SEINENDAN

Seinendan is a theater company formed by Oriza Hirata in Tokyo in 1983. We have been pursuing a new theatrical style through the practice of Hirata's "contemporary colloquial theater theory." This totally new style has had a strong influence on Japanese theater since the 1990s as well as on vast areas such as literature, linguistic study and language education... Seinendan is based at the Komaba Agora Theater where Oriza Hirata, Seinendan's leader, is artistic director, and the company takes a major part in the management of the theater...

Also known as: Agora Kikaku