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The New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT) is Japan’s only national theatre dedicated to the performing arts of opera, ballet, dance and drama. Since its inception in 1997, the NNTT has presented world-class performances both in and outside of Japan, and has come to occupy a familiar and much-loved place in the nation’s cultural life.

The NNTT comprises the Opera House (known as Opera Palace), Playhouse and the Pit, and provides other performing arts groups with a performance venue.

NNTT is constantly active in staging productions, by itself or in collaboration with others, at theatre venues throughout Japan and overseas.