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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

A hidden masterpiece by Shakespeare…. This is a story about us in the world infested with fake news.

A tyrant who considers that the end justifies the means, and a new king who rises to the pinnacle of power—who killed the tyrant? The story of Richard II of England, packed with the entertainment of a historical play by Shakespeare sheds light on our modern society, where people are still at the mercy of falsehoods, plagues, and wars.
　
＊Performance in Japanese with English subtitles.
　

Directed by TERAUCHI Ayako
Written by William SHAKESPERARE
Translated by ODASHIMA Yushi

Stage design: FUKASAWA Eri
Costume design：SEI Chigusa
Lighting design: HANAWA Yuuki

　
▼A scene from the rehearsal

Cast

ABE Kazunori
King Richard II

ISHII Moemi
Earl of Northumberland

OOTAKA Kouichi
Thomas Mowbray

KATAOKA Sachiko
Duchess of York

KIUCHI Kotoko
Duke of York

KONAGAYA
Katsuhiko
Bushy

NAGAI Kenji
The guide of this play

NAGAI Sayako
Duke of Aumerle

HONDA Maki
Henry Bolingbroke

MAKIYAMA Yudai
Green

MIYAGISHIMA
Haruka
Queen to King Richard

YOSHIUE Soichiro
John of Gaunt

WATANABE Takahiko
Gardener

Information

2023
14 January, Saturday at 2:00pm　*Post-performance talk
15 January, Sunday at 2:00pm　*Post-performance talk
21 January, Saturday at 2:00pm　*Guidance of Shakespeare for theatre beginners, Backstage lecture
22 January, Sunday at 2:00pm　*Guidance of Shakespeare for theatre beginners, Backstage lecture
28 January, Saturday at 2:00pm　*Special Post-performance talk *Backstage lecture
29 January, Sunday at 2:00pm　*Backstage lecture

　
Duration：About 120 minutes
In Japanese with English subtitles
*Please refrain from taking infants to the ordinary seats.
　
At：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.)
●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.

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.
14 January, Saturday
15 January, Sunday
Free of charge. No reservation required.

Special Post-Performance talk : after the performance.
28 January, Saturday
Free of charge. No reservation required.

　
Backstage lecture
The technical staff will explain behind the scenes.
21 January, Saturday
22 January, Sunday
28 January, Saturday
29 January, Sunday
Every day, after the performance
Time: About 30 minutes
Free of charge. No reservation required.　
　
　

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 2,540 students from about 17 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: 26 November at 10:00
Advance Tickets Sale begins: 3 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 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 January 22.

Staff

Stage manager: OGAWA Tetsurou
Stage: SUGIYAMA Yuri, TSUCHIYA Katsunori
Lighting: MIZUNO Hikaru, MORITA Honoka
Sound: TAKESHIMA Chisato, MAKI Daisuke
Art Work: YOSHIDA Yuna
Wardrobe: YAMAMOTO Kana
English subtitling: KATAOKA Sachiko
English subtitle translation (commentary part): Mika EGLINTON
English subtitle manipulation: SUZUBAYASHI Mari
Technical director: MURAMATSU Atsushi
Production: KUGA Haruko, TOYOSHIMA Yuji
Intern: KATO Hazuki, MURAYAMA Megumi
Flyer design: SHIMODA Rie
Flyer Photo: IMAI Tomoki

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

#1

Peer Gynt

＜Shizuoka＞
2022
8 October, Saturday at 2:00pm
9 October, Sunday at 2:00pm
29 October, Saturday at 2:00pm
30 October, Sunday at 2:00pm
5 November, Saturday at 2:00pm
6 November, Sunday at 2:00pm
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
In Japanese with English subtitles

Setting out from a remote corner of Norway, free-spirited Peer Gynt travels all around the world.
MIYAGI Satoshi consolidated the tale of Peer Gynt’s roller-coaster life with story of Japanese turbulent history during the Meiji era, around the time when the original story was written.
Characters will race around the stage full of boardgame-mimicked mechanisms!

Directed by MIYAGI Satoshi
Written by Henrik Johan Ibsen
Translated by MORI Mitsuya
Music by TANAKAWA Hiroko
Performed by TAKEISHI Morimasa, IKEDA Makiko, ISHII Moemi, OUCHI Tomomi, KASUGAI Ippei, KAWAMURA Wakana, SAKAKIBARA Yuumi, SAKURAUCHI Yu, SATO Yuzu, SUGIYAMA Ken, SUZUKI Mariko, TATENO Momoyo, MAKIYAMA Yudai, MORIYAMA Fuyuko, YOSHIMI Ryo, WAKAMIYA Yoichi, WATANABE Takahiko

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 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.

　　
＊More information
▼Stage photos（2010）Performance in 2012

　

#2

The Miser
2022
26 November, Saturday at 2:00pm
27 November, Sunday at 2:00pm
3 December, Saturday at 2:00pm
4 December, Sunday at 2:00pm
10 December, Saturday at 2:00pm
11 December, Sunday at 2:00pm
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
In Japanese

Harpagon, a stingy merchant, falls in love with a poor girl? And she is his son’s lover? Is it about money, or love? The representative work of Molière, the king of comedy, is reborn as a completely new, piquant slapstick by a team comprising Jean Lambert-Wild, who is a French director, and actors of SPAC, following their previous project “Yotaro Au Pays Des Yōkai.”

Directed by Jean LAMBERT-WILD
Written by Molière
Performed by OHTAKA Kouichi, KIUCHI Kotoko, KIJIMA Tsuyoshi, NAGAI Kenji, NAGAI Sayako, HONDA Maki, MISHIMA Keita, MIYAGISHIMA Haruka, YAMAZAKI Koji,YOSHIUE Soichiro

Director’s 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), “Richard III – Loyalty binds me”(2018) and, YOTARO AU PAYS DES YŌKAIS(2019,2020).

▼”YOTARO AU PAYS DES YŌKAIS”directed by Jean LAMBERT-WILD(2019)

　

#3

Richard II
2023
14 January, Saturday at 2:00pm
15 January, Sunday at 2:00pm
21 January, Saturday at 2:00pm
22 January, Sunday at 2:00pm
28 January, Saturday at 2:00pm
29 January, Sunday at 2:00pm
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
In Japanese with English subtitles

A story of greed and betrayal; A tyrant who uses any means for his own justice is forced to give up his power. The story of Richard II of England, which is considered as the origin of many of Shakespeare’s other historical plays, is vividly depicted as a story also applicable today by TERAUCHI Ayako, who is not only a SPAC actor but also is making a mark as a director through the joint direction of Chushingura 2021 and other works.

Directed by TERAUCHI Ayako
Written by William SHAKESPERARE
Performed by ABE Kazunori, ISHII Moemi, OHTAKA Kouichi, KATAOKA Sachiko, KIUCHI Kotoko, KONAGAYA Katsuhiko, NAGAI Kenji, NAGAI Sayoko, HONDA Maki, MAKIYAMA Yudai, MIYAGISHIMA Haruka, YOSHIUE Soichiro, WATANABE Takahiko

Director’s Profile
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 (2020) , Chushingura 2021 (co-direction), Three Primary Colors (2022).

#4　

A Doll’s House
2023
11 Feburuary, Saturday at 2:00pm
12 Feburuary, Sunday at 2:00pm
19 Feburuary, Sunday at 2:00pm
4 March, Saturday at 2:00pm
5 March, Sunday at 2:00pm
11 March, Saturday at 2:00pm
12 March, Sunday at 2:00pm
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre
In Japanese with English subtitles

Nora was living happily with her loving husband and their three children. However, after her secret becomes known to her husband one day, Nora gradually notices that she was nothing more than a pampered doll. You will not want to miss MIYAGI Satoshi’s first direction of Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece of social commentary, which has been covered by many prominent directors throughout the world.

Directed by MIYAGI Satoshi
Written by Henrik Johan Ibsen
Translated byMORI Mitsuya
Performed by OKUNO Akihito, KATO Yukio, TAKII Miki, TAKEISHI Morimasa, HAYAMA Haruyo, MORIYAMA Fuyuko

《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.)

Organized by
SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center

Produced by SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center

Supported by
The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan through the Japan Arts Council
Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Activities［For “Richard II”］

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.

▲ Click on the image to enlarge.

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.

◎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
　
●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
*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

▲ Click on the image to enlarge.

[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.

Information

4 May at 16:00
5 May at 12:00
6 May at 15:00
At Ellipse Theatre DAENDO, Shizuoka Performing Arts Park　access
Duration: 120 minutes　　In Korean with Japanese subtitles

◎Each day the pre-performance talk is held 20 minutes before the show.
◎Post-Performance Talk by LEE Yuntaek and MIYAGI Satoshi on 4 May and 5 May.

Ticket

Click for details of ticket price ↑
　
Phone Reservation
SPAC Ticket Center
TEL. +81-(0)54-202-3399 (10:00-18:00)
　

Introduction

“Sublime” or “vulgar”?
OHTA Shogo’s world is revived.
Hear an effusive cry that comes from the soul!
OHTA Shogo occupies a unique position in the Japanese underground theatre movement. “The Tale of Komachi told by the wind” by OHTA is the work that won KISHIDA Drama Award and is characterized by the protagonist, an old woman, that does not speak a word. The work itself has a script that has been written down, however these are “unspoken words” that, for the characters, are “words they hope to emit from the bottom of their hearts”. Instead of words prone to stereotypes, clichés or fixed ideas, extremely slow bodily movements are used. The word “silent drama” is often used to describe OHTA’s works which represent the realness of human life. It is also the true value of OHTA, who ran with the age of the Japanese underground theatre movement.

Japanese-Korean cultural relations are intricate.
Finally realized in this work,
A new Asian stage.
Theatre troupe georipae are known for their “epic realism” and their very distinctive style. The theatre company director, LEE Yuntaek, is a master of Korean theatre. He has attracted many audiences in Shizuoka with his masterpieces, such as “Robinson and Crusoe” at SPAC. In this work he uses colorful elements of Korean traditional performing arts, including Deotboikki (Korean traditional performing form that includes masks dancing), Namdo Sori (southern folk song) and the shaman ritual ceremony “Gut”, giving a new breath of life to OHTA Shogo’s text and unleashing the words that were never spoken. A mutual exchange as well as a fusion of Japanese and Korean culture, it could be said that this is the birth of a new kind of Asian performing arts.

Synopsis

The story of an old woman who lives alone in a cheap apartment. Awaking and making a breakfast of instant noodles, she remembers a love story in her youth. At one point, her memory is strongly revived when a captain, dressed in military uniform, who once loved her deeply and with passion, appears before her very eyes. Next, in her illusion, she enjoys a number of intense, silent and secret love meetings with a neighboring house’s son. However reality begins to erode this old woman’s world. Floating in the space between dreams and reality, an ambiguous amount of time passes and in the end the old woman is left alone once again.

Staff/Cast

Director : LEE Yuntaek
Writter : OHTA Shogo
Performer : KIM Misook, LEE Seungheon, JEONG Yeonjin,
KIM Hayoung, PARK Inhwa, KANG Hoseok, LEE Hyemin
KIM Younghak, SEO Hyeju, KWEON Sumin, SONG Junhyeong
Musician : KIM Arana, KWON Jungeun
Sound designer : LEE Sein
Lighting designer : CHO Ingon
Lighting staff : KIM Hansol
Stage production : KIM Kyeongsu
Makeup: LEE Jeewon
Translator : SHIM Jiyeon, KIM Seil
Interpretation and Subtitle : SHIM Jiyeon
Production manager : LEE Chaekyung
Interpretation : LEE Jiyoung

Under the auspices of Korean Embassy in Japan, Korean Curtural Center

Direction: MIYAGI Satoshi
Text: Olivier PY
Original text: Grimm brothers
Translation: NISHIO Sachiko, YOKOYAMA Yoshiji
Music direction: TANAKAWA Hiroko

Cast

IKEDA Makiko　　　　

MORIYAMA Fuyuko　

SUZUKI Mariko

TAKEISHI Morimasa　

OUCHI Yoneji　　　　

KIJIMA Tsuyoshi　

DAIDOMUMON Yuya　

NAGAI Kenji　　　　　

MIYAGISHIMA Haruka

WAKAMIYA Yoichi

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.
　
Olivier PY
Playwright, director and actor. Born in 1965 in Grasse (France). He studied theatre at the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique (CNSAD) in Paris, and theology and philosophy at l’Institut Catholique (Catholic University of Paris). He was Director of the Centre Dramatique National/Orléans-Loiret-Centre from 1998-2007, Director of the Théâtre national de l’Odéon from 2007–12 and of the Festival d’Avignon (2013–). Among his major works performed in Shizuoka between 2008–16 have been “Illusions Comiques,” “Epitre aux jeunes acteurs,” “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” (trilogy), “Romeo and Juliet Unabridged Version,” “Miss Knife chante Olivier PY” and “The Girl, the Devil and the Mill.”
　

WATANABE Takahiko gives his own take of Bertolt Brecht’s play

The gods descend to Human world search of good people. The play follows Rita, a woman from a ghetto, who arranges accommodations for the gods. Having received money in return, she starts her own business. In the fable The Good Person of Szechwan, Brecht portrayed the modern world where every person wears a mask of cruelty and greed to survive. WATANABE Takahiko, a renowned SPAC actor who has also recently started a career as a stage producer, boldly rewrites the play with a new narrative, depicting the main character Shen Teh and her alter ego Shui Ta as symbols of altruism and egoism.

For others? For yourself?
For today? For tomorrow?
Which you choose?
　
Original text: Bertold BRECHT
Conception, direction and script: WATANABE Takahiko
Script assistant: MORIYAMA Marie
　

▼ Rehearsal

Cast

　　YAMAMOTO Miyuki

　　IZUMI Yoji

　　OUCHI Tomomi

　　KIUCHI Kotoko

　　KIJIMA Tsuyoshi

　 KONAGAYA Katsuhiko

　　MISHIMA Keita

　 YOSHIUE Soichiro

Modern Asia portrayed in Peer Gynts
—A journey to find your true identity in a challenging era

Leading edge Indonesian stage producer Yudi Ahmad Tajudin found a portrait of modern Asia in the story of the ever-wandering traveler Peer. Japanese dancer KAWAGUCHI Takao, composer MORINAGA Yasuhiro, and SPAC actor Micari join other artists from across Asia for the creating-while-traveling process of the play, moving from Indonesia to Tokyo to Shizuoka. Other SPAC actors will also join to launch the stage in Shizuoka.
　

▼Workshop and Work In Progress Performance in East Flores (Indonesia)

　
Original text: Henrik IBSEN
Translation: Mitsuya Mori

Script and Direction: Yudi Ahmad Tajudin

In a collaboration with:
Ugoran Prasad (Dramaturg)
KAWAGUCHI Takao (Performance artist/Dancer/Choreographer)
Venuri PERERA (Choreographer/Dancer)
Micari (Actress[SPAC])
Muhammad Nur Qomarudin (Actor/Dancer)
MORINAGA Yasuhiro (Sound artist/Composer)
NGUYEN Manh Hung (Visual artist)
Arsita Iswardhani (Actress/Performance artist)
Gunawan Maryanto (Actor/Writer)

/ OUCHI Yoneji, SATO Yuzu, TATENO Momoyo, MAKIYAMA Yudai, MIYAGISHIMA Haruka, WAKAMIYA Yoichi (actor[SPAC])

Ugoran Prasad
 
 

　KAWAGUCHI
　　　Takao
 

Venuri PERERA
 
 

　　 Micari
 
 

　Muhammad
Nur Qomarudin
 

　MORINAGA
　　Yasuhiro
 

　　NGUYEN
　Manh Hung
 

Arsita Iswardhani
 
 

Gunawan Maryanto
 
 

 

　OUCHI Yoneji
 
 

　SATO Yuzu
 
 

TATENO Momoyo
 
 

MAKIYAMA Yudai
 
 

MIYAGISHIMA
　　Haruka
 

WAKAMIYA Yoichi
 
 

　

Information

■Schedule
2019

9 November, Saturday	14:00	*Post-performance talk
		*Shuttle bus from Tokyo
10 November, Sunday	14:00	*Guidance for theatre beginners
		*Post-performance talk
		*Shuttle bus from Hamamatsu
16 November, Saturday	14:00	*Backstage tour
17 November, Sunday	14:00	*Backstage tour

With Japanese / English subtitles
Duration: to be decided
Venue: Shizuoka Arts Theatre　access

Performances for junior and high-school students

The mark “*” means the performances that have available seats for general audience. (The tickets are limited.)
　　


5 November, Tuesday at 13:30
8 November, Friday at 13:30
11 November, Monday at 13:30*
14 November, Thursday at 13:30* / 18:00*
15 November, Friday at 13:30*
18 November, Monday at 13:30*
19 November, Tuesday at 13:30*

Related events

Post-performance talk by the artists and guests: after the performance.
9 November, Saturday
10 November, Sunday

Pre-Performance Talk: Starting 25 minutes before each performance.

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!

Backstage tour
The technical staff will take you on a special backstage tour. You can also ask us your questions about the stage.
16 November, Saturday
17 November, Sunday
Every day, after the show
Time: About 30 minutes
Free of charge. Reservation required. Up to 40 people.

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.
10 November, Sunday at 12:30
Time: About 60 minutes
In Japanese
Free of charge. Reservation required. Up to 20 people.

Shuttle bus to Shizuoka Arts Theatre

＜From Tokyo＞
9 November, Saturday
9:30 Shibuya → 13:00 Shizuoka Arts Theatre

＜From Hamamatsu＞
10 November, Sunday
11:30 Hamamatsu → 13:00 Shizuoka Arts Theatre

*Returning bus will run after Post-performance talk / Backstage tour.
**Reservation is required.

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: 21 September at 10:00
Advance Tickets Sale begins: 28 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)
　
●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.

Please refrain from taking infants to the ordinary seats.
　
［Nursery room］　(up to three children, based on a first come first served basis; reservation required)
SPAC provides a nursery room where you can watch the performance with your infant children.

Staff

Lighting design: Ignatius Sugiarto
Costume design: KOMAI Yumiko

Stage manager: UCHINO Akiko
Assistant stage manager: TAKEISHI Morimasa
Stage: YAMAZAKI Kaoru
Lighting: HISAMATSU Yuka
Sound: MIGITA Soichiro, TAKESHIMA Chisato
Art work: SATO Yosuke, YOSHIDA Yuna
Wardrobe: SATO Rise
Technical director: MURAMATSU Atsushi
Interpreter: AISO Nobuko, MIZUNO Hibiki

Script translation: Ash

Production: NAKANO Sakiko, KEIMI Aoi, Lusia Neti Cahyani
Producer: Rama Thaharani

Produced by SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
Co-produced by Teater Garasi/Garasi Performance Institute
Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan through the Japan Arts Council, Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Activities

[“Multitude of Peer Gynts” project]
Supported by Japan Foundation Asia Center, Indonesian Agency for Creative Economy (BEKRAF), The Saison Foundation
In partnership with: East Flores Municipal Office

Multitude of Peer Gynts is one of winners of Ibsen Scholarship 2019

　　

　
　 　

MIYAGI Satoshi’s Legendary Comedy Stage Is Coming Back!

Originally written by playwright KITAMURA So, Ode to Joy has long been praised as a monumental work in the history of Japanese modern performing arts. The plot takes place in a fictional suburban city in western Japan that has just come out of a nuclear war. While left-over missiles are still flying overhead, a strolling entertainer, Gesaku, a young lady, Kyoko, and a mysterious man, Yasuo, wander together in the city, singing and dancing to chindon music and indulging in comic discourse. This masterpiece, which sold out the seats of Open Air Theatre “UDO” of the Shizuoka Performing Arts Park last spring, is making its comeback at SPAC! What will the three wanderers see at the end of their journey?
　
Directed by MIYAGI Satoshi
Written by KITAMURA So
Set design: KAMIIKE Takuya

Cast

　Gesaku
　OKUNO Akihito

　Kyoko
　TAKII Miki

　Yasuo (Yeshua)
　KASUGAI Ippei

Information

■Schedule
2019

In Japanese with English subtitles
Duration: 90 minutes
Venue: Shizuoka Arts Theatre　access

Performances for junior and high-school students

The mark “*” means the performances that have available seats for general audience. (The tickets are limited.)


11 October, Friday at 14:30*
15 October, Tuesday at 13:00*
17 October, Thursday at 13:30
18 October, Friday at 12:00
21 October, Monday at 13:30
23 October, Wednesday at 13:30 / 18:00*
24 October, Thursday at 12:00
25 October, Friday at 13:30

Related events

Pre-Performance Talk: Starting 25 minutes before each performance.
　
Post-performance talk by the artists and guests: after the performance.
12 October, Saturday
◎Talk by KAMIIKE Takuya, MIYAGI Satoshi and OSAWA Masachi (Sociologist from SPAC Literary Department)

20 October, Sunday
◎Talk by MIYAGI Satoshi, all casts and NAKAMURA Yuki (Production Staff)
　
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!
　
Backstage tour
The technical staff will take you on a special backstage tour. You can also ask us your questions about the stage.
13 October, Sunday
19 October, Saturday
26 October, Saturday
Every day, after the show
Time: About 30 minutes
Free of charge. Reservation required. Up to 40 people.
　
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.
12 October, Saturday at 12:30
Time: About 60 minutes
In Japanese
Free of charge. Reservation required. Up to 20 people.

Shuttle bus to Shizuoka Arts Theatre

＜From Eastern Shizuoka＞
12 October, Saturday
Departure from Shuzenji-station to Shizuoka Arts Theatre

10:10 Shuzenji-station(South exit)
↓
11:05 Mishima-station(North exit)
↓
11:40 Numazu-station(North exit)
↓
13:00 Shizuoka Arts Theatre

*Returning bus will run after Post-performance talk / Backstage tour.
**Reservation is required.

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: 27 July at 10:00
Advance Tickets Sale begins: 3 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.

Please refrain from taking infants to the ordinary seats.
　
［Nursery room］　(up to three children, based on a first come first served basis; reservation required)
SPAC provides a nursery room where you can watch the performance with your infant children.

［Nursery service］　
Please contact us at least one week in advance if you would like to use the free nursery service run by volunteers.
13 October, Sunday
19 October, Saturday
Coverage: Infants aged two and under

Staff

Original lighting design: KITO Ayumi
Costume design: KOMAI Yumiko

Stage manager: FURUYA Kazumi
Assistant director: NAKANO Masaki
Stage: KAMIYA Toshiki, SUGIYAMA Yuri
Sound: HARADA Shinobu, HAYASHI Tetsuya
Lighting: KOBAYAKAWA Hiroya
Assistant Set designer: TAKECHI Kanako
Art work: WATANABE Hiroki
Wardrobe: KAWAI Reiko, SATO Rise
Subtitle translation: MITACHI Riho
Subtitle operation: NAGAI Sayako
Production: YUKIOKA Jun, IRIE Kyohei

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
Licence number: So Kitamura 2019 No. 0007 Hirofumi Okano
Premiere: Mini Theater, Aichi Prefectural Art Theater (Co-production by Aichi Prefectural Art Theater & SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center)
　
　　 　

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.
　
KITAMURA So
Now aged 65, KITAMURA So is one of Japan’s leading playwrights, novelists and essayists. Back in the 1980s, however, he drew lots of attention as a leading figure in this country’s so-called “small-scale theatre movement” with his masterpiece Hogiuta (Ode to Joy) that premiered in 1979 and has been performed continuously as a modern classic since then.
In 1984, KITAMURA won the prestigious 28th Kishida Drama Award with his play 11 Nin no Shonen (Eleven Boys), and followed that in 1990 with the Kinokuniya Theatre Awards for Yuki wo Watatte Dai ni ko Tsuki no Akarusa (Pass over snow: The Second Draft; Moonlight). Since 2013 he has written a new series of original plays based on classic works of Japanese literature. The first of these, titled Goodbye and based on the great novelist DAZAI Osamu’s eponymous unfinished novel, won the 17th Tsuruya Nanboku Drama Award in 2014.
Since 1996, meanwhile, as part of his longstanding effort to foster the talents of young writers, KITAMURA has also delivered lectures at Ai Hall, the public theatre in Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture, in a series titled “So’s private lesson in Itami on how to write a play.”

　

“The universally recognized masterpiece of tragic romance, artfully crafted under the superb direction of Mr. Omar PORRAS.”

Mr. Porras is known for the work he does in integrating the classical with the modern, and the oriental culture with that of the west. He has already shocked and awed audience members with his production of “Don Juan” by using unique and individualized masks to tremendous effect. He also captivated audiences with his production of “Bolivar, Fragments of a Dream” set in the wilderness of South America. Now, the eclectic and eccentric Mr. Porras has the challenge of conjuring up a rendition of Shakespeare’s classic masterpiece, Romeo and Juliet.

As for the performers, not only does the cast list boast a great many veteran actors from SPAC, but it also includes talented english, french and québécois actors from Mr. Porras’s own theatre company, Teatro Melandro. These actors must overcome both linguistic and theatrical boundaries as they strive to create harmony within a production riddled with styles ranging from Latin rhythm to traditional Japanese dance.

While the show is currently only scheduled for a run in Shizuoka, there are already several theaters that have expressed an interest in mounting the show in Europe once this run closes. So, who knows where this fresh, new production might wind up!

Adapted and directed by Omar PORRAS
Original text by William SHAKESPEARE
Japanese text translated by KAWAI Shoichiro
French text translated by Francois-Victor Hugo
Adapted by Marco SABBATINI and Omar PORRAS
Japanese text by YOSHINO Mai

Cast:
OUCHI Yoneji, KIJIMA Tsuyoshi, TAKEISHI Morimasa, TATENO Momoyo, Micari, YAMAMOTO Miyuki, YOSHIMI Ryo, WATANABE Takahiko, Louis FORTIER, Pierre-Yves Le LOUARN, Sophie BRECH

Production: SPAC – Shizuoka Performing Arts Center, Teatro Malandro

Co-production:
Espace Malraux Scene Nationale de Chambery et de la Savoie
Centre National de Creation et de Diffusion Culturelles de Chateauvallon

Sponsorship:
La Ville de Geneve, Departement de la Culture, Republique et Canton de Geneve, Pro Helvetia, Fondation Suisse pour la Culture, La Loterie Romande, Fondation Leenaards, La Fondation pour la promotion de lieux pour la culture emergente.

Language:
In Japanese and French with Japanese subtitle

Blog: Creation of “Romeo and Juliet”

Venue

Shizuoka Arts Theatre
79-4 Ikeda, Suruga-ku Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, JAPAN 422-8005
Please find details on our access page
or contact SPAC ticket center (+81-54-202-3399).

Date

November 24th (Sat) at 16h00, 25th (Sun) at 14h00
December 1st (Sat) at 16h00, 2nd (Sun) at 14h00, 8th (Sat) at 16h00, 9th (Sun) at 14h00

Rendez-vous at Café Cinderella
Let’s enjoy chats with actors just after viewing the show. Join us at Café Cinderella.

Artistic talk session
November 24th (Sat) KAWAI Shoichiro (Tokyo University), Omar PORRAS and MIYAGI Satoshi
December 1st (Sat) ONODERA Syuji (Director) and MIYAGI Satoshi
December 8th (Sat) KASAI Akira (Choreographer) and MIYAGI Satoshi

Special talk session
November 25th (Sun)
“Theatre for Omar PORRAS – Colombia, Europe and Shizuoka”
By Omar PORRAS moderated by YOKOYAMA Yoshiji (Dramaturg, SPAC)

Backyard tour
December 2 (Sun) and 9 (Sun)

Limousin bus

-From Shibuya, Tokyo (1,000 JPY/ one way)
November 24th (Sat), 25th (Sun) , December 1st (Sat), December 8th (Sat)

– From Hamamatsu, Shizuoka (Free of charge)
December 2nd

– From Mishima / Numazu, Shizuoka (Free of charge)
December 9th

*Please find details on our bus page or contact SPAC ticket center (+81-54-202-3399).

Performance day for Junior and High school Students

November 19th (Mon)13:00, 20th (Tue)12:00, 21 (Wed) 13:30, 26 (Mon)13:45, 27(Tue)18:30, 28(Wed)18:30, December 3rd (Mon)12:30, 4th (Tue)13:30, 5th (Wed)13:30, 6th (Thu)11:00／14:30, 7th (Fri)13:30, 10th (Mon) 13:30, 12 (Wed)13:30, 13th (Thu)13:30, 14th (Fri)13:00

Ticket

General 4,000 JPY／University student 2,000 JPY／under High school student 1,000 JPY

*Furthermore, other valuable disccount service are available.
Please check details on our ticket page or or contact SPAC ticket center (+81-54-202-3399).

staff

Assistant director: Fabiana MEDINA
Technical director: MURAMATSU Atsushi
Scenery decoration: Omar PORRAS (Scenography is inspired by interior design of “DAENDO” in Shizuoka Performing Arts Park)
Scenography adviser: Amelie KIRITZA-TOPOR
Scenography: FUKASAWA Eri, SATO Yosuke
Stagehands: ICHIKAWA Kazumi, SATO Kiyoshi, NAGANO Masahito
Composer: Alessandro RATOCI
Sound designer: Emmanuel NAPPEY
Sound: NISHIZAWA Rieko, KOJIMA Yoshimasa
Lighting designer: IWASHINA Takeaki (Saitama Arts Foundation)
Lighting operator: KOBAYAKAWA Hiroya
Lighting: MATSUMURA Ayaka
Costume: KOMAI Yumiko, OKAMOTO Takako, IWASAKI Akiko, OKAMURA Eiko, OOKA Mai
Costume adviser: DOMOTO Kyoko
Costume assistants: ICHIKAWA Akiko, SEI Chigusa
Wig and make-up designer : Veronique NGUYEN
Wig and make-up assistant: HATA Jennifer Yuki
Swordfight: SEKI Takanoshin
Interpreter: ISHIKAWA Hiromi, Blandine DELETOILLE
Press & Communication: Sara DOMINGUEZ
Administration: Florence CRETTOL
Production and subtitle: SAEKI Kazato, ITO Naoko
Intern: Taylor HELMBOLDT

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