Programs for public theaters are usually released from January to April. Here-under are the main highlights of the new season.
- New National Theater Tokyo ballet and dance, theater and opera, released in February
– City lights, a new commissioned ballet based on the Charlie Chaplin film, October 2026
– Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart’s opera, December 2026
– La Sylphide, the Bournonville choregraphed romantic piece where Marie Taglioni initiated the wide adoption of pointes – a must in the history of classical ballet. Combined with Forsythe’s Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, February 2027.
– Kojiri Kenta new choregraphic works, result of an artist residence in Yokohama, February 2027.
– Kaori Ito come back Battle to be solved, contemporary dance from Strasbourg, August 2027 - Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (April 6 release) (pdf w/ English here)
– NodaMap Fahrenheit -320 degrees, theatre
– Jean Reno solo performance The Camel , theatre in French
– Tact Festival, April-May, with contemporary dance and circus
– Sliding away, theatre creation from Toshiki Okada (August)
– Autumn Meteorite festival, October 10- November 3, many shows in English / subtitled, details to be published later
– Contemporary dance with Noism, December
– Natsuo Kirino x John Malkovitch Real World, January 2027 – very intriguing, must be a theatre play based on Kirino’s thriller, with John Malkovitch ??? Himself ??? Or are we going to be in his head – cannot wait for more details !!!
– Space not blank, contemporary dance, Ayaka Ono / Akira Nakazawa
– Not to forget, Tokyo Borderless Theater Project will continue, with opportunities for Tokyoites joining the acting experience. - Setagaya Public Theater (released on March 31st 2026)
– N.Ormes, contemporary circus from Canada, by Agathe and Adrien, July 2026
– Stage_ON The Road, contemporary dance performance and Augmented as well as Virtual Reality creation and workshop, by Spanish company Larumbe Danza, July 2026
– The Vessel, a Swedish contemporary circus trio
– Banxian / Opening Ceremony by Dashing Theater, company of the Taiwanese choregraph Huang Huai-De, February 2027
– Johanna, a creation based on Brecht, scripted by Atsuto Suzuki and directed by Akira Shirai, a Brecht specialist and the current director of Setagaya Public Theater - Saitama Art Foundation Line Up
– Condors All you need is love, by Kondo Ryohei contemporary dance company, June 2026
– Anna Teresa de Kersmaeker, The art of harmony and creation, Contemporary dance, June 2026
– Noism’s Rite of spring/I want to embrace the sea, Contemporary dance, July 2026
– Hofesh Theatre Company Theater of Dreams, a unique chance to see the famous choregrapher in Japan, October 2026
– Yoshida’s Tragedy of errors, November 2026 - KAAT
– Love Beyond (Act of Remembrance), an invited theater show from the UK in visual and English/sign language, directed by Mathew Lenton
– Close Up, Noel Soulier, the French contemporary choregrapher will focus on the Art of fugue, November 2026
– Niwa Gekidan Penino’s Uzumibi (Embers), November 2026 - Kichijoji Theater
– Baobab Dance company, Yure, May 2026
– Dance Company Arch, Hear me if you can, contemporary dance from Japan, August 2026
– Cyrano de Bergerac, directed by Tadashi Suzuki, a tri-lingual experience intertwinining Russian, Chinese and Japanese, a classical and modern piece, December 2026.
– Kichijoji Dance Rewrite Vol.5, Contemporary dance selection, Program direction : Kitao (Baobab)