The Cultch presents OUT OF ORDER - The 7 Fingers
Visionary new online experience, from Montreal’s ground-breaking The 7 Fingers, live streams from The Cultch this spring!
(Vancouver, BC) – The Cultch is thrilled to present the North American premiere of Out of Order, a brand new online performance from The 7 Fingers (Montreal), streaming March 18-21, 2021 (Tix info below)
In a not-so-distant future lingers the bitter aftertaste of a déjà vu, the theatres are empty, meeting places and cultural venues are no longer permitted, physical contact is prohibited. Artists are forced to meet secretly in forsaken spaces.
The big top is achingly deserted. Spread out across this post-apocalyptic setting, ten gloved and masked characters—played by Tuedon Ariri, Guillaume Biron, Mikael Bruyère-L'Abbé, Eline Guélat, Louis Joyal, Vincent Jutras, Anna Kichtchenko, Antino Pansa, Maude Parent, and Samuel Renaud—scrutinize one another, prepare, approach and avoid contact. Coming from all walks of life, these forgotten acrobats cling to their vocation as best they can.
In September 2020, against all odds, the prestigious Montreal circus company, The 7 Fingers, embarked on a new adventure. Taking into account health precautions and COVID recommendations in Montreal they gathered colleagues, artists, and designers to create a show, directed by Isabelle Chassé and Gypsy Snider, that embraced social distancing and other COVID-imposed measures, creating En Panne—Out of Order. When Montreal became a red zone, further restrictions prevented The 7 Fingers from inviting a live audience to view their new work. Rather than letting the show disappear before it came to life, it was transformed into a film. Out of Order is not simply a digital recording of a show but a cinematographic work in its own right. Presented for the very first time in North America from The Cultch, Out of Order explores the lengths to which we will go to connect with each other.
“The collective virtuosity of [The 7 Fingers] is something to see—and, crucially, to feel.”
—BOSTON GLOBE
WHEN: March 18-21, 2021
MAR 18: 7:30PM OPENING
MAR 19: 7:30PM
MAR 20: 7:30PM
MAR 21: 12PM
*all showtimes in PST
WHERE: ONLINE - Streamed pre-recorded performance
TICKETS: Tickets from $29. Single tickets on sale now through The Cultch’s Box Office: 604-251-1363 or thecultch.com/event/out-of-order.