#forcedentertainment

The experimental theatre company named Forced Entertainment, to create work, combines discussion, improvisation and writing which enables their rehearsal process to become a creative laboratory “that discovers unexpected and inspiring answers to questions of life and art”. 

They will work with new ideas through improvisation and then once an idea that has potential has been identified they will further develop it. They do this through experimenting “with it, debate it, videotape it, watch it, adapt and edit it before trying it on an audience which can open up a whole new set of questions. with it, debate it, videotape it, watch it, adapt and edit it before trying it on an audience which can open up a whole new set of questions.”

Some of their past performances: 1984- Jessica in the Room of Lights (theatre performance), 1992- Cardboard Sign Photography (Photography), 1993- 12am: Awake and Looking Down ( Durational Performance), 1993- Red Room (Gallery/ Installation), 1994- Dreams’ Winter (Site-Specific Works), 1998- Filthy Words & Phrases (Film/Video), 1999 Spin (CD-ROM/Interactive), 2000- Hotel Binary (4-Channel Video Installation), 2016- Real Magic (Theatre)

Void Story - Forced Entertainment (Part 1)

Project Proposal – 16/11/15

Charlotte Goodlad, Jess Chaney, Simon Bedwell & Yanzhe Zhao

The performance will be held in Quad South Hall 15/1/16.

As a collective of four we will be collaborating in order to ask the questions; how much of a role can the audience have on a live piece of performance? Could the audience/text be considered the 5th performer? It is important to note that over the process these questions will develop to become more specific, they may even change completely dependent on our practical involvement.

We will attempt to answer these questions through the use of audience participation and an interactive stage design. The material will be formed through the use of recycling and reusing game strategies in order to encourage a playful dynamic between to collective. The notion of ‘recycling’ will have a major role within our process. By ‘recycle’ we mean collaborating with texts and materials that already exist in the world in order to produce a new image. We will recycle in order to resound to reform. Materials created thus far such as; scores, texts and structures will be used partly as starting points to begin making.

Conceptually we will attempt to achieve an amalgamation between the themes and languages from Macbeth as well as, considering collaboration as a concept in order to discuss political and militant current affairs. These are initial concepts and will become more specific and defined as the process continues.