Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers Autumn UK Concert Tour 2015

Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers are the UK's longest established taiko ensemble, and Europe's only professional touring company of this thrilling & energetic performing art. With over 1,000 performances across the UK, Japan & Europe over the last decade, Mugenkyo have established a solid reputation for their gritty passionate style, setting themselves firmly at the forefront of Taiko drumming on this continent through their rigorous touring.

 

Mugenkyo's main work is touring a full-length theatre concert, performing at prestigious venues including London Queen Elizabeth Hall, Gateshead Sage, Cardiff St. David's Hall, Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, Brighton Theatre Royal, Glasgow Pavilion Theatre, and the Edinburgh Usher Hall amongst others. The group also perform on outdoor stages at a wide variety of music festivals, produce commissions for large-scale multi-media events, have released a range of CDs & DVDs, and have appeared on television programmes such as the Brit Awards & BBC Last Night of the Proms.

 

Mugenkyo present taiko as a modern & theatrical performing art, with precise choreography, dramatic lighting, and a variety of costumes ranging from the post-apocalyptic industrial to gorgeous earthy silks. The concert is extremely diverse: powerful rhythms on an array of instruments from small hand-held drums to the thunderous reverberations of the huge Odaiko big drum, delicate bamboo flute, soulful voice, layers of percussive soundscapes, and innovative dance tightly integrated with the taiko drums.

 

Mugenkyo forge a new musical path, developing the genre in new directions with both their own concert performance & their wide-ranging artistic collaborations, truly living up to their name "limitless reverberation".

 

 

Tickets: Various depending on venue.

October 2015

October 2015
Tue 6	AYR Gaiety Theatre
Wed 7	Scunthorpe The Baths Hall
Thu 8	Hereford The Courtyard
Fri 9	Leamington Spa Royal Spa Centre
Sat 10	Poole Lighthouse
Sun 11	Exeter Northcott Theatre
Tue 13	Eastbourne Congress Theatre
Wed 14	Horsham The Capitol
Thu 15	TMaidstone The Hazlitt Theatre
Fri 16	Bracknell Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park
Sat 17	Isle of Wight Shanklin Theatre
Sun 18	Southsea Kings Theatre
Mon 19	Minehead The Regal Theatre
Wed 21	Yeovil Octagon Theatre
Thu 22	Shrewsbury Theatre Severn
Fri 23	Milton Keynes The Stables
Sat 24	Leeds Carriageworks Theatre
Sun 25	Keswick Theatre By The Lake
Tue 27	Gateshead The Sage
Wed 28	Rhyl Pavilion Theatre
Thu 29	Caernarfon Galeri
Fri 30	Barrow-in-Furness The Forum Barrow