NOHO THEATRE GROUP · 能法劇団 · SINCE 1981
Unique fusions of noh-kyogen technique and spirit
Bilingual kyōgen and Western texts, interpreted through the technique and spirit of noh-kyōgen — in Kyoto since 1981.
ESTABLISHED 1981
Bridging diverse cultures
Established in Kyoto in 1981 by Jonah Salz and Akira Shigeyama, Noho Theatre Group fuses classical Noh and Kyōgen with Western experimental texts. We bridge diverse cultures through creative performance.
Our mission is to explore the spirit and techniques of Noh-Kyōgen while adapting stories by Beckett, Yeats, Shakespeare and contemporary playwrights. Noho has toured to the U.S., Hong Kong, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and the Avignon Festival.
45+
YEARS OF PERFORMANCE
12
INTERNATIONAL TOURS
CURRENT REPERTOIRE
Selected performances
Act without words 1
Samuel Beckett (1981) · Studio Varie, Kyoto. Featuring Shigeyama Akira as Man — a founding work of Noho’s cross-cultural repertoire.
At the Hawk’s Well
W. B. Yeats (1981) · Oe Noh Stage. “I call to the eye of the mind” — a pioneering fusion of Yeats’ poetic text and Noh methodology.
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