Stage Jun 5, 2020
World Theatre Festival Shizuoka heads online in desperate times
by Nobuko Tanaka
By taking a key arts festival online, Satoshi Miyagi is finding ways to ensure that theater survives the pandemic.
Stage Apr 19, 2018
Shizuoka stage festival aims to engage its audiences the old-fashioned way
by Nobuko Tanaka
This hasn't been a great year for social media. Internet addiction has been a hot topic, as have privacy issues, and there has even been a movement to #DeleteFacebook. Last month, Satoshi Miyagi, artistic director of the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center, which runs World Theatre ...
Stage Apr 27, 2017
The ambiguous world of today's ventriloquists
by Andrew Eglinton and Mika Eglinton
Franco-Austrian choreographer and director Gisele Vienne is fascinated by puppets and brings a group of nine ventriloquists and their marionettes to the stage in her latest piece, "The Ventriloquists Convention." The play is part of the World Theatre Festival Shizuoka run by Shizuoka Performing ...
Stage Apr 27, 2017
All Shizuoka's a stage for SPAC's theater festival
by Nobuko Tanaka
At a recent news conference, Satoshi Miyagi, the artistic director of Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC), gave notice of an imminent invasion — by girigirijin. He explained that these "trailblazers" were set to descend on the annual World Theatre Festival Shizuoka, armed with ideas and ...