces by Strindberg, Racine and Keene. In 2005 he directed “Blasted” by Sarah KANE at the Strasbourg National Theatre. At SPAC he directed “Blasted” in 2009 and “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee WILLIAMS in 2011. He has been the artistic director of Studio-Théâtre de Vitry since 2008.

　

　
SPAC’s New production
Theatre/JAPAN (Shizuoka), FRANCE
Directed by Daniel JEANNETEAU
Written by Maurice MAETERLINCK
Translated by HIRANO Akihito
Performed by OUCHI Yoneji, KATO Yukio, KIJIMA Tsuyoshi, KONAGAYA Katsuhiko, TERAUCHI Ayako, FUSE Asuka, YOKOYAMA Hisashi / (as extra) OCHIAI Hisanobu, KOBAYASHI Kiyomi, HAMAZAKI Kuniko, MASUI Noriyo, YASOHAMA Kikuko
Produced by SPAC -Shizuoka Performing Arts Center

Information

25 April, 2, 4 and 5 May, at 19:00
In the forest at Nihon-Daira
(Meeting point: BOX Theatre, Shizuoka Performing Arts Park)
Then, you will be requested to move to the performance site by foot.
Duration: 90110 minutes (including transfer)　　In Japanese

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*Please don’t miss the meeting time of 19:00 at BOX theatre. If coming late, you can not attend the performance. Thank you for your understanding.
　
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Introduction

A dark night in the forest of Nihon-Daira
Experience the serene world of MAETERLINCK!
In Japan the image of MAETERLINCK is strongly governed by his fairytale works such as “Blue Bird”. Last year at Festival d’Avignon, however, SPAC staged “Intérieur” (directed by Claude REGY), a work depicting the darkness and despair within humans and such his manner made him famous in European literary world. In this drama silence and quiet have important meanings. The work will be staged in the mountains of Nihon-Daira, wrapped in the darkness of the night. The audience is guided deep into the forest as cold air rolls in. Surrounded by the jet-black trees, the play quietly begins. Depending on “voices and signs” the piece rises among the audience and depicts the serene abyss between life and death. You become one among the herd of the blind, it is literally “a dramatic experience”.

Revising the French premiered version
JEANNETEAU asks:
What is the “Blind Spot” that lurks in our minds.
JEANNETEAU, also a scenographer, has a strong connection with SPAC, having directed two works, and his talent has been clearly demonstrated. The startling stage conversion that was realized in “Blasted” where an elegant room, in the blink of an eye, transformed to ruins, and in “The Glass Menagerie” where the delicate sway of crystal clear thin cloth depicted folds in characters’ hearts. His “The Blind” premiered in Paris. In the French version, a high concentration of smoke produced a state of zero visibility and the piece gained much attention. In the Shizuoka version, using the natural forest of Nihon-Daira that surrounds Shizuoka Performing Arts Park, we will approach MAETERLINCK’s world as it is in the original as well as explore in depth the psychology of the characters. What will be the fate of the blinds who have been left behind?

Synopsis

An old priest leads twelve blind people from a charity hospital into the forest of an island in a northern province. Some of the blind were born unable to see, some grew old and became unable to see, all have different reasons for why they have lost the ability to see light. Among the luscious ancient trees of the forest, they are waiting patiently for someone. The old priest who led them there is gone. Even when the time comes for them to return home, he does not come. They listen with strained ears to try and learn more about their surroundings, but despite their efforts, they are unable to discover anything. Left in this state of unknowing, their anxiety begins to deepen until, distantly, they hear the sound of someone’s footsteps moving closer…

Staff/Cast

Directed by Daniel JEANNETEAU
Written by Maurice MAETERLINCK
Translated by HIRANO Akihito
Performed by OUCHI Yoneji, KATO Yukio, KIJIMA Tsuyoshi, KONAGAYA Katsuhiko, TERAUCHI Ayako, FUSE Asuka, YOKOYAMA Hisashi / (as extras) OCHIAI Hisanobu, KOBAYASHI Kiyomi, HAMAZAKI Kuniko, MASUI Noriyo, YASOHAMA Kikuko

Technical director: MURAMATSU Atsushi
Stage manager: KAWAKAMI Daijiro
Sound designer: Isabelle SUREL, Sylvain CADARS, Alain MAHE, KATO Hisanao
Sound: AOKI Ryosuke
Video: Mammar BENRANOU
Staging: YOKOTA Takao
Dramaturgy: YOKOYAMA Yoshiji
Production: SAEKI Kazato

Produced by SPAC -Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
Supported by Institut français
Under the auspices of Embassy of France/Institut français du Japon, Embassy of Belgium in Tokyo
　　　
supported by Institut français in the frame of «Théâtre export ».
　　　　
Cooperation: eco-edu

　
KARA Juro
Born in Tokyo in 1940. Graduated from Meiji University with a degree in theatre.
He founded “Jokyo Gekijou (Situation Theatre)” in 1963. With spirit and uniqueness, he experimented with outdoor theatre, which is how the small theatre movement began. In 1967, in Shinjuku Hanazono Shrine, the red tent was built for the first time and “Koshimaki Osen” was staged. Subsequent activities continued around the tent performances, as well as performances overseas. In 1970 KARA won the KISHIDA Drama Award with “Shojo Kamen” and in 1982 the AKUTAGAWA Award as well as other awards with “A Letter from Young Sagawa”. In 1988 he formed “Karagumi”. He has led the troupe and has continued at a pace where he is staging at least two new works a year. He has worked as an actor in theatre and film, and in addition appeared in dramas and commercials.

　
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.
　

　
★SPAC Productions directed by MIYAGI Satoshi

　

Theatre／JAPAN（Shizuoka）
Directed by MIYAGI Satoshi
Written by KARA Juro
Performed by TAKII Miki, ISHII Moemi, OKUNO Akihito,
KASUGAI Ippei, KIUCHI Kotoko, TAKEISHI Morimasa,
TATENO Momoyo, NAGAI Kenji, MISHIMA Keita, YOSHIMI Ryo,
WAKAMIYA Yoichi

Information

29 April at 18:00
3 May at 18:00
6 May at 18:00
At Open Air Theatre UDO, Shizuoka Performing Arts Park　access
Duration: 80 minutes　　In Japanease with English subtitles

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Introduction

KARA Juro × MIYAGI Satoshi × Noh?
Drifting between madness and sanity
The love and hate of Aria
The Noh masterpiece “Aoi no Ue”, which follows the dark emotion of the living spirit of “ex-girlfriend” Lady Rokujo who torments Hikaru Genji’s wife, is skilfully interwoven with CHEKHOV’s “Sixth Room”. KARA Juro has created two women (“Aoi” a daughter from a good family and the beautiful patient “Rokujo”), the psychiatrist Koichi and their strange love triangle. “Aoi no Ue” is originally based on “The Tale of Genji”, and the well-known “cart dispute” scene in “The Tale of Genji” is replaced by a scene on the Fuji Speedway. Koichi, indecisive, intelligent and handsome, is tossed between Aoi and Rokujo. KARA Juro’s work is unique and unexpected. It is Rokujo’s outpouring of love from insanity, which finally helps the man who lost everything…
　
Shadows lurking at the back of the festival,
That’s what underground theatre is!
This legendary play is revived!
KARA Juro, writer and director of underground theatre has grabbed audiences since the 1960s. In the center of a town he suddenly erects a red tent and using this kind of stage style, he draws audience’s attention. The dialogue of his plays is poetical and musical and can only be described as the work of a genius that has an immortal shine. Through the success of Festival d’Avignon, MIYAGI has gathered attention from all over the world and has continued to embrace the small theatre spirit. While deeply respecting the premiere of “Two Ladies”, which starred ISHIBASHI Renji and MIDORI Mako and was set in a tiny enclosed space, this time the play will be lead outside into the space of the ancient forest in Nihon-Daira.

Synopsis

On the sandy beaches of Izu stands a mental hospital where a doctor named Koichi works. Koichi is deeply in love with his fiancé Aoi however one day at the hospital, the patient Rokujo speaks to Kouichi. “You!”, she exclaims to him, and then hands him the keys to her apartment. A while later, on the Fuji speedway, Kouichi and the pregnant Aoi are on a date. During the date Aoi leaves her seat and Rokujo, who has been discharged from the hospital, appears and tells Kouichi that there has been some trouble with Aoi’s brother. From this point onwards Aoi’s physical condition begins to deteriorate and she develops an obsession with Rokujo. Before long the personalities of the two women intertwine, and Kouichi becomes unable to understand and see the true figure of his wife.

Staff/Cast

Directed by MIYAGI Satoshi
Written by KARA Juro
Performed by TAKII Miki, ISHII Moemi, OKUNO Akihito,
KASUGAI Ippei, KIUCHI Kotoko, TAKEISHI Morimasa,
TATENO Momoyo, NAGAI Kenji, MISHIMA Keita, YOSHIMI Ryo,
WAKAMIYA Yoichi

Lighting design: HIGUCHI Masayuki
Sound design: KANEMITSU Hiroaki (SANKO CO.,LTD.)
Costume design: HATA Jennifer Yuki
Stage design: MURAMATSU Atsushi

Stage manager: HAYASHI Tetsuya
Stage: KAMIYA Toshiki
Lighting operation: KOBAYAKAWA Hiroya
Sound operation: SAKATA Yukari
Hair and Makeup: KAJITA Kyoko

Subtitles(Translation): EGLINTON Mika, Andrew Eglinton
Subtitles(Operation): KATAOKA Sachiko
Production: UCHIDA Toshiko, ITAGAKI Akane

　
Tom LANOYE www.lanoye.be
Born in 1958, living in Antwerp (Belgium) and Cape Town (South Africa). He is a novelist, poet, columnist, scenarist and playwright. He is one of the most widely read and honored authors in his language area (the Netherlands and Flanders), and makes regular appearances at all the major European theatre festivals.

　
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 July 2014, he was invited to 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.
　

　

　
★SPAC Productions directed by MIYAGI Satoshi

　
SPAC’s New production
Theatre / JAPAN (Shizuoka)
Directed by MIYAGI Satoshi
Written by Tom LANOYE (after Klaus MANN)
Music by TANAKAWA Hiroko
Space design: KIZ Junpei
Translated by NIWAYAMA Yuka
Cooperation for translation: ONISHI Ayaka
Performed by ABE Kazunori, OHTAKA Kouichi, SUZUKI Haruyo, SUZUKI Mari, DAIDOMUMON Yuya, HONDA Maki, Micari, YAMAMOTO Miyuki, YOSHIUE Soichiro, WAKANA Daisuke, WATANABE Takahiko

Information

24 April at 18:30
25 April at 13:00
26 April at 18:00
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre　access
Duration: 180 minutes (expected)
In Japanese with English subtitles

*Each day the pre-performance talk is held 20 minutes before the show.

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Introduction

What is art, what is a theatre?
MIYAGI Satoshi takes on this challenge.
A vast social criticism work.
The original story was the novel “Mephisto” by Klaus MANN in 1936. The novel was modeled on Germany’s best actor at that time, GRÜNDGENS, who was also the artistic director of the national theatre. This book was eventually banned from the state. In the 1980s the French theatre company, Théâtre du Soleil, brought the novel to the stage and the Hungarian director SZABÓ adapted the novel to film. This social criticism work, through the figure of this genius actor who is at the mercy of his age, questions, “What is theatre? What is art?” The adaptation of the up and coming playwright Tom LANOYE is freer and bolder. As a play within a play, this work is constructed of different scenes from famous dramas. MIYAGI Satoshi, who continues to challenge himself, together with strong actors of SPAC, premieres this social criticism work in Japan!

Masterpieces in drama and famous dialogues…
An intense love for theatre.
A millefeuille of masterpieces?
The grief and despair of Gretchen at the sight of the man who she loves turning in to a “devil”　(“Faust” by GOETHE), the prayer of Hecuba dedicated to the fallen Troy ( “Hecuba” by EURIPIDES) and so on. Famous scenes from masterpieces of all eras unfold. Through each scene that is played out, the sentiment of the characters, tossed about eras, become distinct through the lines of these plays within the play. The monologue of “Richard III” by SHAKESPEARE is reminiscent of the Nazi propaganda minister. His historical speech is strangely layered over Trigorin and Nina’s conversation (“Seagull” by CHEKHOV). This production sees MIYAGI’s direction on new ground. This stage is dedicated to all the people who love theatre.

Synopsis

It’s 1932 and rehearsals of Hamlet are taking place at the National Theatre in Berlin, Germany. Then, news that Nazis have won a landslide victory in the national election and upset the company members. The star actress Rebecca senses the danger and flees to another country. A man appears, who would become Minister of Culture in the new government. He invites the director Kurt, who was also a famed actor for his role in “Mephisto”, to become the new artistic director of the theatre, instead of a leftist activist named Victor. Kurt, by accepting this offer, believes he must protect the theatre, must protect art, however he is gradually swallowed by the waves of the era.

Staff/Cast

Directed by MIYAGI Satoshi
Written by Tom LANOYE (after Klaus MANN)
Music by TANAKAWA Hiroko
Space design: KIZ Junpei
Translated by NIWAYAMA Yuka
Cooperation for translation: ONISHI Ayaka
Performed by ABE Kazunori, OHTAKA Kouichi, SUZUKI Haruyo, SUZUKI Mari, DAIDOMUMON Yuya, HONDA Maki, Micari, YAMAMOTO Miyuki, YOSHIUE Soichiro, WAKANA Daisuke, WATANABE Takahiko

Lighting design: OSAKO Koji
Sound design: KATO Hisanao
Costume design: KOMAI Yumiko

Stage manager: UCHINO Akiko
Assistant director: NAKANO Masaki
Set and prop: FUKASAWA Eri, SATO Yosuke
Lighting operation: MATSUMURA Ayaka
Sound operataion: YAMASAKI Tomomi
Stage: HIROSAKI Nagiko
Wardrobe: SEI Chigusa
Hair and makeup: KAJITA Kyoko
English subtitles: Sarah STARK(Translation), ONISHI Ayaka(Operation)
Production: OISHI Takako, YONEYAMA Junichi

Produced by SPAC – Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
Under the auspices of Embassy of Belgium in Tokyo

To connect with the world once again…

　
▼Stage Photos（2015）(c)K.Miura

　

To be, or not to be, that is the question.
このままでいいのか、いけないのか、それが問題だ。

Beautiful and poetic lines, and powerful voices echoing them. Actors dressed in Asian-style costumes inspire the stage, accompanied by live drums from time to time.
With director Satoshi Miyagi, SPAC presents a condensed adaptation of the tragic masterpiece and the longest of Shakespeare’s plays, Hamlet.
In the world beyond the curtains, which has been re-produced by countless performers and directors for more than 400 years, we somehow see the very problems that we are facing today.

　

SPAC 2020–2021 programs Promotional videos

　

　　

Directed by MIYAGI Satoshi
Written by William SHAKESPEARE
Translated by ODASHIMA Yushi

Cast

Information

Sunday 31 January 2021 at 2:00pm [preview] ＊Sold out
Saturday 6 February 2021 at 2:00pm ＊Sold out
Sunday 7 February 2021 at 2:00pm ＊Sold out
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
　
Thursday 11 February 2021 at 2:00pm
Shimoda Citizens’ Cultural Center Large Hall
　
Duration: 105 115minutes（Without intermission）
In Japanese with English subtitles

※Recommended for ages 7 and up
　
●The seats will be arranged with appropriate distances between them.
●At the Shizuoka Arts Theatre, the seats are arranged with appropriate distances between them, based on the Fujinokuni System.* (See: COVID-19 alert level announcement on the Shizuoku Prefecture Government website)
　*Fujinokuni System: A system of six levels of alert according to which required activity restrictions are determined and announced.
　

《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

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.

Shimoda Citizens’ Cultural Center Large Hall
4-1-2 Shimoda City, Shizuoka ,Japan
● Approx. 7minutes walk from Izukyu-Shimoda Station.
　

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. Due to the reconstruction of the Shizuoka Convention and Arts Center (GRANSHIP), this year’s programs will be touring multiple cultural facilities in Shizuoka.
*No ordinary tickets will be available for these programs.
　

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: 6 December at 10:00
Advance Tickets Sale begins: 13 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.
　
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from 10:00-18:00 at SPAC ticket center
TEL. +81-(0)54-202-3399
*Our telephone service will be closed on Thursday, December 24 and on the New Year’s holidays (Tuesday, December 29, 2020 – Monday, January 4, 2021).
　
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.

［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

Set design: HIKOSAKA Reiko
Costume design: TAKEDA Toru
Lighting design: HIGUCHI Masayuki
Assistant director: NAKANO Masaki
Music (original): TANAKAWA Hiroko
Stage manager: YAMADA Takahiro
Stage: FURUYA Kazumi, TSUCHIYA Katsunori
Lighting operation; HANAWA Yuki
Lighting: TAKEZAWA Akira, MORITA Honoka
Sound: SAWADA Yukino, TAKESHIMA Chisato
Art work: WATANABE Hiroki, SATO Yosuke
Wardrobe: SEI Chigusa, YAMAMOTO Kana
Hair and makeup: KAJITA Kyoko, TAKAHASHI Norimitsu
Production: NAKAO Eiji, KUGA Haruko, IRIE Kyohei

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

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

　　

　
【Profile】
MIYAGI Satoshi
General Artistic Director of Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC)
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 abroad. 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.

A slapstick comedy about silly people who are too occupied with themselves!

　
▼Stage Photos（2017）(c)M.HIRAO

Argan believes he is sick and cannot live without the help of medicine. He tries to marry his daughter to a physician, but she already has a boyfriend. The people around him try everything they can to wake him up.

A popular adaptation of the famous French comedy Le malade imaginaire, as re-imagined by director Seiji Nozoe with his ambition to make the most laugh-out-loud-funny production in the history of SPAC!
This will be no ordinary comedy!

　

Embellished and directed by NOZOE Seiji
Original text by Molière

　

SPAC 2020–2021 programs Promotional videos

　

Cast

Performed by ABE Kazunori, ISHII Moemi, OOTAKA Kouichi, KATO Yukio, SAKAKIBARA Yuumi, TOMIKAWA Kazuhito, HONDA Maki, MAKIYAMA Yudai

　

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Understudy:
OISHI Nobuhiro, KAGEYAMA Hisae, KIUCHI Kotoko, KONAGAYA Katsuhiko, SEKINE Junko, MIYAGISHIMA Haruka
　

Information

Saturday 23 January 2021 at 2:00pm
Sunday 24 January 2021 at 2:00pm
At Shizuoka City Culture Hall
Japanese and English subtitles will be available.
For more information, please click here: [EN]

Duration: 120minutes（Without intermission）
●The seats will be arranged with appropriate distances between them.
※Recommended for ages 7 and up
　

《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

Shizuoka City Culture Hall
2-90 Sunpucho, Aoi-ku Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan
By Train:
● Approx. 25 minutes walk from North exit of JR Shizuoka Station.
● 10 minutes walk from Shinshizuoka Sta. or Hiyoshicho Sta. of Shizutetsu line.
By Car: Approx. 25 minutes from Shizuoka I.C. on the Tomei Expressway.
　

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. Due to the reconstruction of the Shizuoka Convention and Arts Center (GRANSHIP), this year’s programs will be touring multiple cultural facilities in Shizuoka.
*No ordinary tickets will be available for these programs.

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: 6 December at 10:00
Advance Tickets Sale begins: 13 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
　
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

Stage design: FUKASAWA Eri
Lighting design: OSAKO Koji
Costume design: KOMAI Yumiko
Songs: Nozoère
Choreography: TANIGUCHI Ikuko

Stage manager: HARAIKAWA Yukio
Assistant director: NAKANO Masaki
Stage: YAMAZAKI Kaoru, SUGIYAMA Yuri, MORIBE Rio
Art work: SATO Yosuke
Lighting operation: KOBAYAKAWA Hiroya
Lighting: HANAWA Yuuki, MIZUNO Hikaru, TAKEZAWA Akira
Sound: HARADA Shinobu, OTSUKI Minori
Wardrobe: SATO Rise, MAKINO Saho
Technical director: MURAMATSU Atsushi

Production: YONEYAMA Junichi, YUKIOKA Jun, KITAHORI Ruka, KAWAGUCHI Mio

English subtitle traslation: Steve CORBEIL

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

Co-hosted by Shizuoka City Culture Hall (for the performances in Shizuoka City)

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

　　

　
【Profile】
NOSOE Seiji
Playwright, director, and actor. Leader of the theater company Haegiwa. Born in 1975. Started Haegiwa in 1999 while studying at Aoyama Gakuin University. Since then, he has written and directed all of the company’s plays. His works are known for ingenious stage production approaches drawing on his unique perspectives and humor, which bring out the best of the actors and spaces. In 2012, he won the 56th Kishida Prize for Drama for his play “XX Toaru Fūkei”. He has also appeared as an actor in many movies and TV dramas. In 2004, he wrote and directed “Ichiman-nin-no Gold Theater 2016 Kin-iro Kōkyō-kyoku: Watashi-no-Yume, Kimi-no-Yume (literal translation: Golden Symphony: My Dream, Your Dream)” at Saitama Super Arena with 1,600 senior citizens participating as actors. His recent directing credits include the music play “Tom and Jerry: Yume-yo Mou-ichido”, the Tokyo Festival 2019 outdoor program I Am a Cat”, PARCO Production’s “Boku no Ana, Kare no Ana”, and “Peter & the Starcatcher” (to be performed at the New National Theatre, Tokyo in December).

▼Stage Photos（2019）(c)K.Miura

An otherworldly musical drama co-directed by French director Jean Lambert-wild and Swiss director Lorenzo Malaguerra and performed by SPAC’s “eerie” actors!
After his death, Yotaro wanders into a strange world where he finds himself constantly startled by yōkai monsters and spirits coming his way one after another.
Performed for the first time in 2019, the popular show that captivated the audience with its comical and poetic world makes its comeback in Kakegawa City and, Shizuoka City this autumn!

　

Directed by Jean LAMBERT-WILD, Lorenzo MALAGUERRA
Script, adaptation, and dramaturgy by Jean LAMBERT-WILD, HIRANO Akihito, All of casts and workshop participants
Translated by HIRANO Akihito
Music by Jean-Luc THERMINARIAS, TANAKAWA Hiroko

　

SPAC 2020–2021 programs Promotional videos

　

Cast

Performed by OUCHI Tomomi◇, OUCHI Yoneji, KIUCHI Kotoko, KIGAWA Sei◇, KIJIMA Tsuyoshi◆, KONAGAYA Katsuhiko◆, HONDA Maki◇, MISHIMA Keita, MIYAGISHIMA Haruka, MORIYAMA Fuyuko◆, YAMAZAKI Koji◇, YOSHIUE Soichiro, WATANABE Takahik

*Double casting
◇ … until 7 November （Performances for junior and high-school students）
◆ … from 12 November

Information

Saturday 14 November 2020 at 2:00pm
At Kakegawa Lifelong Learning Center

Saturday 19 December 2020 at 2:00pm
Sunday 20 December 2020 at 2:00pm
At Shizuoka City Culture Hall

Japanese, English, and Portuguese subtitles will be available for the performances at the Shizuoka City Culture Hall.
For more information, please click here: [EN] [PT]

Duration: 80minutes（Without intermission）
●The number of seats for each peformance should be less than 50% of the capacity of the venue.
※Recommended for ages 7 and up
　

Live Streaming
2020 Saturday 5 December 2020 at 7:00pm
on YouTube Channel “SPAC”

　

《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

Kakegawa Lifelong Learning Center
17-4 Goshobara, Kakegawacity, Shizuoka, Japan
By Train: Approx. 20 minutes walk from JR Kakegawa Station
By Car:
● Approx. 2.5Km north from Kakegawa Interchange (I.C.) on the Tomei Expressway.
● Approx. 1.6Km south from Saigo I.C. on the Kakegawa Bypass.

Shizuoka City Culture Hall
2-90 Sunpucho, Aoi-ku Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan
By Train:
● Approx. 25 minutes walk from North exit of JR Shizuoka Station.
● 10 minutes walk from Shinshizuoka Sta. or Hiyoshicho Sta. of Shizutetsu line.
By Car: Approx. 25 minutes from Shizuoka I.C. on the Tomei Expressway.
　

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. Due to the reconstruction of the Shizuoka Convention and Arts Center (GRANSHIP), this year’s programs will be touring multiple cultural facilities in Shizuoka.
*No ordinary tickets will be available for these programs.
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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: 13 September at 10:00
Advance Tickets Sale begins: 20 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
　
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

Stage design: Jean LAMBERT-WILD
Costume design: KOMAI Yumiko
Lighting design: Renaud LAGIER

Stage manager: OGAWA Tetsurou
Assistant director: TAKEISHI Morimasa
Stage: FURUYA Kazumi, MORIBE Rio, TSUCHIYA Katsunori
Lighting arrangement and operation: KOBAYAKAWA Hiroya
Operation of moving light: HANAWA Yuuki
Sound: HAYASHI Tetsuya, TAKESHIMA Chisato
Art work: YOSHIDA Yuna
Wardrobe: SEI Chigusa,YAMAMOTO Kana
Technical director: MURAMATSU Atsushi

Interpretation: HIRANO Akihito
English subtitle traslation：Andrew EGLINTON and Mika EGLINTON
Portuguese subtitle traslation：Alice HORIUCHI

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

Produced by SPAC – Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
Co-production: Théâtre de l’Union – Centre Dramatique National

Co-hosted by Shizuoka City Culture Hall (for the performances in Shizuoka City)

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

　　

　
【Profile】
Jean LAMBERT-WILD　
Lambert-wild was born in 1972 in Réunion, a French island territory located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of South India. He is a playwright, director, and actor. Lambert-wild has cultivated his poetic power of imagination through the unique environment of his upbringing, and his magical knack for direction has become highly esteemed. His young age belies his long and impressive history of supervising a wide array of national theater centers across France. Some of his most representative works include a fantasized autobiographical epic titled “The Hypogeum (The Underground Tomb),” “The Molting,” a piece he created alongside indigenous peoples of Brazil, an adaptation of “Waiting for Godot,” and more. In 2014, Lambert-wild received the ‘Chevalier’ (knight) medallion prize from the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. To date, SPAC has presented three programs directed by him: “The Goat of Monsieur Seguin” (2011), “Splendor and Lassitude of Captain Iwatani Izumi” (2014), and “Richard III – Loyalty binds me”(2018).

Lorenzo MALAGUERRA　
Malaguerra is a director and actor. After graduating from the University of Geneva with a master’s degree in geography, he studied acting at the École Supérieure d’Art Dramatique de Genève (ESAD). In 2001, he founded Le Troisième Spectacle, a theatre company that has produced around twenty pieces. In 2009, he became the artistic director of the Théâtre du Crochetan in Monthey, Switzerland. Malaguerra has been working regularly with Jean Lambert-wild since 2012. His co-direction credits include “Waiting for Godot,” “Richard III – Loyalty binds me,” “Roberto Zucco” by Bernard-Marie Koltès, which was performed at the National Theatre Company of Korea (NTCK, Seoul) and an adaptation of Molière’s “Dom Juan or The Feast with the Statue.”

　

#1

YOTARO AU PAYS DES YŌKAIS

Saturday 14 November 2020 at 2:00pm
At Kakegawa Lifelong Learning Center

Saturday 19 December 2020 at 2:00pm
Sunday 20 December 2020 at 2:00pm
At Shizuoka City Culture Hall

Live Streaming
Saturday 5 December 2020

Directed by Jean LAMBERT-WILD, Lorenzo MALAGUERRA
Script, adaptation, and dramaturgy by Jean LAMBERT-WILD, HIRANO Akihito, All of casts and workshop participants
Translated by HIRANO Akihito
Music by Jean-Luc THERMINARIAS、TANAKAWA Hiroko
Performed by OUCHI Tomomi◇, OUCHI Yoneji, KIUCHI Kotoko, KIGAWA Sei◇, KIJIMA Tsuyoshi◆, KONAGAYA Katsuhiko◆, HONDA Maki◇, MISHIMA Keita, MIYAGISHIMA Haruka, MORIYAMA Fuyuko◆, YAMAZAKI Koji◇, YOSHIUE Soichiro, WATANABE Takahik

*Double casting
◇ … until 7 November （Performances for junior and high-school students）
◆ … from 12 November

＊More information
▼Stage Photos（2019）(c)K.Miura

　

#2

The Imaginary Invalid

Saturday 23 January 2021 at 2:00pm
Sunday 24 January 2021 at 2:00pm
At Shizuoka City Culture Hall

Embellished and directed by NOZOE Seiji
Original text by Molière
Performed by ABE Kazunori, ISHII Moemi, OOTAKA Kouichi, KATO Yukio, SAKAKIBARA Yuumi, TOMIKAWA Kazuhito, HONDA Maki, MAKIYAMA Yudai

＊More information
▼Stage Photos（2017）(c)M.Hirao

　

#3

Hamlet

Saturday 6 February 2021 at 2:00pm
Sunday 7 February 2021 at 2:00pm
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre

February 11 February 2021 at 2:00pm
At Shimoda Civic Culture Center

Directed by MIYAGI Satoshi
Text by William SHAKESPEARE
Translated by ODASHIMA Yushi
Performed by SPAC

＊More information
▼Stage Photos（2008）(c)HARADA Sayaka

　

《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.)

　

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

　　

International collaboration works

Based on Maurice MAETERLINCK
Text and direction: Céline SCHAEFFER
Japanese Script: NOUSO Masao
Japanese Script translation: INOUE Yuriko
Interpreter: HIRANO Akihito

▼Festival d’Avignon 2019

　

SPAC 2020–2021 programs Promotional videos

　

Cast

　

Céline Schaeffer

After training as a plastic artist, Céline Schaeffer created her first dramatic installation, inspired by the work of Georges Perec. As an assistant director, she worked with Claude Buchvald, then starting in 1999 with Valère Novarina, in particular on L’Acte inconnu (The Unknown Act), created for the Festival d’Avignon in 2007. In 2012, for the Sujets à Vif of the Festival, she directed Stanislas Roquette in Valère Novarina’s L’Inquiétude (Anxiety). Today, she continues her work at the intersection of theatre, language, and painting.

Direction: IMAI Tomohiko
Text: ENDO Shusaku
　
▼Interview（JP）

　

　

　

Cast