U-THEATRE

U-Theatre

U-Theatre is Asia's premier performing arts group, internationally renowned for visually striking performances that blend drumming, martial arts, acrobatics, and sacred movement.  
U-Theatre's unique aesthetic combines Eastern and Western elements—martial arts, drumming, meditation, Tai Chi, and sacred movement with music, drama, and literature. This fusion creates their signature "U-Theatre Aesthetics," rooted in musicality, bodily awareness, and "Dao" practice methods, transcending boundaries between ancient and modern performance traditions. 

IN THE PRESS 

“ A great and complex beauty to the drumming, sounds and silence, simple beats and intricate meshes of precisely articulated rhythms. ” 

 

~The New York Times, U.S.A. 

 

“A most peaceful heart, a most powerful performance…”  
 

~Volkskrant, the Netherlands 

 

“A synthesis of theatre, percussion, martial arts and meditation…”  
 

~The Times, London 

“A prolonged percussive tone poem…”  

 

~Financial Times, London 

 

“A powerful performance that brings you a peaceful and quiet mind, and every minute brings you a full-on experience.” 

 

~Bergen Festival, Norway 

 

“Integrating ancient and modern dramatic traditions. ” 
                      ~South China Morning Post, China 

“Magic rhythms that come from Taiwan. The performance conveys a mystical experience of existence. It is absolutely a perfect performance.”  
 

~IL GAZZETTINO, Italy  


“A meditation for the audience, a massage for the brain and for the soul.”   

 

~Global Media Post 

“A spectacle-ritual with cosmic ambition“  

 

~Danses avec la plume 

 

“Truly Spectacular!”  

 

~Le Figaro 

Mindful Walk

Mindful Walk is an immersive and meditative outdoor performance project by Taiwan’s acclaimed U-Theatre.  
Combining slow walking, Zen drumming, and martial arts movement, the project invites audiences to reimagine walking as a ritual—transforming landscapes into stages and footsteps into rhythms of awareness.  

  • 07/07/2025
    MINDFULL WALK 

    Mindful Walk is an immersive and meditative outdoor performance project by Taiwan’s acclaimed U-Theatre.  
    Combining slow walking, Zen drumming, and martial arts movement, the project invites audiences to reimagine walking as a ritual—transforming landscapes into stages and footsteps into rhythms of awareness.  

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Workshop

U-Theatre is more than a performance group – it is a way of life inspired by Taoist philosophy. The core practice is about achieving a deep sense of calm while in motion. A performance is not the goal, but a path toward awareness, balance, and inner growth. Training is both intense and diverse, blending meditation, drumming, martial arts, Tai Chi, dance, and acting – influenced by both Eastern and Western traditions, ancient and modern. The focus is on the relationship between the individual and the group, expressed without narrative or characters. This results in a unique, process-based form of contemporary theatre, driven by personal transformation and collective harmony.

  • 07/07/2025
    Workshop

    About the U-Theatre Workshop
    U-Theatre is more than a performance group – it is a way of life inspired by Taoist philosophy. The core practice is about achieving a deep sense of calm while in motion. A performance is not the goal, but a path toward awareness, balance, and inner growth.

    Training is both intense and diverse, blending meditation, drumming, martial arts, Tai Chi, dance, and acting – influenced by both Eastern and Western traditions, ancient and modern. The focus is on the relationship between the individual and the group, expressed without narrative or characters. This results in a unique, process-based form of contemporary theatre, driven by personal transformation and collective harmony.

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U-THEATRE WORKSHOP

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