Enter Duo Cichorium’s Playscape Emporium , a six-part series built around storytelling through cross-disciplinary collaboration. Each event in the series will feature a distinct artistic medium, blending music, dance, theater, visual art, poetry, puppetry, and video games. Duo Cichorium and their guest artists will craft unique narratives that blend their creative styles, resulting in unpredictable and engaging performances.

Curator

• Duo Cichorium

Guests

• Hee-Soo Yoon
• Toronto Saxophone Collective
• Trevor Flemings
• Domenic Clarke

Program

• Fall of the Empire (2007) by Frederic Rzewski 35’
• Adore (2024) by Domenic Clarke – Hee-Soo Yoon, Duo Cichorium 15’ (New collaborative work)
• Garbage Delight (1989) by Raymond Luedeke – TSC, Trevor Flemings 30’

THEATRICS presents an extreme range of aesthetics all through the medium of theatrical chamber music. We open with Frederic Rzewski’s Fall of the Empire, a thought-provoking satire on political extremism, religious fundamentalism, and societal sacrifice. Originally written as a solo, Duo Cichorium will alternate between the roles of performer and stagehand, assisting each other to accentuate the piece’s theatrical elements through costuming, props, and lighting. Following this is the premiere of Domenic Clarke’s Adore for viola, two percussionists, and electronics, utilizing a large custom-made box outfitted with various microphones and electronic devices to tell a story of life and death, concluding with a solemn funeral ceremony. The concert finishes with Raymond Luedeke’s Garbage Delight, performed by the Toronto Saxophone Quintet and Trevor Flemings, offering a humorous and whimsical finish with its absurd text and playful saxophone ensemble writing.