Australia's TOM TOM CREW Comes To London 6/19-7/19

Following sell-out seasons at the Sydney Opera House and Edinburgh Festival, and direct from a Broadway theatre season, Australia’s sensational Tom Tom Crew arrives in London with its super-charged collision of circus, heart pumping music and 21st Century spectacle.

Combining Australia’s freshest acrobats, champion beat-boxer Tom Thum, drumming sensation Ben Walsh and master record scratcher DJ Dizz1, Tom Tom Crew is an extraordinary mix of Asian-inspired drumming, extreme circus acrobatics and raw, contemporary music, Tom Tom Crew is an unmissable summer treat for all ages.

Tom Tom Crew with be the top attraction at the E4 Udderbelly at Southbank Centre.

A four-week run starts on Friday 19 June and ends on Sunday 19 July.  Ticket prices range from £14 - £22.

Udderbelly is a 406-capacity touring performance venue in the shape of a 20 metre high x 27 metre long, upside-down purple cow. This wonderful bovine structure will graze on the banks of the Thames as part of Southbank Centre’s summer season of events. Lying down in its own Pasture – in between the Royal Festival Hall and the London Eye – with hooves and udders pointing skywards,

Shaking the walls of the venues wherever they play; Ben Walsh, DJ Dizz1 and world champion beat-boxer, Tom Thum, combine their breaks, beats and pulsating rhythms with hardcore tumbling, out-of-control acrobatics and severe aerial antics.

Director Scott Maidment says: “Expect to be blown away by the incredible talent of these artists. This is circus at its most extreme, and the dynamic explosiveness of the human body can only be matched by the sheer power of  hip-hop rhythms.”

The Lifeblood of the Tom Tom Crew is the driving music emanating from Ben’s self-made drumkits; mashed together from chemical drums, 80’s Asian gadgets and over 2000 cable ties.  Match this with vocal stunts from wizz-kid Tom Thum and master scratching from DJ Dizz1, and just start to understand the musical force behind this trio.  At just 18 years of age, Tom Thum was crowned the World Duo Champion at the 2005 World Beat Boxing Championships in Germany.  Recently, Tom secured a second place victory at Scribblejam, America’s most prestigious hip-hop competition. Meanwhile, Tom Flanagan, Ben Lewis, Daniel Catlow and Shane Witt – graduates of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus - flip, fly and slam up the stage as hard and fast as the boys with beats.

For more information visit: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/udderbelly.

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