The ‘Sasaki Theatre’ keeps on pressing forward. Taking the spotlight are the next generation of chefs, a blur of motion in the spacious kitchen that is their stage. A charcoal brazier is fixed at centre stage, in tribute to the primordial flame. To educate his young players, Hiroshi Sasaki solicits menu ideas from his apprentices. The cuisine that emerges from this exchange of ideas may well debut in future productions. The troupe works as one to depict the future of Japanese cuisine.