Shochiku will be presenting “Japan KABUKI Festival in Las Vegas 2016” this coming May 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada in succession to the performance that took place in the Fountains of Bellagio in August 2015. The event will be supported again by MGM Resorts International and a Kabuki performance “Panasonic presents Wonder KABUKI Spectacle at MGM Grand KABUKI LION SHI-SHI-O: The Adventures of the Mythical Lion” will take place in a theater in Las Vegas, along with yet another exciting fountain show.

In August 2015, Kabuki actor, Ichikawa Somegoro starred in an original fountain show that integrated Kabuki, the waterworks of the choreographed fountains, and video projection created by Japan’s leading digital artists - the event was an enormous success.

For May 2016, an original new Kabuki play will be created specially for the David Copperfield Theater in MGM Grand, featuring Ichikawa Somegoro and in collaboration with technological artwork. Also at the Fountains of Bellagio, in succession to last year’s critically acclaimed performance, a new version incorporating the fountain choreography with video projection will take place. This project is sponsored by Panasonic Corporation and several other organizations. Furthermore, with the technical cooperation of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Shochiku Co, Ltd. and the company will research and explore together high tech entertainment. The spatial design and video projection will be created by internationally reknown media artist groups from Japan: the performance in the theater will be in collaboration with NAKED Inc., and the fountain show will be in continuation to last year’s collaboration, teamLab Inc.

Shochiku is excited to present this unique collaboration between cutting edge technology and traditional Kabuki theater of “Japan KABUKI Festival in Las Vegas 2016,” in a city abundant in exciting entertainment and where people from all over the world visit.