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.
15.10. Henry VI Part 1: Richard Lowdon
The Wars of the Roses: Series 2, Episode 1, with special guest star Joan of Arc. She leads the French army against the English and fights – in vain – with everything she’s got. Henry is briefly King of Paris.
16.10. Henry VI Part 2: Richard Lowdon
Episode 2: Politics as power. Power as politics. Caught between them: a weakening King Henry.
17.10. Henry VI Part 3: Richard Lowdon
Episode 3: Politics as naked terror. More revenge, brutality and destruction than in any other Shakespeare.
18.10. Richard III: Claire Marshall
The ultimate epilogue to the Wars of the Roses series: Richard revels in his role as a murderous villain until at the height of spinning his way to power ghosts from his past finally catch up with him.
Infos
From the age of 15
Duration: 50 Min
Language: modern English
Livestream via FE-Youtube-Channel, afterwards available
On 18.10. artist talk afterwards on Zoom, information on registration follows
Streaming at Mousonturm Studio 1 doesn't take place.
Sponsors and Supporters
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.
