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June 2, 3, 4
Monument-National
Salle Ludger-Duvernay
English : 2h
Coproduction : Rotterdamse Schouwburg / SpielArt Festival (Munich) / Festival Teaterformen (Hanovre) / Wiener Festwochen (Vienne) |
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English Music Hall Theatre
Onto a stage decked out entirely in red curtains bounce seven vaudevillians, stepping lightly across the boards. All but one that is, the token jack-in-the-box. All of them make their way to the front of the stage, presenting themselves to an audience eager to be won over by their Pepsodent smiles, their sequined dresses, their long, sleek legs, their shimmering costumes, their gala hairdos and make-up. With a microphone, a saw, a chair, some balloons and signs plus a few flashy tunes and lighting effects, the actors dance on the heads of pins and set the cat among the pigeons to create theatre of real substance. Weaving magic and illusion, they walk on eggshells, putting on a dazzling display. A bond is established between actors and audience, between people who are weary of manipulation and need to let off steam. Society, with its schemes and machinations, is subjected to a complete striptease.
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© Hugo Glendinning
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One of the most influential British theatre companies of the last 20 years ! The Guardian
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Forced Entertainment |
| DIRECTION |
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Tim Etchells |
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Tim Etchells and Forced Entertainment |
| DESIGN |
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Richard Lowdon |
| LIGHTING DESIGN |
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Nigel Edwards |
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Found Sources |
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Robin Arthur
Jerry Killick
Richard Lowdon
Claire Marshall
Cathy Naden
Terry O’Connor
John Rowley
K. Michael Weaver
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Tim Etchells and Forced Entertainment
In 1984, Tim Etchells established what he calls an artists’ co-operative in Sheffield, in northern England, bringing together eight actors who have been an ensemble now for almost twenty years. Forced Entertainment pursues original, in-depth research on the vocabulary of performance, experimenting with video, CD-ROM, installations and marathon performances. In some thirty projects to date, the collective has created an event-based theatre using the material of daily life. Their performance theatre, which has received kudos in England and across Europe, tackles issues of identity, the language of theatre, urban reality and memory, and is always presented in innovative, subversive fashion.
Forced Entertainment left quite an impression during its first sojourn at Théâtres du Monde in 1998 with Speak Bitterness. The British collective is back in force with a dazzling “ double program ”.
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