Black Stripe Theater offers artists the chance to stage and collaborate on theatre productions in Tokyo. Since inception in 2007 the group have staged over twenty productions at different venues throughout Tokyo. If you would like to be involved in one of our productions, contact us at blackstripetheater@gmail.com

Here is a list of our past productions. Click on a link to find out about a show. 

Past productions:

2019: Macbeth by William Shakespeare & The Gentlest Giant by Daniel Foley.

2018: Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle. Adapted by Justin Davis.

2017: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Adapted by Justin Davis.

2017: Dealer’s Choice by Patrick Marber. Directed by Chris Parham.

2016: The Dresser by Ronald Harwood. Directed by Keiko Tsuneda.

2016: Seven by Paula Cizmar, Mu Sochua, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deavere Smith & Susan Yankowitz. Directed by Rachel Walzer.

2015: Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn. Directed by Sarah Hone, Martin Leroux, Ieja Zin, Rodger Sono and Chris Parham.

2015: A Life In The Theater by David Mamet. Directed by Timothy Harris.

2015: The God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza. Directed by Ed Gilmartin.

2014: Ashes to Ashes and One for the Road written by Harold Pinter. Directed by Timothy Harris.

2013: The Possibilites by Howard Barker. Directed by Katie Turner.

2012: Off the Map by Joan Ackermann. Directed by Rachel Walzer.

2012: Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill. Directed by Andrew Robinson.

2012: The Pillowman by Martin Macdonagh. Directed by Liam Shea.

2011: (Double-bill) The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco. Directed by Andrew Robinson. Out at Sea by Slawomir Mrozek. Directed by Chris Parham.

2011: Fat Pig by Neil LaBute. Directed by Rachel Walzer.

2011: A Number by Caryl Churchill. Directed by Walter Roberts.

2010: Doubt by John Patrick Shanley. Directed by Rachel Walzer.

2010: Kiss of the Spiderwoman by Manuel Puig. Directed by Tim Harris.

2009: The Hothouse by Harold Pinter. Directed by Chris Parham.

2008: Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet. Directed by Chris Parham.

2008: The Homecoming by Harold Pinter. Directed by Walter Roberts.

2007: (Double bill) The Dumb Waiter and Victoria Station by Harold Pinter. Directed by Walter Roberts.