THE MARTIAL ART OF THE DRUM!
THE AUSTRALIAN RETURN OF "TAO" - ALL NEW PRODUCTION!

FOLLOWING THE HIGHLY-SUCCESSFUL AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SELL OUT WORLD TOUR AND AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2006, AND NO.1 BOX-OFFICE SMASH HIT OF THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL, JAPAN'S MOST CELEBRATED AND ELITE COMPANY OF MARTIAL ART DRUMMERS, DRUM-TAO, WILL RETURN THEIR AWE-INSPIRING AND INNOVATIVE PRODUCTION TO AUSTRALIAN AUDIENCES WITH A ALL NEW PRODUCTION.

RETFAR ENTERTAINMENT PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THE AUSTRALIAN RETURN OF "TAO - THE MARTIAL ART OF THE DRUM". THIS PRODUCTION HAS BEEN SEEN BY OVER 5-MILLION WORLDWIDE, AMASSING AN UNSURPASSED REPUTATION FOR THEIR STUNNINGLY EXECUTED PERFORMANCES. THE INCOMPARABLE QUALITY AND PURE UNADULTERATED POWER AND SPECTACLE OF THEIR WORK PERFECTLY BLENDS THE ANCIENT TRADITIONS OF TAIKO DRUMMING WITH THE INNOVATIVE AND FLAWLESSLY CHOREOGRAPHED PRODUCTION VALUES OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE EXCELLENCE.
POWERFUL ATHLETIC BODIES AND TRAINING REGIMES CONSISTING OF 14 HOURS PER DAY, EXPLOSIVE PERCUSSION AND TIMELESS RITUALS ARE COMPLIMENTED PERFECTLY IN THIS JAPANESE SPECTACULAR FEATURING UNRIVALED DRUMMING AND MARTIAL ARTS MASTERY THAT CREATES AN UNFORGETTABLE PERFORMANCE. THE 16 YOUNG DRUMMERS BEAT THEIR HUGE DRUMS WITH OUTSTANDING PRECISION, VEHEMENCE AND PERSISTENCY ON THEIR WADAIKO-DRUMS, WHICH HAVE A CIRCUMFERENCE OF UP TO 1.70 METRES AND WEIGHS ABOUT 400 KILOGRAMS.

"SPECTACULAR PERCUSSIVE, VISUALLY COMPELLING, AND ELEMENTALLY ENERGISING... PRECISELY CHOREOGRAPHED AND ATHLETICALLY EXECUTED... AS STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL AS A DREAM". - UK INDEPENDENT

"SUPERNATURALLY FIT AND SUPERBLY TRAINED... DESERVING OF FIVE STANDING OVATIONS THAT THE COMPANY RECEIVED, UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE WORLDS FINEST SHOWS..." - HERALD

"THIS ATHLETIC FORM OF DRUMMING DISPLAY FROM AN ENSEMBLE OF YOUNG ATTRACTIVE PERCUSSIONISTS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF FUNKY STREET SMART ADAPTATION OF ANCIENT TRADITIONS THAT PLAYS WELL WITH AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES". - THE SCOTSMAN

"IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR INSPIRING DRUMMING AND INFECTIOUS DANCE RHYTHMS AND THE ATHLETICISM OF THE HIGHEST CREED, YOU'LL BE DISAPPOINTED. THIS IS MUCH, MUCH MORE SPECTACULAR". - UK GUARDIAN