It's been announced that Higashiyama Noriyuki will be a lead actor for Ninagawa Yukio's (he is called as master of theatrical performance) stage performances, "Madame de Sade and My Friend Hitler" (written by Mishima Yukio), and �Ikuta Toma will co-star.

Since the roles in "Madame de Sade" are all women, both Higashiyama and Ikuta will play the roles of women, but for "My Friend Hitler", they'll go back to playing men.

This is the first time for Ikuta to perform in a Ninagawa Yukio stage performance.

It will start on�February�2nd until March 2nd 2011 at the �Shibuya Theater Cocoon in Tokyo, and from March 8th to 20th at Theater BRAVA! in Osaka.

Source: Sanspo
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