Premiered in a circular open-air theatre with green hills in the background. After staging in Toga and Slovenia, the production makes a triumphal return with a new direction.
 
This work contains Noism’s recent masterpiece “Fratres I”. My creative themes of the past few years, “the individual and the collective” and “Higan (the world of alterlife) and Shigan (the real world)”, are developed through the mysterious presence of Marebito as a ritual to explore outsider. Marebito is an important concept in the country’s folklore (faith), proposed by folklorist Shinobu Orikuchi, and is a mysterious being that visits from the other world at a certain time.

(From the director’s notes by Jo Kanamori)
 
Created as Noism’s first open-air performance for the “Kurobe Theatre 2023 Spring” project, this work has been invited by two international festivals this year: “SCOT Summer Season 2025”, which will take place in the sacred place for theatre of Toga Village, and “Visavì Gorizia Dance Festival”, which will take place across the border in Slovenia and Italy.
After performances at the gassho-style (steep thatched roof) theatre in Toga and at the SNG Nova Gorica National Theatre in Slovenia, It will be staged in a new theatre version.

“The Song of Marebito”

Direction, choreography: Jo Kanamori
Music: Arvo Pärt
Costume: Kyoko Domoto, Shima Yamada
Performed by : Noism0、Noism1

Technical director: Masaya Natsume
Lighting: Masakazu Ito (RYU)
Sound: Tadashi Sato

Niigata performance

Friday, 5 December, 2025 19:00
Saturday, 6 December, 2025 17:00
Sunday, 7 December, 2025 15:00 ＊3 performances
 
RYUTOPIA Niigata City Performing Arts Centre – Theatre
 
All seats reserved
5,500 yen, U25 3,000 yen, High school students and under 1,000yen
 

 
 
Saitama performance

Saturday, 20 December, 2025 15:00
Sunday, 21 December, 2025 15:00 ＊2 performances
 
Saitama Arts Theatre – Main Hall
 
Admission (tax included)
All seats reserved 6,000 yen, U25 3,000 yen
 

Available at

RYUTOPIA

＊On the first day of general sale, sales will be limited to internet and telephone bookings only. If seats remain available, they will be handled at the box office from 11:00 on the next working day.

◇Online ticket:　https://piagettii.s2.e-get.jp/ryutopia/pt/　(from 11:00 on the first day of sale)

◇Telephone: 025-224-5521 (from 11:00 on first day of sale)
◇Box office [Not available on the first day of sale (both N-PAC mate pre-sale and general sale)]
Inquiries: RYUTOPIA Ticket Dial 025-224-5521 (11:00-19:00 / except closed days)
 
Sales:
N-PAC mate (RYUTOPIA Friends Association) pre-sale: Thursday, 16 October 2025
General sale: Saturday, 18 October 2025

 
 
SAF Ticket Center　＊Only for Saitama performance

◇SAF Online Ticket: https://www.saf.or.jp/t/　(10:00- on the first day of sale)

◇Telephone: 0570-064-939 (10:00-18:00 / Except closed days)
◇Box office: Saitama Arts Theater (10:00-18:00 / Except closed days)
Saitama Hall (10:00-18:00 / Except closed days)　
 
Sales:
SAF members pre-sale: Thursday, 16 October 2025
General sale: Saturday, 18 October 2025

*Tickets for the Saitama performances, which are available at RYUTOPIA, will go on sale from Saturday, 18 October for both RYUTOPIA members sale and general sale.

＊Pre-school children are not permitted at all performances.

＊U25 is for people aged 25 and under at the time of the performance (excluding pre-school children); U25 and high school students and under must present ID at the entrance.
＊Admission will be restricted after the performance time due to production reasons.
＊Please check the Noism website or the website of each theatre for details such as childcare services (Niigata performance only) and wheelchair seats.
*Resale for commercial purposes is prohibited.

Organized by: Niigata City Art & Culture Promotion Foundation
Co-organized by: Saitama Arts Foundation (Saitama Performance)
Produced by: RYUTOPIA Niigata City Performing Arts Center
Subsidized by: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan – Cultural and Artistic Promotion Grant (Project for Strengthening Functions of Theaters and Music Halls) | Japan Arts Council
[This programme is subsidized by Niigata City]