- Shiki Theatre Company
is one of
Japan 's most well-known and largest theatre companies. Shiki Theatre Company employs over 800 actors and staff, and stages about 2800 performances a year. Shiki Theatre Company operates nine theaters for their exclusive use. Originally, they staged classic plays byJean Anouilh orJean Giraudoux . However, in the late 1970s, they found success by staging western musicals and plays.Shiki is also known for producing original language musicals. One such example is the Showa Trilogy, a set of three musicals about WWII and the aftermath. The series consists of
Ri Kōran , a musical about the famousManchuria n-Japanese singer; nihongo|Foreign Hill|異国の丘|Ikoku no Oka which tells the story of Japanese prisoners of war at an internment camp in Siberia; and nihongo|Southern Cross|南十字星|Minami Shūjisei about the trials of innocent B and C-classwar criminal s in Indonesia.History
Shiki Theatre Company is established in 1953 by
Keita Asari (浅利慶太) and his company The organization was established as a stock holding company in 1967.Performed Works
Shiki Theatre Company has performed a lot of Broadway musicals, including the following.
Original Shows/Adaptations
*nihongo|
A Dream Within a Dream |夢から醒めた夢|Yume Kara Samete Yumebased on a novel byJirō Akagawa
*nihongo|Yuta's Enchanting Friends |ユタと不思議な仲間たち|Yuta to Fushigina Nakama-tachi based on the novel byMiura Tetsuo .howa Trilogy
*Ri Koran
*Foreign Hill
*Southern CrossChildren's Theatre
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Anne of Green Gables
*Maeterlinck 'sBlue Bird (Sometimes retitled: Dreaming)
*Lloyd Alexander 'sThe Cat Who Wished to Be a Man
*TheEmperor's New Clothes Western Shows
*Disney's Aida
*Disney's Beauty and the Beast
*Cats
*A Chorus Line
*Contact
*Crazy for You
*Equus
*Evita
*Jesus Christ Superstar
*Disney's Lion King
*Mamma Mia!
*Lloyd-Webber's Phantom of the Opera
*Le Passe Muraille
*West Side Story
*WickedExternal links
* [http://www.shiki.gr.jp/siteinfo/english/ Shiki Theatre Company official website]
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