GIGOGRAPHY
OUR SHOWS, MAIN WORKSHOPS AND PROJECTS SINCE 2001
OUR PAST PERFORMANCES
2021
- London Marathon – 3rd Oct
- Dojima Sake Brewery – 2nd Oct
- Paralympic Flame lighting ceremony – 19th Aug
- Ivy Asia, Chelsea – 29th July
- Nobu, London – 22nd July
- Ivy Asia, St Paul’s – 16th April
2020
- Recording for game soundtrack – 17th and 18th Sept
- Terminator Live, Festival Hall, Osaka – 17th Feb
- Terminator Live, Orchard Hall, Tokyo – 15th Feb
- Terminator Live, Orchard Hall, Tokyo – 14th Feb
- Taiko Energy CD recording for EMI, Abbey Road Studios, London – 10th Feb
- London Summer Event Show, Banking Hall, London – 21st and 22nd Jan
2019
- Lord Mayor’s Show, London – 9th Nov
- Launch event for Lendlease/British Land – 3rd Oct
- Event for Viacom – 23rd Sept
- September Sounds Festival, Bexleyheath – 23rd Sept
- Event for O2, Slough – 16th Sept
- Will Adams Festival, Gillingham – 7th Sept
- Event for Calford Seadon – 6th Sept
- Event for NTT DATA, London – 19th June
- The Arts Club, London – 5th June
- The Arts Club, London – 7th June
- Vitality London 10K, Trafalgar Square, London – 27th May
- London Marathon – 28th April
- Terminator Live, Lucern – 29th and 30th March
2018
- Trailer film shoot, London – 24th Sept
- Merlin Theatre, Frome – 23rd Sept
- Chotto Matte restaurant, London – 21st Sept
- Northcott Theatre, Exeter – 19th Sept
- Electric Theatre, Guildford – 15th Sept
- Will Adams Festival, Gillingham – 8th Sept
- Private event, Grosvenor House Hotel, London – 16th June
- Vitality London 10K – 28th May
- London Marathon – 22nd April
- Private event – Birmingham Metropolitan Hotel – 19th Jan
2017
- Event for Wickes, Printworks, London – 23rd Nov
- Event for BW, Nobu Hotel, London – 5th Oct
- Cloud Nine Festival, Euston – 16th Sept
- “Isle of Dogs” recording, Air Studios – 14th and 15th Sept
- “Dojoji” at WOMAD, Wiltshire – 30th July
- London 10K, Trafalgar Square – 29th May
- London Marathon – 23rd April
2016
- ‘Dojoji’ with Chieko Kojima,Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch – 13th Nov
- ‘Dojoji’ with Chieko Kojima,The Stables, Milton Keynes – 11th Nov
- ‘Dojoji’ with Chieko Kojima,Ferneham Hall, Fareham – 9th Nov
- ‘Dojoji’ with Chieko Kojima,Merlin Theatre, Frome – 7th Nov
- ‘Dojoji’ with Chieko Kojima,Malvern Theatres, Malvern – 6th Nov
- ‘Dojoji’ with Chieko Kojima, Baths Hall, Scunthorpe – 2nd Nov
- Cloud Nine Festival, London – 17th Sept
- Will Adams Festival – Gillingham – 10th Sept
- Event for G-Shock, Casio, London – 7th Sept
- Taiko Meantime Summer School, Frensham – 8th-11th Aug
- Corona Festival – 30th July
- Wem Taiko Festival, Wem – 9th July
- Vitality 10k, London – 30th June
- London Marathon – 24th April
- London Business School, London – 27th Jan
- Winter workshops, Farnham – 6th and 7th Feb
- Winter workshop Special with Yuta Sumiyoshi of Kodo, London – 10th Jan
2015
- Winter workshops, Farnham – 14th and 15th Nov
- St Paul’s, Hammersmith – Resugo Spear Annaul Fundraising event – 13th Nov
- London Cabaret Club – 9th Oct
- Will Adams Festival, Gillingham – 12th Sept
- Taiko Summer School, Frensham – 3rd to 6th Aug
- WOMAD festival, Charlton Park – 26th July
- BUPA 10k, Trafalgar Square – 25th May
- London Marathon – 26th April
- Maltings, Farnham with special guest Chieko Kojima in “Dojoji” – 19th April
- Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester with special guest Chieko Kojima in “Dojoji” – 18th April
- Laban Theatre, London with special guest Chieko Kojima in “Dojoji” – 16th April
2014
- Winter Workshops, Farnham – 15th and 16th Nov
- Private event for Premier Guarantee, Heron Tower, London – 14th Nov
- Will Adams Festival, Gillingham – 13th Sept
- Tall Ships Festival, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London – 7th Sept
- Taiko Summer School, Frensham – 4th to 7th Aug
- WOMAD, Charlton Park – 26th July
- Moshi Moshi Sushi, London – 24th July
- Latitude Festival – 19th July
- UK Taiko Festival – 6th and 7th July
- Event for Hitachi Capital, Trowbridge – 30th June
- Glastonbury Assembly Rooms – 7th June
- Bupa 10k, Leadenhall Market, London – 25th April
- London Marathon – 13th April
- Orchid and Botanical Art Show, RHS, London – 10th April
- Olympic park opening of ‘Orbit’ sculpture – 5th April
- Winter workshops – 8th and 9th March
- SOAS, London with special guest Chieko Kojima – 22nd March
- Farnham Maltings – 31st Jan
2013
- Bacanal, knightsbridge – 23rd Nov
- Greenwich Theatre – 29th Sept
- Brighton Japan Festival – 18th Sept
- Will Adams Festival, Gillingham – 14th Sept
- Prudential Ride London event – 3rd Aug
- Taiko Summer School, Frensham Heights School – 30th July to 2nd Aug
- WOMAD Festival, Charlton Park, Malmesbury – 27th July
- Greenwich World Culture Festival, Eltham Palace, London – 14th July
- Sydenham Arts Fesival – 13th July
- Goodwood Festival of Speed – 11th July
- 9th UK Taiko Festival, Exeter – 6th July
- Glastonbury Festival – 28th, 29th and 30th June
- The Exchange, Sturminster Newton – 15th June
- Private event for DRP Group, Hartlebury, Gloucester – 13th June
- Rolls Royce event, Chichester – 4th April
- Chieko Kojima workshops – 7th-9th Mar
- Winter workshop, Bristol – 20th Jan
2012
- The FrameStore event, London Film Museum – 19th Dec
- SAS event, Marlow – 14th Dec
- Winter workshop, Bentley – 25th Nov
- Autumn courses, Acton
- Bury Court Barn, Bentley – 28th Oct
- Private event for Sharp, Barcelona – 11th Oct
- Japan Matsuri, Trafalgar Square, London – 6th Oct
- Ashley Wood Farm, Wiltshire – 22nd Sept
- Will Adams Festival, Gillingham – 15th Sept
- Paralympic Marathons, Leadenhall Market, London – 8th Sept
- Men’s Olympic Marathon, Leadenhall Market, London – 12th Aug
- ‘Arigato’, County Hall, London – 6th Aug
- Women’s Olympic Marathon, Leadenhall Market, London – 5th Aug
- Taiko Summer School 2012, Frensham – 31st July-3rd Aug
- WOMAD, Charlton Park, Wiltshire – 27th-29th July
- Diorama Arts Festival, London – 18th July
- 8th UK Taiko Festival, Northcott Theatre – 30th June
- Jubilee event at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich – 3rd June
- BUPA 10k run, Leadenhall Market, London – 27th May
- Imperial College Festival – 11th May
- London Marathon – 22nd April
- Record Store Day, Farnham – 21st April
- Event for IVCA awards, Grosvenor House Hotel, London – 23rd March
- Event for Live to Love, Bafta, London – 16th March
- Event for Mercedes, The Grove, Watford – 10th Feb
2011
- Asian Art in London, V&A Museum, London – 8th Nov
- Eastbourne College – 29th Sept
- Run to the Beat, London – 25th Sept
- Japan Matsuri, London – 18th Sept
- Kidsfest, Farnham – 11th Sept
- Will Adams Festival, Gillingham – 10th Sept
- Taiko Summer School, Frensham, Surrey – 8th to 11th Aug
- Taiko Summer School, Frensham, Surrey – 2nd to 5th Aug
- WOMAD, Charlton Park, Malmesbury – 29th and 30th July
- Greenwich World Culture Festival, Eltham Palace, London – 3rd July
- Deal Festival – 2nd July
- Gravellyfest, Surrey – 1st July
- JPower – Japan Tsunami Benefit concert – 29th June
- Glastonbury Festival – 24th, 25th and 26th June
- Geffrey Museum, 12th June
- BUPA 10k run, Leadenhall Market, London – 30th May
- JapanJig – Fundraising event for the British Red Cross’ Tsunami appeal – 20th May
- Private event, Bentley, Surrey – 20th May
- Kew Gardens’ Global Celebration – 14th and 15th May
- Yeovil workshops – 7th May
- Kizuna Japan – Fundraising event for Japan’s Tsunami appeal – 30th April
- London Marathon – 17th April
- British Arrows event, Evolution, Battersea Park – 16th March
- Private event, Notting Hill – 11th Feb
- Winter workshops, Bentley – 5th, 6th and 19th Feb
2010
- Gobo City, Wakayama, Japan – 21st Nov
- Gobo City, Wakayama, Japan – 19th Nov
- Honda award ceromony, Bristol – 18th Sept
- Will Adams Festival, Gillingham – 11th Sept
- Private event, Yately – 23rd July
- Private event, London Zoo – 21st July
- 3rd Taiko Meantime Summer School, Frensham, Surrey – 27th to 30th July
- WOMAD festival – 23rd to 25th July
- Katate Kid Premier, Leicester Square, London – 15th July
- Greenwich World Culture Festival, Eltham Palace, London – 4th July
- Gravellyfest, Surrey – 3rd July
- Diorama Festival, London – 2nd July
- Diroama Festival, London – 30th June
- Glastonbury Festival – 25th, 26th ,27th June
- BUPA 10k Run, London – 31st May 2010
- Yo Sushi (Market Place, London) opening – 28th April
- London Marathon – 25th April
- Minimicon, Southampton – 17th April
2009
- Carat (private event), Orchid, London – 16th Dec 2009
- The Barn at Bury Court, Bentley, with Guo Yue SOLD OUT – 28th Nov
- Nomura event, Battersea Park – 4th Nov
- Mercedes event for Formula 1, Abu Dhabi – 31st Oct
- Westend Centre, Aldershot workshops – 27th Oct
- “Infiniti” car launch, Reading – 15th Oct
- Will Adams Festival, Gillingham – 12th Sept
- 2nd Taiko Meantime Summer School, Frensham, Surrey – 3rd-6th Aug
- Diorama festival, London – 31st July
- WOMAD, Charlton Park, Wiltshire – 26th and 27th July
- Marizion, Cornwall – 4th July
- 5th UK Taiko Festival, Exeter – 3rd July
- Diorama Festival, London – 1st July
- Glasonbury Festival – 27th and 28th June
- Diorama Festival, London – 24th June
- Japanese Street Festival, Brighton, for Moshi Moshi Sushi – 31st May
- FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium – 30th May
- Workshops at Westend Centre, Aldershot
- Bupa 10K, London – 25th May
- Taiko Masterclass for Taiko Evolution, Weymouth – 24th May
- Maltings Festival, Farnham – 9th May
- London Marathon – 26th April
- English National Ballet gala dinner, Dorchester Hotel, London – 30th March
- Minimicon, Southampton – 28th March
- Skoll World Forum, Sheldonian, Oxford – 25th March
- Science Museum, London, ‘Lates’ evening – 29th Jan
- Liberty Stadium, Swansea – 24th Jan
2008
- St George’s Hall, Liverpool – 12th Nov
- Greenwich Cultural Olympiad, Greenwich Park – 26th Sept
- Will Adams Festival, Gillingham – 13th Sept
- Brewery, Barbican, London – 11th Sept
- Soseki, London – 10th Sept
- Kirklees Music School, Huddersfield – 3rd Sept
- Royal Academy of Music, London – 31st July
- WOMAD – 27th July
- Diorama Arts Festival, London – 1st July
- Diorama Arts Festival, London – 15th July
- Bankside Festival, London – 11th July
- Glastonbury Festival – 28th and 29th June
- Bupa 10k, London – 26th May
- Yo Sushi, Oxford – 22nd May
- St Gallen, Switzerland with HODC – 28th April
- Thun, Switzerland with HODC – 26th April
- Baden, Switzerland with HODC – 24th April
- Lugano, Switzerland with HODC – 22nd April
- Berne, Switzerland with HODC – 20th April
- Zug, Switzerland with HODC – 18th April
- Biel, Switzerland with HODC – 16th April
- Zurich, Switzerland with HODC – 13th April
- Zurich, Switzerland with HODC – 14th April
- Annemasse, France with HODC -11th April
- Petersham Festival, with Guo Yue – 28th March
- Zuma, Knightsbridge – 7th March
- Mayfair – 13th Feb
2007
- Beaumont House, Windsor, 18th Jan
- Ambassador’s Ball, Grosvenor House Hotel, London, 30th Nov
- Zuma, Knightsbridge, London, 25th Nov
- Swansea Grand Theatre with Dynion Dance Company, 3rd Nov
- Greenwich Theatre SOLD OUT 1st Nov
- Virgin Active, Mayfair, 16th Oct
- Yamada, Newport (private event), 29th Sept
- Jacob’s Pillow with HODC near Boston MA, 15th-19th Aug
- Regents Place, Diorama, London, 31st July and 3rd Aug
- WOMAD, with Guo Yue, 27th July
- Excel London – JapanEx, 21st and 22nd July
- Phoenix Theatre, Exeter – 3rd UK Taiko Festival, 15th July
- Farnham Carnvial – 30th June 2007
- Martin Currie (private corporate event), London 17th May
- St Polten, Austria with HODC 11th May
- London Marathon, 22nd April
- Kids Taiko workshops, Farnham and Guildford, 3rd and 4th April
- Dende Monde, Belgium, with Guo Yue, 31st March
- Beijing, China with HODC 14th and 15th Feb
- Hangzhou, China 11th Feb
- Taiko workshops in Farnham, Surrey 3rd and 4th Feb
- Taiko workshops with Yo Bachi Daiko, Hamburg, Germany, 5-7th Jan
2006
- NSPCC/ATSCo Ball charity event – Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, 17th Nov
- Metro Ski Show, Earls Court, 18th to 22nd Sept
- Breast Cancer Care charity event, Grovenor House Hotel, London, 4th Oct
- Conran Shop, London, 21st Sept
- Rockingham Raceway, 10th Sept
- Conran Shop, London, 7th Sept
- Diorama Arts festival, Regents Place, London, 16th Aug
- WOMAD Festival, Reading with Guo Yue, 28-30 July
- Workshops at the Southbank Centre, London 23 July
- Rhythmsticks Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London supporting Joji Hirota, Kenny Endo and John Kaizan Neptune, 22 July
- City of London Festival 13 July
- Waddesdon Mannor, Aylesbury 1 July
- London Marathon, Greenwich 23 Apr
- Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe with HODC 13 Apr
- Buxton Opera House, Buxton with HODC 7 Apr
- Contact Theatre, Manchester with HODC 5 Apr
- Malvern Theatres, Malvern with HODC 4 Apr
- Peepul Centre, Leicester with HODC 30 Mar
- Peepul Centre, Leicester with HODC 29 Mar
- Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea with HODC 28 Mar
- Richmond Theatre, Richmond, London with HODC 27 Mar
- Channel 4 ‘How Music Works’ shoot – 16th Mar
- Charter Theatre, Preston with HODC 14 Mar
- Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon with HODC 9 Mar
- Queens Theatre, Hornchurch with HODC 2 Mar
- Everyman Playhouse, Liverpool with HODC 1 Mar
- Theatre by the Lake, Keswick with HODC 28 Feb
- Arts Theatre, Bath with HODC 25 Feb
- South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell with HODC 24 Feb
- Wyvern Theatre, Swindon with HODC 23 Feb
- BDE, Leeds Playhouse with HODC, 11 Feb
- Taiko workshops with Yo Bachi Daiko, Hamburg, Germany, 13-15 Jan
2005
- The Electric Theatre, Guildford with HODC, 16 Nov
- The Electric Theatre, Guildford with HODC, 17 Nov
- The Lowry, Salford with HODC, 15 Nov
- Stadthalle, Neuss, Germany with HODC, 13 Nov
- Leverkusen, Germany with HODC, 11 Nov
- Holland Dance Festival, Netherlands with HODC, 9 Nov
- Holland Dance Festival, Netherlands with HODC, 8 Nov
- DanceXchange, Birmingham Hippodrome with HODC, 5 Nov
- DanceXchange, Birmingham Hippodrome with HODC, 4 Nov
- The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury with HODC, 2 Nov
- Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge with HODC, 21 Oct
- Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge with HODC, 22 Oct
- Arts Depot, Barnet with HODC, 18 Oct
- Laban, Deptford, London with HODC, 12 Oct
- Laban, Deptford, London with HODC, 11 Oct
- Karate Kyokushinkai World tournament, Crystal Palace, 8th Oct
- Chester Gateway Theatre, Chester with HODC, 6 Oct
- The Riley Theatre, Leeds with HODC, 1st Oct
- Arcachon, France with HODC, 24th Sept
- BBC Family Prom in the Park, Hyde Park, London – broadcast live on BBC2, 11 Sept
- Teatro Nacional Faro, Portugal with HODC, 12th and 13th Aug
- Southbank Centre, London, 3rd Aug
- Rhythmsticks Festival, Southbank Centre, London, 17th July SOLD OUT
- 1st UK Taiko Festival, Exeter, 9 July
- Yo! Sushi – Japanese Resturant Opening, London, 10th May
- Flora London Marathon, Greenwich, 17th April
- Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch with HODC 8th April
- Maison Des Arts, Creteil, Paris with HODC 5th and 6th April
- Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds with HODC 24th March
- Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe with HODC 22nd March
- Arts Theatre, Bath with HODC 19th March
- The Patrick Centre, Birmingham with HODC 17th March
- Malvern Theatres, Malvern with HODC 15th March
- Buxton Opera House, Buxton with HODC 12th March
- ‘Fusion’ at Cutty Sark Gardens, Greenwich 11th March
- Playhouse, Liverpool with HODC 2nd March
- Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea with HODC 24th February
- Theatre Brycheiniog, Brecon with HODC 23rd February
- Chinese New Year event, Hampstead 14th February
- Queen Elizabeth Hall, London with HODC 9th and 10th February
- Gardener Arts Centre, Brighton with HODC 8th February
- Sherman Theatre, Cardiff with HODC 5th February
- South Hill Park Arts Centre,Bracknell with HODC 3rd February
- Wyvern Theatre, Swindon with Henri Oguike Dance Company 26th January
2004
- The Damilola Taylor Centre, Peckham, London 16th December
- Waldorf Hotel, London 15th December
- Wales v Japan rugby match, Cardiff Millenium Stadium 26th November
- V&A Museum, London 5th November
- Car Free Day, Greenwich 19th September
- ‘Zushi’ – Japanese Resturant opening, Cardiff August 19th
- Regents Plaza, London August 11th
- Rhythmsticks Festival, Southbank Centre, London, July 17th
- Ightham Mote (National Trust) nr. Sevenoaks for ‘An Evening of World Music’, July 3rd
- Olympic Torch Relay, Greenwich, June 24th
- British Library, London, May 4th
- SENI combat sports show, Birmingham NEC Arena, April 24th
- Flora London Marathon, Greenwich, April 18th
- The Roadhouse, Covent Garden, London, April 7th
- Open air show with Hana Yui and special guest Yoshikazu Fujimoto, Regents Plaza, London April 1st
- Sold out shows with Hana Yui at Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler’s Wells, London, March 23rd and 24th
- IFR awards, playing for Princess Anne at Grosvenor House, London, January 13th
2003
- Flora London Marathon, Greenwich
- University of East London
- Peace Revolutions charity event for CAAT at the Telegraph, Brixton
- Vodafone event, Blenheim Palace
- Whitgift International Festival, Croydon
- Totally London Greenwich Car Free Day
- Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, St Hilda’s College, Oxford University
- Asian Art for London, V& A museum, London
2002
- Japan 2001 event, Greenwich Market
2001
- JETAA/JLGC event, Intercontinental Hotel, London
- Greenwich Car Free Day