TEA UNIVERSE
TEA UNIVERSE 2026
Two experiences. One tea portal.
Daytime 🍵
お茶の迷路 TEA MAZE
An intimate VR tea experience with matcha and Japanese sweets.
Evening 🌙
お茶酔い TEA TRANCE
A live Butoh performance with dance, video and VR elements.
Experience one event or immerse yourself in both.
TEA TRANCE お茶酔い
TEA TRANCE お茶酔い
Wednesday 26 August 2026 - Saturday 29 August 2026
At Swinburne University of Technology, EN106, John St , Hawthorn
An immersive performance blending Butoh, tea ceremony and VR into an intoxicating sensory adventure. Through live performance, Yumi Umiumare invites audiences to enter the alchemy of dance, tea and spirit through classical and contemporary rituals, playful disruption, and surreal transformation.
Buried TeaBowl-OKUNI tours to OzAsia Festival 28, 29 Oct 2023
Buried TeaBowl-OKUNI tours to Adelaide, OZAsia Festival.
Buried TeaBowl – OKUNI is an intimate and epic solo performance piece. It is a fusion of dance, text, and song, underscored by dynamic visual elements, a compelling original musical score, and of course – a tea ceremony.
DasSHOKU SHAKE! in Darwin Festival
DasSHOKU SHAKE!Yumi Umiumare & Theatre Group GUMBO
Get ready to be shaken and stirred!
HIPBONE STICKING OUT World Premier Season
3-6 July at Canberra TheatrePERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE Jada Alberts, Simon Gleeson, Trevor Jamieson, Derik Lynch, Lex Marinos, Natalie O’Donnell, Yumi Umiumare and others from the Roebourne Community.