Itchy-O: THE SPLIT SIGIL RITE

 

itchy-O is a sixty-plus-member performance collective based in Denver, Colorado, known for producing large-scale, immersive ritual events that blend tribal percussion, experimental electronics, and audience-engulfing theatrics. Uniting khaos and precision, the ensemble collapses traditional performance boundaries—igniting transformation through sound, movement, and myth.

This August, itchy-O returns to the Bay Area with The Split Sigil Rite: A Tale of Two Rites—a ceremonial incursion split across two cities and two nights. Together, the performances chart a mythic trajectory: a Rending in the West, and a Resurrection in the East.

NIGHT ONE: THE DESCENT
August 22 – Great American Music Hall, San Francisco
The rite begins in the Western horizon. For the first time since 2011, itchy-O strikes in San Francisco to initiate the Split Sigil Ceremonies. Inside the historic Great American Music Hall, the ensemble conducts a ceremonial bash  The glyph is fractured. The current is activated.

NIGHT TWO: THE RETURN
August 23 – UC Theatre, Berkeley
The second performance continues in Berkeley’s UC Theatre, bringing forward the echo of night one in new form. Here, sound and spectacle begin to reassemble. For those attending both, the experience forms a nonlinear arc: rupture, renewal, and resurrection.

Each evening stands alone, but together they reveal a deep singular arc. Whether one-night witness or full-rite participant, attendees can expect a high-impact encounter with one of the world’s most elusive and unorthodox performance ensembles.