世田谷パブリックシアター／Setagaya Public Theatre 3.67

Setagaya Public Theatre is a non-profit theatre funded by the city of Setagaya council. Setagaya is the most populous area in central Tokyo. The Theatre is located in a 26-storey building complex, a major city development that opened in April 1997. It has two performance spaces: the "Public Theatre" (600 seats) and "Theatre Tram"(218 seats).
The Setagaya Public Theatre is now well known as a successful theatre, and plays a leading role as a model for other public theatres in Japan. It aims to produce and present high quality performing arts productions, especially contemporary drama and dance by both national and international artists. It also holds creative workshops for theatre practitioners or dancers with a view to developing future productions, researching the contemporary performing arts, producing outstanding productions, and providing outreach programs to schools in the Setagaya area.
In Japan, it is still rare for theatres to present creative workshops, thus making our theatre unique. We believe such interactive communication with the general public is under continuous organic development, and inspires us to seek new styles of theatre within the community.
In addition, we also look forward to creating national and international networks with people and organizations working in the same field.

世田谷パブリックシアターは、現代演劇と舞踊を中心とする専門的な活動と、市民の自由な創作や参加体験活動を通し、新しい舞台芸術の可能性を探る劇場です。
三軒茶屋駅前のランドマーク、キャロットタワーの中にあり、主劇場・世田谷パブリックシアターと小劇場・シアタートラムの2つの劇場のほか、稽古場や作業場、音響スタジオなど「舞台作品創造」のためのさまざまなスペースが用意されています。こうした施設を利用して、区民の生活と文化・芸術をつなぐという大きな目的を実現するために、1997年の開場当初より様々な「上演」と「学芸」のプログラムを展開してきました。
また、単なる施設だけではなく、作品創造のために芸術監督や制作・学芸・技術分野の専門スタッフを配置した新しい運営スタイルは、全国の公共劇場から常に注目されています。