Shiki Theatre Company

is one of Japan's best-known and largest theatre companies. Shiki Theatre Company employs over 800 actors and staff, and stages about 2800 performances a year. Shiki Theatre Company operates seven theaters for their exclusive use. Originally, they staged Shingeki plays. However, in the late 1970s, they branched out into other forms of theatre found success by staging western and Japanese musicals. Shiki is also known for producing original language musicals. One such example is the Showa trilogy, a set of three musicals about World War II and the aftermath. The series consists of Ri Kōran, a musical about the famous Manchurian-Japanese singer; which tells the story of Japanese prisoners of war at an internment camp in Siberia; and about the trials of innocent B and C-class war criminals in Indonesia. History The Shiki Theatre Company was established in 1953 by Keita Asari (浅利慶太) and his company. The organization was established as a stock holding company in 1967. Theatres