Forced Entertainment

In this the second world premiere of the season at PACT Zollverein, Forced Entertainment, the global forerunners of experimental theatre, try to tell something like a ghost story that is resolutely too big for the stage.Using elements of naïve dance, live music (for the first time) and clumsy theatrical tricks reminiscent of amateur dramatics and puppet theatre, the seven performers desperately attempt to illustrate this dark and haunting tale.

Trailer ›The Coming Storm‹

Direction: Tim Etchells
Concept: The company
Performers: Robin Arthur, Phil Hayes, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshall, Cathy Naden, Terry O’ConnorDesign: Richard LowdonLighting Design: Nigel EdwardsMusic and Sound: John AveryDirector’s Assistant: Hester Chillingworth

Production: Ray Rennie and Francis StevensonCo-producers: PACT Zollverein, Essen; Festival Avignon; Theaterhaus Gessneralle, Zurich; Tanzquartier, Vienna; Les Spectacles Vivants - Centre Pompidou, Paris; Festival d'Automne à Paris; LIFT, London; BAC, London; Sheffield City Council

Forced Entertainment is regularly funded by Arts Council England

www.forcedentertainment.com

Touring

21.09.2016, International Ibsen Festival, Oslo (NO)20.09.2016, International Ibsen Festival, Oslo (NO)31.10.2015, Z-Arts, Manchester (GB)24.10.2015, Stockhom Finge Festival, Stockholm (SE)21.03.2014, Culturgest, Lissabon (PT)20.03.2014, Culturgest, Lissabon (PT)19.03.2014, Culturgest, Lissabon (PT)01.12.2013, Nishi-Sugamo Arts Factory, Tokio (JP)30.11.2013, Nishi-Sugamo Arts Factory, Tokio (JP)29.11.2013, Nishi-Sugamo Arts Factory, Tokio (JP)26.11.2013, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield (GB)09.11.2013, Chassé Theater, Breda (NL)10.10.2013, Tramway, Glasgow (GB)24.09.2013, Zagreb Youth Theatre, Zagreb (HR)23.09.2013, Zagreb Youth Theatre, Zagreb (HR)07.03.2013, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin (DE)06.03.2013, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin (DE)05.03.2013, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin (DE)02.03.2013, Frascati, Amsterdam (NL)01.03.2013, Frascati, Amsterdam (NL)01.02.2013, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales (GB)31.01.2013, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales (GB)01.12.2012, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)30.11.2012, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)29.11.2012, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)28.11.2012, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)27.11.2012, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)26.11.2012, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)25.11.2012, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)24.11.2012, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)23.11.2012, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)22.11.2012, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)21.11.2012, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)20.11.2012, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)16.11.2012, Contact, Manchester (GB)15.11.2012, Contact, Manchester (GB)14.11.2012, Contact, Manchester (GB)07.11.2012, Warwick Arts Centre (GB)06.11.2012, Warwick Arts Centre (GB)02.11.2012, SPILL Festival of Performance, New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich (GB)30.10.2012, Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster (GB)29.10.2012, Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster (GB)24.10.2012, Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield (GB)21.10.2012, Festival d'Automne, Paris (FR)20.10.2012, Festival d'Automne, Paris (FR)19.10.2012, Festival d'Automne, Paris (FR)18.10.2012, Festival d'Automne, Paris (FR)12.10.2012, Samuel Beckett Theater, Dublin (IR)11.10.2012, Samuel Beckett Theater, Dublin (IR)06.10.2012, Tanzquartier, Wien (AT)05.10.2012, Tanzquartier, Wien (AT)27.07.2012, Festival d'Avignon, Avignon (FR)26.07.2012, Festival d'Avignon, Avignon (FR)25.07.2012, Festival d'Avignon, Avignon (FR)24.07.2012, Festival d'Avignon, Avignon (FR)23.07.2012, Festival d'Avignon, Avignon (FR)22.07.2012, Festival d'Avignon, Avignon (FR)21.07.2012, Festival d'Avignon, Avignon (FR)20.07.2012, Festival d'Avignon, Avignon (FR)19.07.2012, Festival d'Avignon, Avignon (FR)23.06.2012, LIFT Festival, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)22.06.2012, LIFT Festival, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)21.06.2012, LIFT Festival, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)20.06.2012, LIFT Festival, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)19.06.2012, LIFT Festival, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)15.06.2012, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, Zürich (CH)15.06.2012, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, Zürich (CH)06.06.2012, Festival Theaterformen, Hannover (DE)05.06.2012, Festival Theaterformen, Hannover (DE)25.05.2012, PACT Zollverein, Essen (DE)24.05.2012, PACT Zollverein, Essen (DE)23.05.2012, PACT Zollverein, Essen (DE)