A tomato on the table
The premise starts with seven people gathered in a restaurant. A cook introduces an unsettling challenge involving the tomatoes placed before them, and the meal turns into a story of revenge surrounding a girl’s death. Written by えのもとぐりむ and directed by 私オム, the production used a restaurant as both the fictional setting and the audience’s actual surroundings. Original synopsis and credits
Contemporary photographs show a compact room with exposed ceiling beams, small hanging bulbs, pale walls and closely spaced wooden tables. Spectators remained seated with their plates as the performers occupied the room nearby. The illustration follows that documented 2016 interior, simplifying the people and furniture; it is not a portrait of the cast or a reconstruction of a particular scene. PIA’s photographs
The appeal of the arrangement was immediate: a table could be both a place to eat and the position from which to follow a tense exchange. No journey from restaurant to theatre was necessary. The original programme’s restaurant-based premise and the report’s dining photographs make that relationship concrete, without needing to turn every part of the room into stage scenery.
What the audience ate
A report published on 3 December 2016 describes chicken-and-rice dishes, a salad selection and chicken soup, with eating and drinking allowed during the performance. It records rice and salad being available for further helpings. These are details of the reported event, not a permanent GOBLIN menu. Contemporary meal report
The original booking notice advertised ¥5,300 before tax and additional fees, including a plate, side dish and soup, with a one-drink requirement. Although the later report describes a drink with the meal, the original ticket wording should not be read as a promise that the drink was included in that ¥5,300 price. Original ticket conditions
Dates, address and historical scope
- Advertised run: 20–26 November 2016, with no performance on 21 or 24 November.
- Times: scheduled starts at 1 pm and/or 8 pm depending on the date; doors opened 30 minutes before each performance.
- Venue in the programme: GOBLIN.千駄ヶ谷, Chari Sendagaya B1, 1-13-11 Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo.
- Language: the surviving programme and reporting are Japanese. Following dialogue is important to the suspense; an English version or translation service for the event has not been established.
Programme · Opening report, 20 November 2016
Map: GOBLIN Sendagaya on Google Maps. The pin matches the historical street address. Maps labels the floor differently; the original event notice specifies B1. Do not substitute the separate GOBLIN Kitasandō address.
The map is provided to locate the former performance space. Current rental conditions, if needed, should be checked with GOBLIN’s operator; the 2016 programme does not establish present-day dining or theatre availability. This archive does not maintain a current events calendar.
Information checked 8 November 2026. Written from archival and published documentation.
