Main public theaters released their programmes for 2025/26.
Here are some highlights
From KAAT
– Lazarus, the musical by David Bowie, 6/2025
– Dance Marathon Express, from Kaori Ito, with Centre Dramatique de Strasbourg, 7/2025, a travel through pops inspired by Kenji Miyazawa Galactic way.
– Unfulfilled Ghost and Monster, theater, Toshiki Okada latest work, 3/2026
From New National Theater Tokyo
– La Boheme, Opera, 10/25
– The nosebleed, Theater, in English, 11/25 tbc
– Robot, l’amour eternel, 12/25, dance, Kaori Ito
– Don Giovanni, Opera, 3/26
From Setagaya Public Theater
– Aloft circus, 7/25
– Tryptich, by Peeping Tom, 9/25, the provocative Belgian company
– Ombres portees, Raphaelle Boitel, 10/25, French circus / physical dance
– Alternative dance by Moeto Takahashi, 12/25
– To be noted, 2 French works will be presented in Japanese : there will be a reading performance of To the extent that it is impossible, from Tiago Rodrigues, after being played in French in Shizuoka, while Every one turns into a bird, by Wajdi Mouawad, will be played (6/25).
From Saitama Arts Fondation
– Born to run, by Condors, contemporary dance from Japan, 6/25
– Jungle King revisited, by Akram Khan, contemporary dance, 6/25
– L’arlesienne and Bolero by Noism, 7/2025
– Sweet Mambo, Wuppertal TanzTheater, by Pina Bausch, 11/25
– Marebito, Noism, contemporary dance, 12/25
Tokyo Metropolitan Theater reopened on September 6, 2025
– Main highlights including Salad Festival, and Autumn meteorites.
– Noism bolero and ballet for kids
– Okada’s Dance Jurors’ Dance
– Kuro Tanino’s Bath house of desire
– Isabelle Huppert in Mary said what she said
– Hardboiled wonderland and the end of the world, a collaboration between Haruki Murakami and Philippe Découflé, 1/2026
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