SEPTEMBER 2025

3 shows in Tôkyô (Kabukiza, New National Theatre) & 1 in Kyôto (Minamiza)!

  • ??? & ??? perform at the Kabukiza !
  • ??? & ??? perform at the New National Theatre
  • Kataoka Ainosuke, Ichikawa Chûsha, Onoe Ukon, Ichikawa Emiya & Ichikawa Emisaburô perform at the Minamiza!
  • Kabukiza (Tôkyô)
    Dates ?? ~ ?? September 2025
    Shûzan Matsuri Kugatsu Ôkabuki
    Shûzan's Festival September Grand Kabuki
    Matinée

    ???

    Evening

    ???

    Casting

    ???

    Comments

    The 4th edition at the Kabukiza of the new "Shûzan Matsuri" (the festival of Shûzan), which is staged to commemorate late Nakamura Kichiemon II. Shûzan was the haimyô used by both Nakamura Kichiemon I and Nakamura Kichiemon II.

    New National Theatre (Tôkyô)
    Dates ?? ~ ?? September 2025
    Program

    ???

    Casting

    ???

    Comments

    No performance at the National Theatre, which is no more operating in 2025 but there is a subsitute theater: the New National Theatre! This playhouse dedicated to opera, ballet or modern dances/dramas has become also a new home for Kabuki performances!

    Minamiza (Kyôto)
    Dates 2 ~ 26 September 2025
    Program

    Rupan Sansei [In Japanese]

    Casting

    Kataoka Ainosuke, Ichikawa Chûsha, Onoe Ukon, Ichikawa Emiya, Ichikawa Emisaburô

    Comments

    A special program starring Nakamura Shidô and Nakamura Kazutarô and reviving the 2023 Kabuki drama based on Monkey Punch's famous manga/anime "Lupin the Third".

     
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