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Tomorrow's Parties

TOMORROW'S PARTIES – Forced Entertainment

Theatre

In their performance “Tomorrow's Parties”, Forced Entertainment begin to work from the clichés of hope in narrative form. Writing and collecting small narratives concerning hope and optimism the company explores what it is to tell stories, the formulas of optimism and hope themselves and the pleasures of narrative as it twists and turns.

Presentations of Tomorrow's Parties:
  • Kampnagel, Hamburg (D): 24. – 26.8.2011
  • BIOS, Athen (GR): 30.9. – 2.10.2011
  • BIT, Bergen (N): 21. – 23.10.2011
  • Brut, Wien (A): 12. – 14.1.2012
  • Frascati, Amsterdam (NL): 17. & 18.1.2012
  • Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin (D): 2. & 3.3.2012
  • Kaaitheater, Brüssel (B): 28. – 31.3.2012
  • Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, Zürich (CH): 12. & 13.6.2012
  • Baltoscandal Festival, Rakvere (EST): 5. & 6.7.2012
  • Festival d'Avignon (F): 22. – 24.7.2012
  • Mungo Park, Kopenhagen (DK): 11. & 12.9.2012
  • Gruppe 38, Aarhus (DK): 14. & 15.9.2012
  • Campo, Gent (BE): 5. & 6.12.2012
  • EPIC du domaine d'O, Montpellier (F): 6. & 7.12.2012
  • The Monty, Anvers (BE): 7. & 8.12.2012
  • Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt (D): 20. & 21.12.2012
  • Nasa, Amsterdam (NL): 14.3.2013
  • Hellerau, Dresden (D): 19. & 20.4.2013
  • EXODUS, Ljubljana (SLO): 24.4.2013
  • Trafo, Budapest (Ungarn): 25. & 26.4.2013
  • Festival of Young Theatres in Russia, Omsk: 30. & 31.5.2013
  • Berliner Festspiele, Berlin (D): 13.7.2013
  • Mess Festival, Sarajevo (BIH): 3. & 4.10.2013
  • Tramway, Glasgow (UK): 11.10.2013
  • Live at LICA, Lancaster (UK): 15. & 16.10.2013
  • Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry (UK): 22. & 24.10.2013
  • The Junction, Cambridge (UK): 23.10.2013
  • Arnolfini, Bristol (UK): 25. & 26.10.2013
  • Contact, Manchester (UK): 30.10. & 1.11.2013
  • The Basement Brighton (UK): 7. & 8.11.2013
  • Phoenix Theater, Exeter (UK): 12.11.2013
  • The Performance Centre, Falmouth (UK): 14.11.2013
  • Battersea Arts Centre, London (UK): 19. – 23.11.2013
  • Project Arts Centre, Dublin (IRL): 21. & 23.11.2013

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Credits:

Concept: Robin Arthur, Tim Etchells, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshall, Cathy Naden and Terry O’Connor; with: Forced Entertainment; direction: Tim Etchells; design: Richard Lowdon; production: Ray Rennie, Francis Stevenson.

Tomorrow's Parties is a production of Belluard Bollwerk International made possible thanks to a contribution from the Canton of Fribourg to culture. Coproduction: BIT Teatergarasjen (Bergen), Internationales Sommerfestival (Hamburg), Kaaitheater (Brussels), Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt), Theaterhaus Gessnerallee (Zürich), Sheffield City Council. With the support of: Arts Council England, Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation.

image © Tim Etchells