ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER II
TicketsPresented by Abbotsford Convent and Asia TOPA, Arts Centre Melbourne
ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER IIYumi Umiumare and ButohOUT!
Step into a Night of Hypnotic Butoh and Surreal Nightclub Magic! Accelerate your experience at the pop-up Sake bar before the show.
Dates
5 — 9 March 2025
Venue
Industrial School and Sacred Heart Courtyard, Abbotsford Convent
World Premiere.
ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER II features enthralling dance, cabaret, song and visual art.
Dive into a surreal nightclub experience where cabaret collides with chaos!
The evening is centred around the art form Butoh, a hypnotic style of Japanese dance theatre.
Following the sold-out success of ButohBAR 2023, this electrifying event returns with a new line-up of local and international talent, including Japanese Butoh master Atsushi Takenouchi.
Led by acclaimed Melbourne artist Yumi Umiumare, this new edition of ButohBAR mixes fresh performances and rituals with outdoor spectacles at the iconic Abbotsford Convent, celebrating our beautifully dysfunctional existence.
Featuring guerrilla performers, roving installations, out-of-order karaoke and more, the evening includes exquisite sake and food by Tamura Sake Bar. ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER II thrillingly throws back to a time when Butoh ruled Japan’s nightclubs and strip joints in the 1970s and 1980s.
Sake and spine-tingling ritualistic happenings from 7pm!
Images: Vikk Shayen
The anarchic comedy of malfunction continues in the second half, where haphazardly costumed odd bods captivate with their chaotic charm amidst elaborate junkyard shrines and glitchy soundscapes.
