As 2025 closes, let us share our preferred performing arts shows for each month – unfortunately I had to not retain a quite a number of works I also enjoyed. It is always a hard choice, but each of the below performances I would be ready to watch again – and laugh again, and cry again, and wonder again. And again reflect upon.
January 25 – Impro Tokyo, theater to start the year in laughter
February 25 – The flag and the apron, theater, Kurumizawa
March 25 – Ballet coffret, ballet and contemporary dance, NNTT
April 25 – As far as impossible, theater, WTF Shizuoka
May 25 – Lacrima, theatre, WTF Shizuoka
June 25 – Next to that girl, theater, Kurumizawa
July 25 – Birds of a kind, theater, SPT
August 25 – Awa Odori festival Otsuka (Tokyo), folk dance
September 25 – The Mistake, theater
October 25 – Dance juror’s dance, theater, TMT
November 25 – The rite of spring, butoh, Kochuten
December 25 – Hamletmachine, theater, YPAM
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[…] From March 25 to April 5, Sheepdog Theatre will stage Art, Yasmina Reza’s play which made us laugh so much. How a white and expensive painting can break friendships ? We might remember the great film adaptation starring Fabrice Lucchini, Pierre Arditi and Pierre Vaneck, or have seen the play in Paris or elsewhere. The Tokyo based company is bringing the play to the capital. As we remember the excellent The effect, we will be looking forward to this new rendition of Reza’s most famous work for the stages. An opportunity to check how it sends in English !For other theater plays and performing arts shows in Q1 2026, check here. And for a review of my favourite performances of past 2025, check there. […]