Created and performed by Yumi Umiumare in collaboration
with Matt Crosby and Ben Rogan
Set Design Mary Moore
Dramaturgy Moira Finucane
Costume Design Ess.Hoshika Laboratory
Sound Design Tatsuyoshi Kawabata
Lighting Design Dori Bicchierai

Smashed on the rocks of cultural identity, this Japanese ghost-ship gathers
mythology from the east and sinks down into the dark Butoh dementia of cabaret
goddess Yumi Umiumare. Ancient hag Yamamba mutates from traditional woman
to harridan Ganguro while Hello Kitty Girl sells her pink panties to wrinkled
lovers. From Japan to Australia, audiences are unsure whether to laugh and
cry or cut and run.

DasSHOKU Hora!! is the third in the DasSHOKU series following the award-winning Tokyo DasSHOKU Girl and the sellout Osaka season of DasSHOKU
Cultivations!! 'Hora' in Japanese means to look out. From the Western phonetics
of Mary Shelly, H.P. Lovecraft, Hammer horror films to the Eastern pictograms
of Lafcadio Hearn, Kwaidan ghost stories and The Ring, Yumi
Umiumare and her DasSHOKU team Matt Crosby and Ben Rogan have a
reputation for presenting culture-crush dementia completely lost in the
translation of commodity worship.

Their dance of darkness, Butoh, has freaked, bewildered and enthralled
Australian cabaret audiences. Their hip to it east/west fusion dub and hokey
karaoke has grooved. Their quintessential stagecraft has entranced.
Maybe you can hide your fear with laughter, but you can never escape.

‘Dashoku suru’ is a Japanese term meaning to bleach; to strip off colour.