
Toyooka Theater Festival 2025 – First Lineup Announcement
From world premieres debuting at Toyooka Theater Festival to acclaimed works by notable companies and artists from Japan and abroad, this year’s lineup offers a compelling and diverse range of performances.
Featured programs include a piece focusing on the geisha culture of Kinosaki, a collaboration between a local citizen dance group and a renowned Butoh master, and an outdoor performance set along the scenic Takeno Coast.
Also presented are projects born from the deep ties to the region, including collaborations between researchers and artists.
In addition to stage productions that meet the expectations of performing arts fans, the festival welcomes a wide range of artists through international co-productions, emerging companies, and street performances.
Details of the fringe program will be announced in mid-July.
Be sure to follow along for the full program reveal and more.
Official program is selected by festival director


Hotaka Kawai × Shimogamo-shasow
“Yellow Airship”

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“The Window of Spaceship ‘In-Between’”

IKKO TAMURA / Dairakudakan + Toyooka citizen's butoh company “Tajima Kanjyakuro”
special appearance: Maro Akaji
Butoh performance “Butoh Tajimafudoki _Kinosaki reitou engi”

Oriza Hirata + Kaito Nakahori
Kinosaki International Arts Center AIR Program 2025/26
Theater Opera
“The star has no sound −Clockwork Universe−”

Chia-Ming Wang / Shakespeare’s Wild Sisters Group
✕ Kuro Tanino / Niwa Gekidan Penino
Kinosaki International Arts Center AIR Program 2025/26
“The Bathhouse of Honest Desires”

Three Pielbergs
Outdoor Performance vol.3 in Beach
Musical「Humming “paradise”」
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KIKAI institute for Coral Reef Sciences Theatre Project
“Serenade of the Sea”
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Seinendan
“From S Plateau”

Hydroblast(Shingo Ota/Kyoko Takenaka)
“The Last Geishas: Re-creation”
An official program produced by the theater festival. The program will further expand the possibilities of performing arts by crossing art and culture with the community, food, transportation, and other aspects of the arts.

Masashi Nukata × Books & Onsen
“At Kinosaki”

JR‐WEST × Professional College of Arts and Tourism
“Ten Dreaming nights Last Go. in Umiyamamusubi With the journey I had a such Dream.”

Karasuma Stroke Rock & People of Tanto
“Tanto Sai Sai”
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namstrops × Unlock Dancing Plaza
”Today is the youngest day of my life”

Daijiro Harada and Masaharu Sato
“The New World of Reading and Percussion”

Setouchi Circus Factory
“Workers!”

Living Statues Performance Association × Asago Art Village
“Living Statues”

Daijiro Harada and Masaharu Sato
“The New World of Reading and Percussion”

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Workshop “TORU – TORARERU”
Performance “THE INCH-HIGH SAMURAI” short version
