Shows at WU

The Tokyo Idiots presents The Ultimate Japanese Comedy Show

High-energy Owarai comedy experience direct from Japan! Get ready for non-stop laughter as three of Japan's wildest and most outrageous comedians take the stage together! Featuring: Tonikaku (BGT 2023 finalist, famous for his naked pose and the iconic line: 'Don’t worry, I’m wearing!'), Gassy (BGT 2023 semi-finalist, Golden Buzzer winner on Croatia’s Got Talent with his fart-powered act), and Wes-P (Golden Buzzer winner on France’s Got Talent, with over 20 million social media followers for his wild physical comedy). Winners of the Ocean of Laughter Award at the Busan Comedy Festival.

WU • 19 Aug 2026 - 22 Aug 2026

Good Engrish

Katherine Ryan's Golden Buzzer and opener – Darren Leo. You've seen the clips, now get the whole story! This Fringe debut, from the first Asian comedian to ever win a Golden Buzzer on Canada's Got Talent, expands on the immigrant perspective that captivated across Canada. This show offers the full, unedited narrative that TV cuts just can't capture. Expect hilarious, insightful and often surprising tales about navigating a new world. Darren will make you laugh before you think and think before you laugh, you'll leave with a fresh perspective on what it means to truly belong.

WU • 3 Aug 2025 - 16 Aug 2025

Newbie

This acrobatic show features a thrilling, story-driven circus experience with a dynamic use of props, including the Cyr wheel, scrolls and aerial techniques. This is a family-friendly acrobatic performance featuring world-class, award-winning professional artists. After enlightenment, Wukong lives as a modern man with a new mission: to use Taoism to help those in pain. At Eclipse Cafe, he meets a grieving mother, struggling men and a lost writer. As he helps them, he also learns to face himself.

WU • 1 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

PERSONALLERY 4.0

PERSONALLERY 4.0. China's first immersive contemporary ballroom dance theatre series (multi-award-winning, featured in Dance Fashion magazine), explores Shanghai-style ballroom aesthetics through AI-enhanced stage design. It reinterprets The Peony Pavilion: The Interrupted Dream via Freudian psychoanalytic theory. Blending traditional Pingtan storytelling with pipa accompaniment and Suzhou dialect, audiences navigate conscious/preconscious/subconscious realms, confronting the id/ego/superego in a quest to unravel the mystery of Du Liniang’s death. This pioneering production merges classical Chinese narrative with psychological exploration, redefining immersive dance through multi-layered cultural symbolism. Directed by artist Zheng Xiaofan, Shanghai University of Sport.

WU • 30 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2025