We went into the vast site, warehouses, we shoved Shiki theatrical company Shadow "Four Season Theater Information Center" I was infiltrated ~ The second part ~

PrequelContinuing from, we will also introduce the state in the vast warehouse owned by Shiki Theatrical Company even in the second part. All tools related to the stage are gathered to this place, such as costumes and wigs, which are classified as props, and it seems that they will travel to the whole country.

During the interview, we went on a special tour of the "Shiki Theater Museum" which was closed during the winter season, and I went around the exhibition before changing for this fiscal year.

Details are as below. I will continue to show the inside of the warehouse until the shipment begins. It has special meaning in the history of the four seasons "OndineLarge-scale equipment used in the program of It is intended for directing water on the stage.


This circles around and it is structured to get water from the whole pillar.


After stopping the water, we also have a pan so that no drippings and water droplets hang down on the stage.


The set of Ondine was large, accounting for a significant proportion of the warehouse.


A part of the wall expressing how the volcano erupted and the lava flowed.


A big face is watching here. I am slightly scared.


This is also a set of distinctive ships with a set of "Ondine". Because there are faces, the eyes will go.


The tank that stores water is huge. It is a scale that reminds me of a water storage tank at the roof of an elementary school.


"Utah and mysterious friends"This is not actually an artificial flower, but it is said that she uses mowing what is growing on the premises near this warehouse.


This cherry blossom is an artificial flower as expected.


It seems to be a hat to mow the Susuki, but if it is here it will look like a prop of a stage.


Fish it like this and dry it. The season that you can get rid of is naturally restricted and you do not know when you need it, so every year you are making stocks.


The loading of "Equus (horse)" began. As with shipping, we will carry in with human power mains.


It will be steadily carried away.


We will lower the stacked stage sheet (the seat on the stage) down. The flight of this time ended as a result of many cases of simple shapes.


I will continue to show you the warehouse that is still forested. To the A8 warehouse.


I feel that it is a slightly smaller warehouse. As every warehouse is vast, it seems that the space grasping ability gradually goes wrong.


"The ground is rubbed", the fabric laid over the stage turns and is rolled and stored.


It is mysterious that there is only the front part of the truck.


It is overwhelmed by the amount of set which can not be said enough even if it has this extent of size.


The set of "contacts" and the curtain etc were gathered in one place.


"JCSS" is "Jesus Christ = superstarAbbreviation. "Japo" indicates that it is of the "Japonesque version" such as Japanese-style set and costume, among the two directing methods.


White steel frame is the main set.


Many parts such as wheels were kept.


"Troy war will not happenThe set of them.


A6 I will move forward to the warehouse.


It is because it is a new warehouse that you want to flatten compared to other warehouses. It seems that the thing which I was making earlier was shifted to make it gradually flattering that it was built with a vertically long shape.


This set of trees, which is very green, belongs to "Anne of Green Gables" that was performed at the free theater in 2008.


I felt that many of the props, such as street lights, were left as they were.


Cutting out only the remaining part of the prototype creates an atmosphere that the story seems to start for some reason. Perhaps it is that the set is built in.


After that, I got invited to the costume storage room. This is a metal costume box.


I thought that it was all made of metal, and it was that the upper wooden box was also used in the front line for the convenience of transportation.


We also carry a washing machine to wash clothes to wash and practice wear etc.


It is not fully automated what it is two-layer formula. It is more efficient to go wash → dry → hang the whole process, so even if you buy a new one you choose a two-layer formula buying it.


A costume shelf in the stage being performed such as "Aida" is empty. I wonder if he is active on the stage these days.


By the way, the costume used in "Aida" is such a costume. In a story set in Egypt, AIDA of the hero is a princess of a country, while having a relatively simple costume.

(Photograph: Atsutoshi Shimosaka)

There were things stored in cardboard.


Even though it is clothes, it is not easy to carry it when this amount is enough. It seems to be lifted and carried by the lift to the costume room on the second floor.


Although it is a warehouse, we have all kinds of accessories for preparing wigs and so on.


There are many combs and brushes.


The wigs are lined up.


The wig of "Hamlet" was put.


It seems that it is managing with the white board where the program is located. Not limited to this wig's matter, it seems that the place where something is managed fairly organicly, it is not a cyber thing such as systemized all the machines are managed by the program ... ... but with human's hands It seems to be managed.


The costume of "I woke up from a dream". As a matter of course, the size of the costume varies for each actor. In the four seasons where several people may cast in one role, the costume is likely to be quite enormous.


This is pretty glittering costumes. "Dreaming (abbreviation of a dream awaiting from a dream) will shine" It took the trouble to take the curtain on the costume.


This is also a very costly costume. The actor wearing a volume seems to feel the weight.


The king's ears, "the secret of the king", also had costumes for the theme of the donkey's ears.


Finally, during the interview I was allowed to visit the "Shiki Theater Museum" which was closed during the winter season. This year we have opened since Saturday, April 24th, but please understand that the contents to be introduced are changed.


The opening period is from April to November. Because it is a place where there is a ski resort in the neighborhood, it is closed by the snow. Admission fee is 600 yen for adults and 300 yen for children.


Sightseeing guides around the hotel are also located at the reception desk.


This is"Musical Lee Ka LanThe props of props etc.


The side actually used in "Utah and the strange companions".


Posters and photographs are posted on the wall.


A stage model of "Jesus Christ" superstar ".


For the historical theater company, a deeply impressed poster reminiscent of the past was also exhibited.



Various related items are displayed at the 1998 Winter Olympics at the Nagano Winter Olympics when Keiichi Asarigi served as director. Valuable things such as a torch with a torch are sliding.






A stage model of "Ondine". This is the first act.


When peeking from the top, you can see that the depth overlaps and the curtains overlap in a multilayered fashion.


Act 2.


Gold and silver chairs are elaborately made.


The props actually used are here.


Characteristic objects.


Act 3.


It is built in detail.


The special exhibition up to the previous year was "Troy war will not happenSet and costume. Huge feet are impressive. It is now changed to "Equus (horse)" which showed the shipment.


Speaking of "equus (horses)" this mask is impressive, can we also see this?

(Photograph: Takashi Uehara)

When we were interviewing, there was a tag closed during the winter season.


By the way, the wall made of this wood is not a decoration, so snow is piled up like this, so it plays a role of protecting the passage to the entrance from being blocked.


The impression is a little different in the museum that thawed. Although there is meaning to introduce the theater company so far, it is mainly a relatively historical program, but if it is a person who has seen the program of Shiki Theater Company, it was an exhibition content that can be enjoyed fun. The warehouse is not open to the public, but you can see the actually used stage set that has been brought directly from there, so please visit those interested.


Although I introduced the size of Shiki Theater Company, I have been working on nurturing an "actor" that shows acting on the stage with other unprecedented powers, so that I can see one end of it Complex facility "Shikisuki Center" including rehearsals etc. I bothered to this facility in Yokohama Azamino and showed me the situation of the actual lesson thoroughly.

· Continued
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