Japanese theatre company NODA MAP will return to Sadler’s Wells from 2 to 11 July 2026 with -320°F, a new work written and directed by multi-award-winning artist Hideki Noda OBE.
Following the success of A Night at the Kabuki in 2022 and Love in Action in 2024, Noda’s latest production combines music, drama and dance in a large-scale spectacle. The show will premiere in Tokyo in April before coming to London for the company’s longest run at Sadler’s Wells, with further performances in Kitakyushu and Osaka.
-320°F is a science fiction story spanning different eras, set at an excavation site. Producer Hiroyuki Suzuki said: “In Hideki Noda’s eyes, he fathoms that technology rather than ideology or philosophy plays a great part in evolution/transformation in modern days. Humans are getting driven away into a position where we have no control over technologies like nuclear or AI. His new play is a story about ‘Life’ that involves the technology called ‘Reproductive Medicine.’ People are now trying to gain more control over the technologies derived from human desires like anti-aging or eugenics. Through the voices and physical expressions of wonderful Japanese actors intertwined with the powers of stage design, lights, costumes and music, we would like to propose this question to you; What is life?”
The cast includes Sadawo Abe, Suzu Hirose, Eri Fukatsu, Koji Ohkura, Shoko Takada, Yuri Kawakami, Satoshi Hashimoto, Hideki Noda, Isao Hashizume and more.
Listings and ticket information can be found here
