Order of the New Hyphae

Order of the New Hyphae is an immersive, devised performance that reconstructs ecological thought and posthuman spiritualities through the lens of an apocalyptic fungi cult.

Emerging from the questions of what performance offers amidst a climate crisis and how performance reconstructs our relationships to ecological systems, this show is not a practice in recycling but a practice of divinating rot. Using the form of a cult as a performance container, the performance company of Order of the New Hyphae designed an initiation ritual.

Presented at Rumble Theatre’s Tremors Festival, 2023 & SFU School for the Contemporary Arts’ LIVE ACTS VOL. 1 Festival, 2021.

Directed and created by Samantha Walters

With Avery Chapman, Blake Hobson-Dimas, Clare Noble, Denise Faith Cachero, Tamlin Vetter, Viviane Wu.

For the 2023 Performance:

Lead Producer: Paige Louter
Ancillary Producer: Debbie Courchane
Technical Director: Jack Goodison
Technical Support: Christian Ching Box
Office & Audience Relations: Anna Brew

For the 2021 Performance:

Stage Manager: Lava Xu
Venue Stage Manager: Bernice Paet
Projection Operator: Jenny Min
Sound Operator: Jammi Sze
Lighting Operator: Theo Ewanchook

Footage/Stills by Joey Malbon