23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metropolis Japan
Brave Space: Immersive Circus Experience Lands in Tokyo
Featured photo credit: Jona Harnischmacher
A tent rises from the floor. The audience builds it. The show begins—and suddenly, you're not just watching a circus, you're part of it.
From July 28–31, Brave Space takes over the Setagaya Public Theatre with a visceral, one-hour performance that blends aerial acrobatics, juggling, and raw human trust. Performed in a cozy, fabric-draped dome with no stage and no seats, this immersive experience places 100 audience members right in the center of the action. You might be asked to help hold up a pole. Lie back and gaze up at a soaring aerialist. Or simply sit on the floor and let the performers move around you, close enough to feel their breath.
Created during the isolating days of the pandemic, Brave Space is more than just spectacle—it's a celebration of community and vulnerability. With no barrier between artist and audience, the performance invites every person present to co-create a fleeting world of wonder and connection.
This is the Japan debut of Aloft Circus Arts , a Chicago-based company known for blending fearless athleticism with emotional intimacy. But more than who they are, it's what they do that matters—and you have to be there to feel it.
Dates: July 28–31, 2025
Venue: Setagaya Public Theatre (Stage on Stage format)
Tickets: General ¥3,500 | Ages 4–18 ¥1,000 | Pair (Adult + Youth) ¥4,000 (advance only)
Some performances are open to children under 4 with a guardian. Dress comfortably—there's no seating, and you may be asked to move or participate.
For tickets and details, visit
Touring to Fukushima, Nagano, Kyoto, and Fukuoka.
Credit: Mark Ronson
