{"id":2833,"date":"2012-03-21T11:41:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T18:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2012-03-21T12:49:59","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T19:49:59","slug":"musictheatre-troupe-tackles-waits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/03\/21\/musictheatre-troupe-tackles-waits\/","title":{"rendered":"Music\/theatre troupe tackles Waits"},"content":{"rendered":"

L\u2019Orchestre d\u2019Hommes-Orchestres (LODHO) is a band of one-man bands: six of them, to be precise. And the half-band, half-theatre troupe (made up of Qu\u00e9bec City natives) are taking a shot at Tom Waits on their current tour.<\/p>\n

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It's inspired by Tom Waits; of course it's going to be oddball (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re six people working together around the notion of being a one-man band, which to us means being able to do a lot of things a little bit,\u201d says LODHO member Danya Ortmann. \u201cWe try to avoid the standard notions of virtuosity and do it our own way, with offbeat solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

LODHO performs la musique qui se voit,<\/em> which translates to \u201cmusic that has to be seen.\u201d For their live shows, they pile on the instruments: guitars, tambourines, bells, jugs, tea cups, suitcases, balloons, wooden spoons…<\/p>\n

Ortmann says for an object to make the cut, it has to sound good, look good, or both. She says it also has to have a visual resonance so the audience can see what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe often call each song a picture,\u201d she says. \u201cFor example, Tom Waits opens up our imaginary books of American folklore, so we use a lot of old household or garage items. The two girls will be drinking tea and making music with the tea cups, using old fans and old dusters, and it looks like an antique shop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ortmann insists that this show isn\u2019t a Tom Waits tribute show, instead saying it \u201ctries to take the essence of his propositions or his world and then make it our own.\u201d According to Ortmann, fans often come ready to dislike the show because Tom Waits is \u201ctoo great\u201d to cover.<\/p>\n

But, by the end of the show, fans \u201care usually very, very happy, and people who do not know Tom Waits go and buy his CDs afterwards,\u201d she says. \u201cIt makes them curious to find out who he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

The stage is so packed, with six performers and nearly 100 objects and instruments, that it\u2019s impossible to take everything in. Ortmann explains that everyone experiences the show differently.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many, many, many things going on at once. We try to leave everything open so that everyone who comes and sees the show has to read it with his own experience,\u201d she says. \u201cA lot of the time, people come and see us after the show and have 10 different stories of what the show meant for them, and we still hear new ones we\u2019ve never thought of.\u201d<\/p>\n

L\u2019Orchestre d\u2019Hommes-Orchestres performs Tom Waits
\n<\/strong>Sunday, March 25, 8 pm
\nMetro Studio, $27-$35
\nintrepidtheatre.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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