Eel Migration
Photo: Suzuki Ryuichiro
Program Information
| Genre | Theatre |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 April at 18:30, 26 April at 18:30, 29 April at 18:30 |
| Venue | Open Air Theatre “UDO”, Shizuoka Performing Arts Park |
| Duration | 90 minutes |
| Language | In Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese with Japanese, English and Brazilian Portuguese surtitles |
| Seat | Non-reserved seating |
| Text and direction | Ishigami Natsuki |
| Music | Tanakawa Hiroko |
| Production | SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center |
Movie
Coming soon!
Introduction
This is a new work by SPAC and the World Theatre Festival Shizuoka2026 Artistic Director Ishigami Natsuki. The work superimposes the fact of the ecology of eels, which migrate 3,000 km to deep water off the Mariana Islands to spawn, along with humans’ migrations crossing oceans for various reasons. Ishigami created this fictional parable play with great help from a cast of local Brazilian residents in Shizuoka, with whom she conducted research and shared opinions for more than a year.
Director’s profile
Ishigami Natsuki
Playwright, working mainly in the company “Pepin” from 1999. She works on plays and art-projects expressing peopleʼs alternative behaviors in cities and communities in Japan and abroad. Her recent activities include: directing Stage Art Sector in “Culture City of East Asia 2019 Toshima,” writing and staging “Oesiki Project Tour Performance ʻBEAT,ʼ” being Guest Curator for ADAM Artist Lab in Taipei Arts Festival 2019, directing “Theatre Today” in On Stage Shizuoka (FY2021) and directing “Yoroboshi”(2022), “Otsuya’s Love”(2023) and “The Kitchen of Click-Clack Mountain”(2024) at SPAC.
Cast / Staff
Text and direction: Ishigami Natsuki
Music: Tanakawa Hiroko
Set design: Sasaki Ayami
Lighting design: Osako Koji
Sound design Wada Masashi
Costume design: Sei Chigusa
Cast: Akamatsu Naomi, Kijima Tsuyoshi, Moriyama Fuyuko, Yoshimi Ryo (SPAC)
Aikawa Angela, Ayla Wendy, Pereira Haseyama Cleide, Yano Haruki (Residents of the prefecture)
Stage manager: Shimoda Tomonori
Stage: Furuya Kazumi
Photography: Suzuki Ryuichiro
Surtitles: Ayla Wendy
Production: Sakanaka Toshiki, Sato Hiko
Managing director: Narushima Yoko
Technical director: Muramatsu Atsushi
Lighting manager: Higuchi Masayuki
Sound manager: Sawada Yukino
Co-produced ：T2G-Théâtre de Gennevilliers Centre Dramatique National
Cooperation: Hamamatsu Foundation for International Communications and Exchanges Sponsor: Consulate-General of Brazil in Hamamatsu, Iwata Association for International Communications and Exchanges, Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo/Guimarães Rosa Institute
Notice
*Please tell us beforehand if you want to see the show with preschool children.
*Seats with no backrest.
*Performances will be held even if it rains. As the use of umbrellas is not permitted during a performance, please ensure you have suitable rainwear. You are also advised to bring warm clothes for night performances at this time of year
Enjoy your festival day!
