Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare: At Home
- 2020
- At distance 2020
Can you do Shakespeare with a can and a brush? Yes, with the talent of the British company Forced Entertainment
Can you do Shakespeare with a can and a brush? Yes, with the talent of the British company Forced Entertainment
Who would have thought that in our kitchen or bathroom we have everything we need to put on Shakespeare’s plays? Can any object become a character? Maybe you’d also need a good narrator. This is no problem for the British company Forced Entertainment. Five years ago, their challenge was to perform all of Shakespeare’s plays with a table and everyday household utensils. With the experience of lockdown, they have adapted this idea to digital format. The audience watches the narrator at home, picking up a can of beer, a toothbrush or oil cruit and, returning to the table, using this domestic booty to perform the comedy or tragedy with lots of humour.
Artistic team
- Idea: Forced Entertainment
- Direction: Tim Etchells
- Adaptation: Robin Arthur, Tim Etchells, Jerry Killick, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshall, Cathy Naden and Terry O’Connor
- Actors: Robin Arthur, Jerry Killick, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshall, Cathy Naden and Terry O’Connor
- Production: Forced Entertainment
- With the support of: Kanuti Gildi SAAL; KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen; Künstlerhaus Mousonturm; The Mondavi Center, UC Davis; PACT Zollverein; Romaeuropa Festival; Shakespeare Festival Neuss; Stanford Live at Stanford University; UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance and UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures
- In collaboration with: Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s 2020 Time-Based Art Festival and Temporada Alta 2020
Calendar
All plays will be performed at 8pm (BST until 25th October/ GMT from 26th October)
17/09 Macbeth: Richard Lowdon
18/09 Pericles: Cathy Naden
19/09 The Merchant of Venice: Claire Marshall
20/09 A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Jerry Killick – followed by a post-show discussion
24/09 Romeo and Juliet: Terry O’Connor
25/09 King John: Cathy Naden
26/09 Titus Andronicus: Robin Arthur
27/09 Much Ado About Nothing: Richard Lowdon – followed by a post-show discussion
01/10 Hamlet: Terry O’Connor
02/10 Loves Labour’s Lost: Robin Arthur
03/10 The Winter’s Tale: Cathy Naden
04/10 All’s Well That Ends Well: Claire Marshall – followed by a post-show discussion
08/10 Richard II: Terry O’Connor
09/10 Henry IV Part 1: Jerry Killick
10/10 Henry IV Part 2: Jerry Killick
11/10 Henry V: Claire Marshall – followed by a post-show discussion
15/10 Henry VI Part 1: Richard Lowdon
16/10 Henry VI Part 2: Richard Lowdon
17/10 Henry VI Part 3: Richard Lowdon
18/10 Richard III: Claire Marshall – followed by a post-show discussion
22/10 Measure for Measure: Cathy Naden
23/10 Corialanus: Jerry Killick
24/10 The Merry Wives of Windsor: Terry O’Connor
25/10 King Lear: Robin Arthur- followed by a post-show discussion
29/10 Twelfth Night: Jerry Killick
30/10 Cymbeline: Terry O’Connor
31/10 Julius Caesar: Robin Arthur
01/11 Antony and Cleopatra: Cathy Naden – followed by a post-show discussion
05/11 Two Gentlemen of Verona: Claire Marshall
06/11 Troilus and Cressida: Jerry Killick
07/11 As You Like It: Robin Arthur
08/11 Othello: Cathy Naden – followed by a post-show discussion
12/11 Taming of the Shrew : Claire Marshall
13/11 The Comedy of Errors: Terry O’Connor
14/11 Timon of Athens: Robin Arthur
15/11 The Tempest: Richard Lowdon – followed by a post-show discussion
