Shiki Theatre Company


Shiki Theatre Company is one of Japan's best-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 by Jean Anouilh or Jean 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 World War II and the aftermath. The series consists of Ri Kōran, a musical about the famous Manchurian-Japanese singer; Foreign Hill which tells the story of Japanese prisoners of war at an internment camp in Siberia; and Southern Cross about the trials of innocent B and C-class war criminals in Indonesia.

History

The Shiki Theatre Company was established in 1953 by Keita Asari and his company The organization was established as a stock holding company in 1967.

Theatres

The Shiki Theatre Company owns and operates several theatres across Japan.

Tokyo

Past and present productions by the Shiki Theatre Company include the following:

Original shows and adaptations