This Is London 8 March 2019

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CONTENTS
Events 4
West End Opening for Waitress
International Women’s Day
Vitality Big Half
Music 8
Mountbatten Festival of Music
Petros Singers Perform Brahms Requiem
Exhibitions 12
Fulham Palace reopens
Romanovs at the Science Museum
London Photograph Fair
Theatre 16
9 to 5 – The Musical Opens
WICKED extra performances for 2019
Witness For The Prosecution Extends
Tartuffe at the National Theatre
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The Drummers of Japan – Yamato
World-renowned Japanese taiko drumming troupe, Yamato, returns to
The Peacock from Tuesday 12th to Sunday 31st March for an evening of
high-energy and thunderous performance with its newest work, Passion.
Led by artistic director Masa Ogawa, the work was created in 2018
and builds a kaleidoscope of sound through an assortment of enormous
barrel-like Odaiko drums to cymbals, bamboo flutes and vocals.
Used in Shinto rituals, the Odaiko drums weigh over half a tonne each
and are played by the troupe with ferocious and staggering strength to
produce a heart-thumping torrent of music.
Requiring exceptional skill and physicality, the drummers use their
entire bodies to play and engage with audiences to create an explosive
spectacle. This plethora of energy ignited by both the performers and
audience, and the drummers’ daily commitment to rigorous training,
forms the inspiration for their latest work, Passion.
“AN ABSOLUTE
BLAST.”
SW1V 1LG•
The Guardian
VICTORIA
Photo: Masa Ogawa.
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