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Their sixth collaboration, and their first in two years since Dance Dance Revolutions (presented in 2023 at the Free Space of the Kyoto Art Center), is a new work titled: Beautiful Ridiculous Scenario of the Sorcerer\u2019s Apprentices. It will premiere in September 2025 as part of the Toyooka Theater Festival Director\u2019s Program, staged at the Seishido Theater at the Professional College of Arts and Tourism. The cast features Chika Araki, Himawari Inoue, Rei Kagata, and Yuki Koga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magic plays where no one\u2019s looking.Magic plays where no one\u2019s looking.Magic plays where no one\u2019s looking. Since 2019, playwright Shuntaro Matsubara and the duo of theatre makers Ayaka Ono and Akira Nakazawa \u2014 known as Ayaka Ono Akira Nakazawa Spacenotblank \u2014 have collaborated on a series of productions. 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