About the ACM (Acting Company Mito) Theatre

The duodecagonal (12-sided) ACM Theatre features a two-trap stage - surrounded by a three-tier audience section - that can be transformed into a variety of sizes and shapes depending on the performance. The ACM Theatre Production Section, in charge of production at the ACM Theatre, puts on fully self-produced performances of the Acting Company Mito (ACM), the house theatrical troupe. Besides ACM performances, other theatrical troupes are invited to perform plays at the ACM Theatre. To help promote regional cultural activities, ACM Theatre puts on the Theatre Festival MITO, with the participation of several troupes from Mito and vicinity. It also sponsors the Mito Yagai-geki (Mito Outdoor Theater), with public participation, and runs the Mito Children Theatre Academy for local schoolchildren (through age 15) and the Mito Citizens Theatre Academy for people from the local community.

Besides these activities, the ACM Theatre annually stages both the Hirakareru Koten (Invitation to Japanese Classics) and the Contemporary Dance Festival IN MITO. The first event aims to rediscover the appeal of traditional Japanese performing arts, while the second aims to introduce the most stimulating examples of contemporary dance today (encouraging new works to be staged).

For further information on the activities of ACM Theatre, please refer to WALK bulletin (only Japanese-language edition available). Several issues of the bulletin - which is developing into more than a simple bulletin - have been published so far.