Forced Entertainment
Real Magic

  • Wed 04.05.16 20 h
  • Thu 05.05.16 20 h
  • Fri 06.05.16 20 h

»Confounding conventions and exploding audience expectations« The Times

Forced Entertainment's new performance ›Real Magic‹ creates a world of absurd disconnection, struggle and comical repetition. To the sound of looped applause and canned laughter a group of performers take part in an impossible illusion - part mind-reading feat, part cabaret act, part chaotic game-show. Playing the same scene repeatedly, in a series of variations, changes, distortions and transformations ›Real Magic‹ takes the audience on a hallucinatory journey, creating a compelling performance about optimism, individual agency and the desire for change.

Conceived and devised by the company
Artistic Director: Tim Etchells
Performers (confirmed): Jerry Killick, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshall
Lighting Design: Jim Harrison
Design: Richard Lowdon

Production Management: Jim Harrison
Production: Forced Entertainment
Co-production: PACT Zollverein (Essen), HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt), Tanzquartier (Vienna), ACCA (The Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, University of Sussex) and the Spalding Gray Consortium – On the Boards (Seattle), PS122 (NYC), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis) and Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh)

 

www.forcedentertainment.com

 

Touring

02.12.2023, Le 140 Brussels, Belgium
01.12.2023, Le 140 Brussels, Belgium
22.09.2023, Joliette Theater Marseille, France
21.09.2023, Joliette Theater Marseille, France
14.05.2023, Tate Modern, London
14.05.2023, Maribor Puppet Theatre Slovenia
29.04.2022, Toplocentrala, Sofia (BG)
28.04.2022, Toplocentrala, Sofia (BG)
23.09.2019, The MAC – Belfast International Festival Northern Ireland, Belfast (IR)
22.09.2019, The MAC – Belfast International Festival Northern Ireland, Belfast (IR)
09.10.2019, Project Arts Centre, Dublin Theatre Festival, Dublin (IR)
08.10.2019, Project Arts Centre, Dublin Theatre Festival, Dublin (IR)
02.10.2019, Dimitria Festival , Thessaloniki (GR)
06.06.2019, Bundeskunst Halle, Bonn (DE)
25.05.2019, ILT Festival, Aarhus (DK)
24.05.2019, ILT Festival, Aarhus (DK)
21.03.2019, MiTsp. Sao Paulo (BR)
20.03.2019, MiTsp. Sao Paulo (BR)
19.03.2019, MiTsp. Sao Paulo (BR)
07.12.2018, Théâtre Vidy, Lausanne (CH)
06.12.2018, Théâtre Vidy, Lausanne (CH)
05.12.2018, Théâtre Vidy, Lausanne (CH)
04.12.2018, Théâtre Vidy, Lausanne (CH)
25.11.2018, Festival de Otoño a Primavera, Madrid (ES)
24.11.2018, Festival de Otoño a Primavera, Madrid (ES)
23.11.2018, Festival de Otoño a Primavera, Madrid (ES)
17.11.2018, Münchner Kammerspiele, München (DE)
16.11.2018, Münchner Kammerspiele, München (DE)
10.11.2018, NEXT Festival, Kortrijk (BE)
09.11.2018, NEXT Festival, Kortrijk (BE)
07.07.2018, International Festival of Performing Arts Baltoscandal, Rakvere (EE)
06.07.2018, International Festival of Performing Arts Baltoscandal, Rakvere (EE)
26.05.2018, Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Norwich, Norfolk (GB)
03.03.2018, Maria Matos Teatro Municipal Lisbon (PT)
02.03.2018, Maria Matos Teatro Municipal Lisbon (PT)
26.01.2018, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis (US)
25.01.2018, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis (US)
20.01.2018, On The Boards, Seattle (US)
19.01.2018, On The Boards, Seattle (US)
18.01.2018, On The Boards, Seattle (US)
08.12.2017, CAMPO, Gent (BE)
07.12.2017, CAMPO, Gent (BE)
01.12.2017, HOME, Manchester (GB)
30.11.2017, HOME, Manchester (GB)
29.11.2017, HOME, Manchester (GB)
24.11.2017, mac, Birmingham (GB)
23.11.2017, mac, Birmingham (GB)
22.11.2017, mac, Birmingham (GB)
18.11.2017, Platform Theatre, King's Cross, London (GB)
17.11.2017, Platform Theatre, King's Cross, London (GB)
16.11.2017, Platform Theatre, King's Cross, London (GB)
15.11.2017, Platform Theatre, King's Cross, London (GB)
14.11.2017, Platform Theatre, King's Cross, London (GB)
07.11.2017, Cambridge Junction, Cambridge (GB)
12.10.2017, Konfrontacje Festival, Lublin (PL)
11.10.2017, Konfrontacje Festival, Lublin (PL)
06.10.2017, Kaaitheater, Brüssel (BE)
05.10.2017, Kaaitheater, Brüssel (BE)
28.09.2017, Humain Trop Humain, Montpellier (FR)
27.09.2017, Humain Trop Humain, Montpellier (FR)
24.09.2017, Festival d'Automne, Paris (FR)
23.09.2017, Festival d'Automne, Paris (FR)
22.09.2017, Festival d'Automne, Paris (FR)
21.09.2017, Festival d'Automne, Paris (FR)
20.09.2017, Festival d'Automne, Paris (FR)
19.09.2017, Festival d'Automne, Paris (FR)
18.09.2017, Festival d'Automne, Paris (FR)
27.08.2017, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh (GB)
26.08.2017, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh (GB)
25.08.2017, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh (GB)
24.08.2017, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh (GB)
23.08.2017, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh (GB)
22.08.2017, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh (GB)
13.08.2017, Kampnagel, Hamburg (DE)
12.08.2017, Kampnagel, Hamburg (DE)
11.08.2017, Kampnagel, Hamburg (DE)
28.06.2017, Battersea Arts Centre, London (GB)
11.05.2017, Berliner Festspiele Theatertreffen, Berlin (DE)
10.05.2017, Berliner Festspiele Theatertreffen, Berlin (DE)
09.05.2017, Berliner Festspiele Theatertreffen, Berlin (DE)
05.05.2017, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin (DE)
17.02.2017, Frascati, Amsterdam (NL)
16.02.2017, Frascati, Amsterdam (NL)
11.02.2017, In Between Time Festival Bristol, Bristol (GB)
10.02.2017, In Between Time Festival Bristol, Bristol (GB)
15.01.2017, Wexner Centre for the Arts Columbus, Ohio (US)
14.01.2017, Wexner Centre for the Arts Columbus, Ohio (US)
11.01.2017, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh (US)
10.01.2017, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh (US)
08.01.2017, P.S.122’s Coil 2017 Festival, Nw York (US)
07.01.2017, P.S.122’s Coil 2017 Festival, Nw York (US)
06.01.2017, P.S.122’s Coil 2017 Festival, Nw York (US)
05.01.2017, P.S.122’s Coil 2017 Festival, Nw York (US)
11.11.2016, Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Brighton (GB)
10.11.2016, Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Brighton (GB)
22.10.2016, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna (AT)
21.10.2016, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna (AT)
04.06.2016, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin (DE)
03.06.2016, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin (DE)
02.06.2016, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin (DE)
26.05.2016, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, Zürich (CH)
25.05.2016, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, Zürich (CH)
13.05.2016, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt a.M. (DE)
12.05.2016, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt a.M. (DE)
11.05.2016, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt a.M. (DE)
06.05.2016, PACT Zollverein, Essen (DE)
05.05.2016, PACT Zollverein, Essen (DE)
04.05.2016, PACT Zollverein, Essen (DE)
09.04.2016, Unity Theatre, Liverpool (GB)
08.04.2016, Unity Theatre, Liverpool (GB)

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