Since 2016 the British theatre collective Forced Entertainment brings the complete works of Shakespeare onto the stage and presented them to more than 35,0000 people., including Mousonturm in 2018. After having spent weeks separated by the recent lockdown, Forced Entertainment came up with the idea of replaying all the dramas once more as a nine-week online series using whatever was already in their own kitchens. Whether “Macbeth” (17.09.), “Romeo and Julia” (24.09.) or „King John“ (25.09.), all are performed with a full miniature cast in table top-format starring water bottle, razor blade and pillbox. Watch it either from your own sofa and display or in company in the cozy lounge of Mousonturm via stream.
08.10. Richard II: Terry O’Connor
Richard II is the pilot episode for the Wars of the Roses series. A double helping of bad blood, intrigue and murder between rulers, rebels and allies. To be continued in Henry IV.
09.10. Henry IV Part 1: Jerry Killick
The series continues: Henry IV is on the throne. As the action moves between London, York, Bristol and Eastcheap Henry fights to reform the state, Falstaff fights poverty and Crown Prince Hal fights for his right to party. Part Two follows.
10.10. Henry IV Part 2: Jerry Killick
On with the series: while Henry IV can see his end approaching, Falstaff and Hal are getting into more trouble. However, when rebels threaten the throne, Hal suddenly remembers his duties as a statesman. Continued in Henry V.
11.10. Henry V: Claire Marshall
A lavish series ending: Hal is in power: instead of pubs he now goes looking for a fight with the church and embarks without God’s blessing on a hopeless war against France.
Infos
From the age of 15
Duration: 50 Min
Language: modern English
Livestream via FE-Youtube-Channel, afterwards available
For the streaming at Mousonturm Studio 1 please book a ticket (link above )
On 11.10. artist talk afterwards on Zoom, information on registration follows
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Konzept: Forced Entertainment
Performance: Robin Arthur, Jerry Killick, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshall, Cathy Naden, Terry O’Connor
Regie: Tim Etchells
Text: Robin Arthur, Tim Etchells, Jerry Killick, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshall, Cathy Naden, Terry O’Connor
Technische Umsetzung: Jim Harrison
A production by Forced Entertainment, financially supported by the following partners: Künstlerhaus Mousonturm; Kanuti Gildi SAAL; Kunstfestspiele Hannover; 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. Also presented as part of Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s 2020 Time-Based Art Festival.
As part of „DMT-Digitaler Mousonturm“ supported within the framework of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Funded by the Hessen State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts as part of the intergenerational outreach initiative ALL IN – FOR AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES.
