SIZE OF COMPANY
3–13 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to large

PERMANENT STAFF
General Manager (Management Team)
Eileen Evans
Marketing Manager (Management Team)
Sarah Cockburn
Administrator (Management Team)
Gareth James
Administrative Assistant  (Management Team)
Natalie Simpson
Artistic Director (Creative Team)
Tim Etchells
Creative Team
Robin Arthur
Designer (Creative Team)
Richard Lowdon
Creative Team
Claire Marshall
Creative Team
Cathy Naden
Creative Team
Terry O’Connor

ARTISTIC POLICY
Founded in 1984, Forced Entertainment is foremost among UK artists working in contemporary performance and theatre. The group has developed a style of its own to discuss contemporary life in its joys and complexities, and to explore the relationship between audience and performer. It makes work that is engaging, challenging, and surprising, and explores the possibilities of what performance might be.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
One of the greatest British theatrical exports of the past 20 years...It is [their] ability to smash through the pretences of theatre that has kept the company ahead of the game.
The Guardian
Pulling the rug from under theatregoers’ feet for 20 years... confounding conventions and exploding audience expectations.
The Times
A decidedly different 'good night out'.
The Times ****’

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Quizoola!
Performed by a team of three actors in smeared clown makeup, Quizoola! is about the need for knowledge, certainty and definition through language. (360 mins (audience come and go as they please), 3 on stage, 4 on the road.)
Spectacular
Simple, logical, absurd, impossible and humorous by turns, Spectacular is Forced Entertainment's provocative and playful new work. Contains some strong language. (75 mins, 2 on stage, 3 on the road.)
Exquisite Pain
An extraordinarily intimate performance based on a project by renowned French artist Sophie Calle. About love, loss, and the stories we tell ourselves when things go wrong. (120 mins, 2 on stage, 3 on the road.)
The World in Pictures
A mock-epic theatrical picture-book of the history of man snakes its shambolic and comical way from the cave to shopping mall. Contains strong language and nudity. (120 mins, 8 on stage, 11 on the road.)
Bloody Mess
A group of disconnected characters, stories and performances combine to create a whole that is intelligent, darkly comic and unexpectedly moving. Contains strong language and nudity. (130 mins, 10 on stage, 13 on the road.)

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Void Story
Follows a beleaguered pair of protagonists on a rollercoaster ride through the decimated remains of contemporary culture. Navigating one terrible cityscape after another, via a far away planet, a futuristic prison and an underground network of tunnels, they come into end to a dangerous shanty town at the centre a night so intense that there are no stars to be seen. (touring details tbc)

WRAP-AROUND
Workshops and talks with company members can be arranged on request; educational videos, text packs, and CD-ROMs for practical work are also available.    

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2008 Columbia, Sweden, Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Denmark, America, Belgium, Korea: Exquisite Pain/Bloody Mess/Spectacular/Quizoola!
2007 Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland: The World in Pictures/Exquisite Pain/Bloody Mess
2006 Austria, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Portugal: Exquisite Pain/Bloody Mess

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request