National Noh Theatre Showcase
*Performance Schedule
DATE: Wednesday, July 23 & Thursday, July 24
TIME:
2:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m. (July 23)
7:00 p.m.-8:45 p.m. (July 24)
*The finish time is an estimate and may vary.
[Showcase performance visitors only]
*Nohgaku Instruments Workshop (in the Nohgakudo lobby)
0:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (July 23)
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (July 24)
[For inquiries about the workshop]
Planning and Production Division, National Noh Theatre
TEL: 03-3423-1331 (Weekdays 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
*Pre-Performance Talk starts at
1:30 p.m. (July 23)
6:30 p.m. (July 24)
*Title and Main performer
Pre-performance Talk, Kawase Takashi (Hosho School)
Kyogen: NE ONGYOKU (Horizontal Singing) / Nomura Akihito & Nomura Kennosuke (Izumi school)
Noh: UKAI (The Cormorant Fisherman) / Nozuki Satoshi & Otomo Jun (Hosho school)
*Audio guide: No audio guide available.
*Subtitles: Available in English and Japanese. Displayed on individual screens on front seat backs.
*Admission (Including Tax)
-Front-stage seat 3,500 yen
-Side-stage seat 3,000 yen (Students 2,100 yen)
-Middle-stage seat 2,500 yen (Students 1,800 yen)
*Tickets for students and persons with disabilities are available online. Purchases with other discounts are not accepted. Wheelchair spaces are available. For more details, please contact the Box Office.
Seating Plan
*Reservation (Telephone / Internet):
Available from: 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 10
*Tickets may be purchased at the National Noh Theatre box office and ticket vending machines from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Only on National Noh Theatre performance days. (Ticket sales start the day after telephone and internet reservations begin.)
*We do not hold tickets separately for over-the-counter purchases.
*National Theatre Ticket Centre (10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.)
[Tel.] 0570-07-9900/03-3230-3000 (for some IP phones)
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NE ONGYOKU (Horizontal Singing)
Ordered to sing for his master, Tarokaja, not wanting it to become a frequent request, claims he needs to have some sake and rest his head on his wife’s lap to perform. His master, wishing to hear Taro sing, complies. Watch how the servant’s ruse unravels.
UKAI (The Cormorant Fisherman)
An old man appears before a monk and explains that he now suffers in hell because he spent his life taking the lives of fish as a cormorant fisherman. He shows the monk how he handled the cormorants and disappears. Enma, the king of hell, comes to announce that by the virtues of Buddha’s teachings the man has attained salvation.
