• theater
• Sponsored performance

『Medicine』

2024/05/06 (Monday/Closed) - 06/09 (Sunday)

Theatre tram

The long-awaited Japanese premiere of Enda Walsh's latest work, which has quickly taken the world theater world by storm since its premiere in the UK in 2021!

• theater
• Affiliated performance

chelfitsch x Teppei Kaneuji

"Eraser Mountain"

2024/06/07 (Fri)-06/09 (Sun)

Setagaya Public Theatre

chelfitsch, directed by playwright Toshiki Okada, has received high praise both domestically and internationally for its unique method of using the relationship between words and the body. This time, we will be performing ``Eraser Mountain,'' which we created in 2019, with artist Teppei Kaneuji as our collaborator. I depict a world where people and things exist in an infinitely flat relationship...

• Dance
• Affiliated performance

OrganWorks 2024

『Kōtei to Kobotō - my telling was nothing -』

2024/06/14 (Fri)-06/16 (Sun)

Setagaya Public Theatre

OrganWorks is a dance company run by choreographer and dancer Shintaro Hirahara. This 10th anniversary year, with the theme of "reset", we will perform new works that depict the "world of death" as we confront nothingness, while also incorporating works of self-homage. Painter Akiko Nakayama, music artist David Lang, and actor Nana...

• theater
• Affiliated performance

Hanagumi play

"Red Comedy - Enshrined Red Princess"

2024/06/21 (Fri)-06/30 (Sun)

Theatre tram

An old, ugly woman dressed as a red princess is sitting in a wheelchair. Is this the equinox? Is it on this shore? An ancient story spun by a man wearing red. The tears, anger, and jealousy of the "men" who support the fictional world covered in white powder... The inner reality of the pregnancy of a ``female figure'' is depicted in the love-hate drama of the literary world...

• Dance
• Sponsored performance

“SYMPOSION”

2024/07/03 (Wednesday) - 07/07 (Sunday)

Setagaya Public Theatre

Up-and-coming director/choreographer Romance Hashimoto x Setagaya Public Theater now unleashing new values ​​at the theater

• Dance
• Affiliated performance

akakilike

"House of Hope"

2024/07/13 (Sat) - 07/15 (Mon/Holiday)

Theatre tram

Akakilike will present a new dance performance at a theater for the first time in five years, after a residency in Matsumoto. The theme of this work is "faith". People, animals, nature, religion—what do people rely on to live their lives? Dancing with performers from various backgrounds while incorporating the structure of a wedding...

• Performance
• Sponsored performance

Setagaya Art Farm 2024

"Setagaya Natsu Ichi Rakugo"

2024 / 07 / 21 (Sun)

Setagaya Public Theatre

Held on Sunday, July 7st! ``Setagaya Natsu Irakugo'' is produced and performed by Ichinosuke Shunputei, a regular on the entertainment program ``Shoten'' and one of the ``most difficult-to-get-a-ticket rakugo performers.'' This is the 21th time this year that Setagaya's summer tradition, a very popular vaudeville performance.

• dance (overseas)
• Sponsored performance

Setagaya Art Farm 2024
Machine de Cirque

"Ghost Light : Between Fall and Flight "

2024/07/26 (Fri)-07/28 (Sun)

Setagaya Public Theatre

Machine de Cirque, a circus company from Quebec, Canada, a hotspot for modern circus, makes its first appearance at Setagaya Public Theater! The only thing on the stage where light and shadow intersect is a teeter board (seesaw). A poetic world view that touches the heart beyond words and two performers...

• training
• professional development

2024

Setagaya Public Theater Internship Recruitment

2024/05/01 (Wednesday) - 05/27 (Monday)

Setagaya Public Theater is recruiting interns for various projects of "Setagaya Art Farm 2024".

• theater
• workshop
• For children
• Citizen participation

“Day in the Theater ~The Part 1 of a Strange Journey with the intention of going there~” One-day “Theatre & Theater” Experience Workshop

2024 / 05 / 24 (gold)

The theater is an open space where everyone can visit. Let's have fun together with various people! [Facilitator] Kota Suzuki (Theatre Design Guild)

• Others
• Citizen participation

Symposium Education x Theater x Region

“Nursing children who will carry the future – A new approach to education in Toyooka and Setagaya”

2024 / 05 / 25 (Sat)

A symposium that looks back on the significance of theater workshops in school education, based on the case studies of Toyooka City and Setagaya Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, which are leading cities in the practice of theater workshops. Superintendent of education in each city, playwright/director Oriza Hirata, Setagaya Public Theater artistic director Haku…

• workshop
• For children
• Citizen participation

“Children’s Mixed Drama Workshop: When You Pass Through the May Gate…”

2024 / 05 / 26 (Sun)

"Children's Mixed Drama Workshop" is a place where people of mixed ages, from elementary school students to 22 years old, come together to create theater! Let's enjoy a mixed-up play with a mixed-up group!

• -
• Citizen participation

"Setagaya Public Theater Theater Tour"

2024 / 05 / 26 (Sun)

Setagaya Public Theater holds theater tours so that you can feel more familiar with the theater. This time, artistic director Akira Shirai will guide you. Additionally, staff who know everything about theaters will tell you about the behind-the-scenes stories of Setagaya Public Theater.

• theater
• lecture
• Citizen participation

<“Medicine” related project> Lecture on the performance (lecturer: Akira Shirai)

2024 / 06 / 07 (gold)

Akira Shirai, who has received positive reviews for his work with Enda Walsh in ``Ballyturk,'' ``Arlington,'' and ``Love Story,'' explains how he approached the production of ``Medicine,'' the background of the work, and the script. I will talk about it while also explaining it.

• 讲座
• For children
• professional development

Explanatory lecture on theater architecture and structure

"Theatrical Characity"

2024/06/10 (Mon)

This is a course that invites you to the plaza (theater) from the perspective of ``stage technology''. A building called a theater is equipped with various devices and is used for spatial production such as plays and dance. Among them, this time we will focus on the "stage mechanism" and secretly share the maniac knowledge of Setagaya Public Theater...

• lecture

Alternative theater created with local people ~ From the Minoh City case study "Theatre Workshop Family Scenes" ~ SPT Laboratory Lecture

2024 / 06 / 12 (Wed)

• workshop
• For children
• Citizen participation

“Children’s Mixed Drama Workshop: Kakuretemiro at Kakuremino in June! Edition”

2024 / 06 / 23 (Sun)

"Children's Mixed Drama Workshop" is a place where people of mixed ages, from elementary school students to 22 years old, come together to create theater! Let's enjoy a mixed-up play with a mixed-up group!

• workshop
• For children
• Citizen participation

Setagaya Art Farm 2024《Workshop》

"Engeki workshop for elementary school students"

2024/07/20 (Sat) - 08/31 (Sat)

Together with the friends I met for the first time, I will experience various things, think about things, and create Engeki together. During your summer vacation, let's try something we don't usually do!

• workshop
• For children
• Citizen participation

Setagaya Art Farm 2024《Workshop》

"Engeki workshop for high school students"

2024/07/30 (Tue) ~ 08/01 (Thu)

During summer vacation, let's go to Engeki Workshop at Setagaya Public Theater! ! It's a theater where you can have fun all year round, but it's really special during summer vacation! ! You'll have more fun than usual. Setagaya Public Theater's Engeki Workshop does not have a script. …

• workshop
• performance
• For children
• Others

Setagaya Art Farm 2024

Instrument making and performance workshop “Let’s play with ASA-CHANG’s Taiko”

2024 / 07 / 30 (Tue)

A Tyco workshop by ASA-CHANG, who has established a unique playing style as a musician and percussionist and has participated in various music events and music education projects over the years. Assemble, play, and disassemble the little Taiko together. The mystery of musical instruments and the excitement of rhythm...

• workshop
• For children
• Citizen participation

Setagaya Art Farm 2024《Workshop》

"Engeki workshop for junior high school students"

2024/08/06 (Tue) ~ 08/08 (Thu)

During summer vacation, let's go to Engeki Workshop at Setagaya Public Theater! ! It's a theater where you can have fun all year round, but it's really special during summer vacation! ! You'll have more fun than usual. Setagaya Public Theater's Engeki Workshop does not have a script. …