November 21 – December 1, 2024
Studio Theatre, Factory Theatre
HONEY I’M HOME, created and performed by award-winning multidisciplinary duo Lester Trips (Theatre)—Lauren Gillis and Alaine Hutton with consulting direction by bouffon provocateur Adam Lazarus—dive into this timely exploration, offering a darkly comedic and unsettling look at a digital hell we all recognize: glorified zoom-room torture chambers masquerading as a utopian solution to having a body. This sly, surreal production poses the question: what do we do when artificial intelligence takes over our jobs, but our physical bodies still have to show up?
An ordinary workaholic, Janine, uploads her consciousness into her home to escape her raging boredom at work. But when slow Wi-Fi leads to a shocking revelation, her excruciatingly mundane existence spirals into a nightmarish body horror mystery. Combining physical theatre and sharp humour, HONEY I’M HOME invites audiences to confront the absurdities of modern life in a world increasingly dominated by technology.
HONEY I’M HOME features a dense, wild sound design and vocal score from composer S. Quinn Hoodless and vocal coach Fides Krucker, evoking a charming digital hellscape, spooky atmospheric liminality, and a cosmic reckoning with the body as a temple. Innovative lighting design by Andre du Toit highlights physical performance and butoh score enhanced by movement coach Denise Fujiwara.
“Lester Trips’ work is full of intelligence, humour, and acidic darkness. Lauren and Alaine have honed an uncanny ability to observe the deeply uncomfortable things we have accepted as normal in our world, and pull that discomfort to the surface” – Mel Hague, Factory Theatre Artistic Director and HONEY I’M HOME dramaturge.
Performance Information:
- Run Dates: November 21 to December 1, 2024, at 7:30 pm (Dark on Mondays)
- Running time: 60 – 70 mins.
- Opening Night: November 22
- Venue: Studio Theatre – 125 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2R2
- Age Recommendation: 14+ (Guardians for 10+)
- Tickets are available for purchase at the Factory Theatre box office or online at factorytheatre.ca. General admission tickets are priced at $25, with discounted rates for students and seniors at $20. Group rates are also available for parties of 10 or more.
About Lester Trips (Theatre):
Lester Trips is the innovative duo of Lauren Gillis and Alaine Hutton, who bring a decade of training in physical performance to their work. Known for their questionably comedic creations, they explore themes of internet culture and its effects on our psyche and relationships. Previous works include the haunting Mr. Truth and the playful Safe and Sorry.
About Factory Theatre:
Factory Theatre was founded in 1970 and was the first Canadian company dedicated to producing 100% Canadian content. With over 300 productions to its credit, Factory continues to be a leader in developing and sharing diverse Canadian stories.
