ButohBAR 番狂わせ Out of Order

ButohOUT! 2023 presents, in partnership with Abbotsford Convent

ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER

Running as the finale of ButohOUT! 2023, ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER brings together a team of new and established artists in a fantastical experiment. Welcoming Melbourne audiences into a bizarre and compelling nightclub, this limited and one-off season features dance, song, poetry, and visual arts woven together by the hypnotic art form of Butoh.

Reviving the 70s/80s era where Butoh thrived in nightclubs and strip joints, ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER summons the raw spirit of those times, embracing the metaphor of a human world “out of order” to reflect on our own post-pandemic existence.

ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER will immerse audiences in a surreal, macabre, and absurd, yet euphoric world. Transforming the Abbotsford Convent Industrial School, this unique event is an invitation to confront and celebrate being out of order. Shining a light on aspects of life that can be difficult to chew, swallow, and digest, ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER will take place inside a fully functioning bar, offering audiences an unconventional and surprising night out this November. Five shows only, tickets now selling!

ButohOUT! is the only creative platform of its kind in Australia focusing on the distinctive art form of Butoh. It has woven its way into the fabric of the Melbourne art scene since 2017 and has built a unique Artists-led creative and laboratory space across Victoria, providing artists and community members of all ages a creative ground. ButohOUT! celebrates diversity and authentic expression through the idiosyncratic art form of Butoh and continuously aims to actualise a vision for radically inclusive artistic practice.

This season is proudly supported by Creative Australia, Abbotsford Convent, Auspicious Arts Projects and ImPermanence Productions

Praise for ButohOUT!:
“It has a kind of giddy enthusiasm that is hard to resist.” – The Age (Odd Hours, 2021)
“… an earnest celebration of otherness and abnormality.” – The Age (Colour-Fool, 2021)
“Yumi Umiumare and the ButohOUT! Ensemble elegantly place, embrace, displace and reinstate their audience in and out of layered worlds…” – Australian Stage (Colour-Fool, 2021)
“…like Samuel Beckett meets Beyoncé via Eraserhead.” – Daily Review (Forbidden Laughter, 2019)

Co-creator / Artistic Director/ Choreographer: Yumi Umiumare
Co-creator / Creative producer: Taka Takiguchi (滝口貴)
Performers: Emma Bathgate, Hal Tanaka (Online), Willow J Conway, and Yumi Umiumare with guest performers Maude Davey, Moira Finucane, Weave Movement Theatre and Dan West
International Butoh artist (online) and producer: Hal Tanaka and Hiroshi Morishima
Visual artist: Jacqui Stockdale
Voice artist: Emma Bathgate
Sound designer: Ai Yamamoto
Creative assistant: Helen Smith
Lighting designer: Emma Lockhart-Wilson
Lighting operation and production manager: Celina Mack
FOH co-ordinator: Kei Murakami
FOH assistant: Cora Hughes
Website and graphic design: Taka Takiguchi
Photographer: Vikk Shayen
Video documentation: Takeshi Kondo
Event collaborator: Tamura Sake Bar and Izakaya
Publicist: Sassy Red PR

ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER
15 - 19 November 2023
Wed-Sat 7:30pm, Sun 5:00pm
Opening Night: Thurs 16 November 7:30pm
Ticket Prices: $35 Full Price, $25 Concession, $20 Preview
Bookings: online at www.butohout.com/events/out-of-order
Venue: Abbotsford Convent (Industrial School) – 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford VIC
www.butohout.com

Duration: 90 minutes with an interval
This space is wheelchair accessible
WARNINGS: Intermittent loud sounds, low lighting and varying intensity, a moment of flashing lights, potential nudity and adult themes. Low-level audience involvement.