Seinendan“From S Plateau”

Toyooka Theater Festival 2025 Director’s Program

Seinendan

“From S Plateau”

Written and Directed by: Oriza Hirata

Near future, summer. The lounge of a sanatorium on a plateau, where fatal patients spend their time.

Time flows slowly here, completely separated from the life down below. The meaning of waiting for death is casually unfurled on stage.

The patients’ concepts of death and time are different from that of the visitors.

【Area】Ebara

【Venue】Ebara Riverside Theatre(Ebara Kahan Gekijyou)

【Date and Time】
Sep.19(Fri)18:00
Sep.20(Sat)14:00
Sep.21(Sun)Closed days
Sep.22(Mon)14:00,18:00
Sep.23(Tue)17:00

【Performance Duration】Approx. 105 minutes

【Performance Language】
Performed in Japanese only
*English subtitles

【Performers】
Yozo Shimada
Tadashi Otake
Makiko Murata
Minami Inoue
Fumie Midorikawa
Kazuki Kushio
Udai Ozaki
Sho Nakato
Kei Namba
Moe Haemori
Hanako Wada
Yurika Seto
Koharu Tasaki
Satoshi Kurashima
Morihiro Matsui
Haruno Yamada

【Staff】
Set Designer：Itaru Sugiyama
Stage Managers：Takao Nakanishi　Natsumi Mitsuda
Lighting Designer / Subtitles：Aya Nishimoto
Translation：John D. Tamura
Assistant Lighting Designer：Rio Takagi
Subtitle Operator：Izumi Sayama
Costume Designer：Aya Masakane　Akiko Nakahara
Production Manager：Akira Kanazawa

【Accessibility】
・Wheelchairs accommodated
・Free entrance for aide
・Childcare services
・English subtitles

If you require any of the following services, please contact the Toyooka Theater Festival Festival Center before purchasing tickets.
- Those who have a disability certificate and wish to be accompanied by an aide.
- Those who plan to attend the festival in a wheelchair.
- Those who wish to use childcare services.

Childcare services (reservation required)
Date:Sep.20(Sat)14:00,Sep.22(Mon)14:00
*Free childcare service provided.

【Notes】
*Preschool children are not admitted.

【Credits】
Planning & Production by Seinendan Theatre Company / Ebara Riverside Theatre
Presented by Ebara Riverside Theatre ／Japan Performing Arts Solidarity Network
Co-organized by Toyooka Theater Festival
Supported by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan | Japan Arts Council

Seinendan
Seinendan is a theater company formed by Oriza Hirata in Tokyo in 1983. We have been pursuing a new theatrical style through the practice of Hirata's "contemporary colloquial theater theory.” His radically novel style has had a strong influence on Japanese theater since the 1990s as well as across literature, linguistics and language education. Since 2020, we have been conducting a diverse range of performance activities nationwide, with the Ebara Riverside Theatre in Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture serving as our new base.

https://toyooka-theaterfestival.jp/en/program/9904/