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Angura Theater

Angura revival – Kara Juro and Shuji Terayama in Tokyo

The Red Tent is settling in Kanda (October 3-11), Mito (October 17-18) and Zoshigaya (October 24-November 2nd) for  performances of the play Rainbow miniature house, a work from Kara Juro. The works of Angura most famous master, with connections throughout the Japanese scene from 21st century theater to butoh, are perpetuated, and offer insights in some of the roots of the current Tokyo performing arts scene.
Booking here http://eplus.jp/karagumi/

Similarly, Banyuinryoku keeps on performing Shuji Terayama work. Following Ships of fool (June 2024), the latest performance to take place is set up in 18th century Japan. It is a theater play derived from a story written by Terayama, Shinshaku Inazuma Soushi, which has also been screened in the television, and will be playing from November 20 to 29, with music and direction from the author old accomplice, J.A. Cesar.

Both plays will be in Japanese only, not always easy to understand, but offering glimpses in the Japanese theater culture of the sixties.

For other plays and shows in the last quarter of 2026 : here

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Theater

Noda’s Bee stings back

20 years after its creation, The Bee will be performed in November at Honda Theater (Tokyo). This provocative play, where the would-be victim becomes the agressor, has been very successful. Dark, ironic, repulsive, twisted… The atmosphere is quite different from the more consensual Fahrenheit -320. Noda is one of the few directors who book a theater for a month and sell out. If you want to try to see a play, written jointy with Colin Teevan, you shall book quickly (normal sales start on October 18). It will be in Japanese only, but the plot is pretty simple, and if you know your yakuza / cop movie vocabulary, it shall be all right.
From November 2 to December 6.

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ballet Butoh Circus Contemporary dance Dance English English subtitles 舞踏 Japanese tradition Opera Theater

Tokyo Stages in 2026 fourth quarter

See here our selection for October to November 2026