No Save Points at ArtSpace Lighthouse

Outside the March and creator/performer Sébastien Heins invite you to a joyous, high-octane, deeply personal adventure story, all experienced at the touch of a button.

Video games, theatre and memoir collide as Heins places the control(er) in the hands of the audience, entrusting them to pilot his performance using state-of-the-art motion capture and haptic technology.‍

Intimate and innovative, the piece is inspired by the real-life story of Heins’ mother being diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease, a rare genetic illness. No Save Points is crafted for gamers and theatre-lovers alike, and explores the universal question: “what do we do with the time that we have?”

Co-Directed by OtM’s Mitchell Cushman, No Save Points features a virtuosic solo performance by Heins himself as he navigates five distinct playable worlds, each co-conceived by a different cross-disciplinary creator (Damien Atkins, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, Rouvan Silogix, Aylwin Lo & Kemi King).

No Save Points is propelled by Hein’s virtuosic performance as he becomes a video game character before our very eyes. A select group of audience members will sit onstage in the “Player’s Pen” where they’ll use a wireless controller to direct Heins’ actions by sending signals to receivers located on his body. Later in the show, dozens more patrons will get to take their turn playing on the buttons, and by the end of the evening the whole audience will take control of the performance. Throughout it all, they will help our hero negotiate medieval court intrigue, save citizens as a caped crusader, side-scroll across a mysterious island and, ultimately, find himself anew on the dark side of the moon.‍

So be sure to bring your A-B game.