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K-EX kicks off on Oct/4

Kyoto Experiment will spread over October, from 4th to 26th. It will features theater plays and performance in English, Spanish, and other languages, mostly with English (and Japanese) subtitles. To name a few,

Multiple bad things, an horrific comedy in English will tackle the subject of the worst worplace at the end of the world (Australia), on Oct. 4 and 5.
Fragments of Tuah will deconstruct/reconstruct a hero from the Malacca sultanate, in 15th century Malaysia, through the evolution of his image (in Malay, English, and with surtitles).

In Japanese with English surtitles, Performing the cemetery by Jun Tsutsui, from a military cemetery will focus on the individual stories of the buried soldiers,
while Tennis (stage version) from Takuya Murakawa will address alternative realities on a staged tennis court, from October 9 to 13.

You will also have the chance to assist to a performance on the history of power outages in Lebanon, a show in Spanish, dance works from akakilike, a staged reading of Dans la mesure de l’impossible from Tiago Rodrigues, in Japanese, following as we remember its wonderful performance in French in Shizuoka and first readings in SPT, and so much more.

For recommended performances in September, and October/December, click on the associated links.

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Dance English subtitles Theater

Dance Jurors’ dance

Newly appointed as artistic director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Toshiki Okada, the internationally acclaimed playwright and director, will present during the new Autumn Meteorite festival his latest work, a blend of theater and dance. Okada was inspired by Shoyuron A theory of property, a recent provocative text by philosopher Kiyokazu Washida. Subtitled in English, this work is a must see to get with ease into Japan latest theatre scene. From October 1st to October 5th.

https://autumnmeteorite.jp/en/2025/program/dancejurorsdance

https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2010/09/10/toshiki-okada-chroniques-arty-du-japon-contemporain_1409577_3246.html

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French Theater

Isabelle Huppert back in Tokyo

3 years after her last appearance on Tokyo stages with the Glass Menagerie, Isabelle Huppert is back at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theater, for one woman performance, Mary said what she said. With the reopening of the TMT, and the launch of Tokyo Meteorite Festival, a great opportunity for theatre in French. The great actress will play Mary Stuart… What a match.

https://www.geigeki.jp/performance/theater378/