The Array: Supermassive Black Hole lands at What Lab care of Upintheair Theatre, October 21 to 23
Showcase of sci-fi and experimental theatre features performances by Jarin Schexnider, Plastik Theatriks, and more
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Loreto Andrea (left) and Regina Ríos of Plastik Theatriks
Upintheair Theatre presents The Array: Supermassive Black Hole, a thrilling fusion between sci-fi and experimental performances, in association with What Lab from October 21 to 23. Four brand-new creations will be performed at What Lab by Jarin Schexnider, duo danielle Mackenzie Long and Shion Skye Carter, Plastik Theatriks, and Upintheair Theatre.
Now in its sixth instalment, The Array continues to draw inspiration from recent discoveries in science. This year’s theme is the discovery of a single, supermassive black hole that puts into question the history of the universe as we thought we knew it. British Italian astrophysicist Roberto Maiolino and his colleagues found that the black hole is as heavy as 50 million suns, with no parent galaxy in sight—a concept that contradicts with the previous teaching that black holes are formed when a galaxy’s stars collapse into one another.
Shion Skye Carter (left) and danielle Mackenzie Long
The Array will showcase four unique responses to that shared theme. This year’s featured performers are Long, Carter, and Schexnider; Loreto Andrea and Regina Ríos of Plastik Theatriks; and Jesse Del Fierro, Jessica Hood, David Mott, and Sarah Roa of Upintheair Theatre. The creative team includes producers Mott and Hood, curators Mott and Schexnider, technical director Ash Shotton, stage manager Kayleigh Sandomirsky, and lighting designer Alexandra Caprara.
In astrophysics, an array is a group of satellites and telescopes that can be trained on a single phenomena to provide a more detailed, nuanced, and multi-dimensional understanding of the subject than could be gained by a single instrument. The Array proposes artists as telescopes.
(From left) Jesse Del Fierro, David Mott, Sarah Roa, and Jessica Hood of Upintheair Theatre
Last year’s edition of The Array—also presented at What Lab—was Less Than Zero, an exploration of negative time in the quantum world. More previous editions include An Exquisitely Sensitive Machine at What Lab in 2023; Beyond the Knowledge of Humankind at What Lab in 2022; First Contact, a special online presentation that took place during the pandemic in 2020; and The Shape of the Galaxy at The Greenhouse in 2019.
Performances of The Array: Supermassive Black Hole take place at 7:30 pm each night, with a post-show artist talkback slated for October 22.
Tickets are available through Upintheair Theatre.
Post sponsored by Upintheair Theatre.
Jarin Schexnider
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