Programme
Duration 40 ‘ / 60 ‘ for each show | English only performance
For the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, Romaeuropa Festival presents one of the most original and radical works by Forced Entertainment: Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare. More than just a “tour de force” through all of Shakespeare’s plays during a single week, the show is a genuine dramatic device that will see actors from the company reduce 36 plays into 40-60 minute performances, acted out on top of a 1 sqm table using normal everyday objects. A salt and pepper pot for the king and queen. A ruler for the prince. A spoon for the servant. A water bottle for the messenger…
Founded in 1984 in Sheffield, UK, and led by the charismatic Tim Etchells, Forced Entertainment captured international attention for its constant experimentation with forms and languages in a constant dialogue between the comic and the dramatic. The group has six stable members, in addition to numerous collaborators studying what theatre and performance mean for our contemporary society and the relationship between the stage and the audience.
Complete Works creates a dimension of intimacy and closeness to the spectator, exploring the strength of the narration and the power of Shakespearean language expressed by the silence of apparently inanimate objects. The wooden table becomes the arena of the audience’s imagination and the centre of their feelings. In the words of Tim Etchells, “If the comedies aren’t incredibly funny, it’s not really our problem – it’s more of Shakespeare’s problem”.
Complete schedule:
[symple_column size=”one-half” position=”first” fade_in=”false”] Saturday 8th15:00 Corialanus
Played by Jerry Killick
16:00 King John
Played by Cathy Naden
17:00 Macbeth
Played by Richard Lowdon
19:00 Loves Labour’s Lost
Played by Robin Arthur
20:00 Richard II
Played by Terry O’Connor
21:00 The Taming of the Shrew
Played by Claire Marshall
Sunday 9th
15:00 Timon of Athens
Played by Robin Arthur
16:00 Two Gentlemen of Verona
Played by Claire Marshall
17:00 Romeo and Juliet
Played by Terry O’Connor
19:00 Much Ado About Nothing
Played by Richard Lowdon
20:00 Henry IV – Part 1
Played by Jerry Killick
21:00 Antony and Cleopatra
Played by Cathy Naden
Tuesday 11th
19:00 Othello
Played by Cathy Naden
20:00 Henry IV – Part 2
Played by Jerry Killick
21:00 The Merchant of Venice
Played by Claire Marshall
Wednesday 12th
19:00 Julius Caesar
Played by Robin Arthur
20:00 Henry V
Played by Claire Marshall
21:00 Twelfth Night
Played by Jerry Killick
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19:00 Cymbeline
Played by Terry O’Connor
20:00 Henry VI – Part 1
Played by Richard Lowdon
21:00 As You Like It
Played by Robin Arthur
Friday 14th
19:00 Comedy of Errors
Played by Terry O’Connor
20:00 Henry VI – Part 2
Played by Richard Lowdon
21:00 Measure for Measure
Played by Cathy Naden
Saturday 15th
15:00 Titus Andronicus
Played by Robin Arthur
16:00 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Played by Jerry Killick
17:00 The Winter’s Tale
Played by Cathy Naden
19:00 All’s Well That Ends Well
Played by Claire Marshall
20:00 Henry VI – Part 3
Played by Richard Lowdon
21:00 Hamlet
Played by Terry O’Connor
Sunday 16th
15:00 Pericles
Played by Cathy Naden
16:00 The Merry Wives of Windsor
Played by Terry O’Connor
17:00 King Lear
Played by Robin Arthur
19:00 Troilus and Cressida
Played by Jerry Killick
20:00 Richard III
Played by Claire Marshall
21:00 The Tempest
Played by Richard Lowdon
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Concept, Mounting Forced Entertainment
Interpreters Robin Arthur, Jerry Killick, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshall, Cathy Naden, Terry O’Connor
Directors Tim Etchells Testi Robin Arthur, Tim Etchells, Jerry Killick, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshall, Cathy Naden, Terry O’Connor
Design Richard Lowdon
Spund, Lighting design Jim Harrison
Producer Jim Harrison
Production Forced Entertainment
Coproduction Berliner Festspiele – Foreign Affairs Festival, Berlin, Theaterfestival – Basel
Thanks RSC My Shakespeare initiative, which commissioned Be Stone No More di Tim Etchells, a first development of the project, and a thanks to everyone involved in this phase of the work.
Forced Entertainment is part of Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation
Photo © Hugo Glendinning
