Coproduction
World premiere
Forced Entertainment
Dates:
Thu 16.04.26
20:00
Fri 17.04.26
20:00
Sat 18.04.26
20:00
Venue:
PACT Zollverein
Bullmannaue 20A
45327 Essen
Deutschland
Duration
approx. 1h 30min
Language
Spoken English
Sensory stimuli
Sudden, loud noises such as clattering and clanging, flickering images on screens
Content Notes
Images of skin sutures
1 / 4 © Tim Etchells
Late at night in a bar that doesn't actually exist, drinks, words and unwanted thoughts flow in confusion. In ›Everything Must Go‹, Forced Entertainment create a shimmering, physical-visual portrait of our present: economies on the brink of collapse, cities in ruins, broken hearts, missed opportunities. Something has gone wrong in the outside world.
With their new production, the pioneers of British experimental theatre are following on from their work entitled ›Signal to Noise‹, which premiered at PACT in 2024: using AI voices and lip-syncing, Tim Etchells and company explore the connections between language, human presence and capitalist desire.
Dates:
Thu 16.04.26
20:00
Fri 17.04.26
20:00
Sat 18.04.26
20:00
Venue:
PACT Zollverein
Bullmannaue 20A
45327 Essen
Deutschland
Duration
approx. 1h 30min
Language
Spoken English
Sensory stimuli
Sudden, loud noises such as clattering and clanging, flickering images on screens
Content Notes
Images of skin sutures
Direction Tim Etchells Devised and performed by Robin Arthur, Seke Chimutengwende, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshall, Cathy Naden, Terry O’Connor Text, Music Composition, Sound Design Tim Etchells Lighting Design Nigel Edwards Stage Design Richard Lowdon Production management Jim Harrison Producer Eileen Evans
Production Forced Entertainment
Coproduction Factory International, Hebbel Am Ufer, Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, PACT Zollverein, Spring Festival
Direction Tim Etchells Devised and performed by Robin Arthur, Seke Chimutengwende, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshall, Cathy Naden, Terry O’Connor Text, Music Composition, Sound Design Tim Etchells Lighting Design Nigel Edwards Stage Design Richard Lowdon Production management Jim Harrison Producer Eileen Evans
Production Forced Entertainment
Coproduction Factory International, Hebbel Am Ufer, Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, PACT Zollverein, Spring Festival