Joue à Tom Waits

L’orchestre d’hommes-orchestres is a collective of ragtag artist-musicians that formed in 2002. Uncategorizable and at the crossroads between several artistic disciplines, the ODHO collective considers itself to be a permanent performing arts work-in-progress. The group has created 15 productions for stages and public spaces, including Joue à Tom Waits, Cabaret brise-jour, Tintamarre caravane, Les Palais and Kitchen Chicken. These productions have been performed in more than 90 cities in 20 countries in Europe, the Americas and Oceania. Chosen by Robert Lepage to receive the City of Toronto Glenn Gould Protégé Prize in 2013, the ODHO also received the Prix Ville de Québec 2015.

Biography of the Creators

One of the unique aspects of the Orchestre d’hommes-orchestres is the collective approach the group has explored since their beginning. Together they have developed their own way of creating, which they like to describe as unruly. This approach has been fine-tuned over the years through the group’s projects as well as through the numerous collaborations and paths taken by members of the collective.