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Spectacular archiveA lone performer takes to the stage, explaining that the show we're watching is somehow different tonight. The atmosphere is different, his entrance was off, the lights are wrong, some scenery is missing, some performers are absent. The tone is all wrong. Things are somehow falling to pieces, or maybe things are just now falling into place. The audience reaction, our protagonist says, is not quite what he expected, not quite what he's used to. Perhaps the fact he is dressed as a skeleton has something to do with it. Intimate and comical, Forced Entertainment's Spectacular slowly and seductively winds the audience into the world of a missing performance. Our skeleton host seems relaxed about it, cracking jokes, staying chatty and amiable. But still something's wrong. The fact that the next performer who comes on-stage is caught up in some long, melodramatic and agonised death scene may also explain the shift in tone. Co-production Partners - BIT Teatergarasgen (Bergen) - Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin) - PACT Zollverein (Essen) - Les Spectacles vivants - Centre Pompidou (Paris) - Theatre Garonne (Toulouse) - Tramway (Glasgow). Run time 1 hour 15 minutes with no interval.

Cast/Performers

Robin Arthur, Claire Marshall

Creatives/Company

Company: Forced Entertainment
Director: Tim Etchells
Design: Richard Lowdon
Lighting: Nigel Edwards

Spectacular

Spectacular (Play) production archive for QTIX code T01230619630. Details of all Spectacular archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S224698357

Archive Listings

13 May 09Oxford Playhouse
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Performance Details => Venue archive
4 Apr 09Sheffield Theatres
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Performance Details => Venue archive
4 Dec 08
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6 Dec 08
The Tramway
Glasgow
Performance Details => Venue archive
28 Nov 08
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29 Nov 08
Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre
Taunton, Somerset
Performance Details => Venue archive
18 Nov 08
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22 Nov 08
Contact Theatre
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Performance Details => Venue archive
6 Nov 08
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15 Nov 08
Riverside Studios
Outer London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive
21 Oct 08
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22 Oct 08
Lancaster Arts
Lancaster, Lancashire
Performance Details => Venue archive
16 Oct 08
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17 Oct 08
Warwick Arts Centre
Coventry, West Midlands
Performance Details => Venue archive

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.
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