We are in play of some kind. Or a TV soap. Everything is a joke, but nothing is funny. Or everything is funny, and nothing is a joke.  Cold Sweat, a new show from Forced Entertainment. 21-22 Nov La Commune, Aubervilliers 4-6 Dec Konträr, Stockholm @kontrarsthlm @theatredelacommune

Next week (Mon 3 Nov) you can see our own @Terryoconnorfe in Jérôme Bel by Jérôme Bel. One of the most important international dance artists of the past 30 years, French choreographer Jérôme Bel presents a career retrospective he calls his “auto-bio-choreo-graphy.”

Imagine you can travel through time. Backwards and Forwards. What would you do?

The set for Signal to Noise was lovingly crafted by @autumnmeteorite festival in Tokyo ready for when we arrived. It's astonishing and disconcerting to find the set in situ - everything the same but just a little bit different.  The festival will repurpose all the elements after the run has ended.

Opening tonight, Signal to Noise is at Autumn Meteorite Festival in Tokyo. Same-day tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis starting 60 minutes before the performance at the venue - https://autumnmeteorite.jp/en/news/inseki20250929.

Imagine you can travel through time. Backwards and Forwards. What would you do?

There is an exceptional opportunity top see FE founder member, Terry O'Connor playing Jérôme Bel in the Sheffield production of his career retrospective called his ‘auto-bio-choreo-graphy’. For ecological reasons, Bel no longer tours, instead he is played by a different performer in each location.

Signal to Noise is part of @autumnmeteorite in Tokyo this October. An upbeat spectacle which is slowly breaking apart, Signal to Noise summons a delirious late-night churn of fragments – dances, rehearsals, altercations and unexpected weather reports.  https://bit.ly/AMeteorite

Signal to Noise will be part of Autumn Meteorite in Tokyo this October. An upbeat spectacle, breaking apart, Signal to Noise summons a delirious late-night churn of fragments – dances, rehearsals, altercations, scenery changes and unexpected weather reports.  🎟️https://bit.ly/AMeteorite

Wigs, chairs and tinsel - another day back in the rehearsal room. #FENewWork #FERehearsal

Back in the rehearsal room .  . . featuring the usual suspects. #FERehearsal #NewWork

We're delighted to be entering a new relationship with @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social as an Associate Company, alongside @rootsmbili, @sbc_theatre and @_thebareproject.

We’re thrilled to welcome four local Associate Companies to Sheffield Theatres! Forced Entertainment, Roots Mbili Theatre, Stand & Be Counted Theatre and The Bare Project will work with the support of Sheffield Theatres in the development of their projects. 📰 bit.ly/3VBKKLO

Speaking to @chortle.bsky.social   from his sell-out Edinburgh show 'Touch Me Not', comedian Sam Williams shares his love of Forced Entertainment's work. He's picked some cracking shows from our archive to talk about, including Showtime and Speak Bitterness.

Last week we enjoyed a 2-day workshop with the fabulous young people from @sayitsheffield. We had loads of fun working with big questions, songs and movement and of course, karaoke! We were also joined by @garyclarkeco and are looking forward to our trip to see their show, Detention, in September.

Congratulations to all the young people involved in yesterday’s performance of FACETIMES as part of the Together! Festival @SheffieldTheatres. You smashed it! @elementsociety #congratulations #youdidit #DreamArts

Our brilliant group of young people from @elementsociety will be sharing a brand new show, Facetimes on Friday 1 August at 2:30pm.  For more information about Together Festival and to reserve your FREE tickets, go to bit.ly/449EbEa We can't wait to see you there!

This Friday you can see FACETIMES created by young people’s group, Dream Arts working with Forced Entertainment and @elementsociety. The event takes is part of the Together! Festival @SheffieldTheatres. Tickets are free but you need to book.  www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/events/facetimes

This Friday you can see FACETIMES created by young people’s arts group, Dream Arts working with Forced Entertainment and @elementsociety. Part of the Together! Festival @SheffieldTheatres - tickets for FACETIMES are free but you need to book.  www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/events/facetimes

If you are interested in our collaborative practice, this video is a great place to start. And watch our socials for updates on our project with @elementsociety as part of the Together Festival with @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social  https://youtu.be/6WmtNkzODVw?si=HP1NjnlvvLBTbdUb

Calling all Drama Teachers! 📣 Did you know you can book a Forced Entertainment workshop to support your students?  Devising is in our DNA and as a suggested practitioner in the Devising component of Edexcel’s A Level Drama and Theatre syllabus, we’re always happy to share the FE approach.

Tomorrow we wrap - all 36 of Shakespeare's plays performed on a 1m table top using common household items as characters.  3pm Antony & Cleopatra 4pm Richard II 5pm The Tempest https://2025.rising.melbourne/program/complete-works-table-top-shakespeare?tab=session-details

Tim in Pula for Portrait of an Author, part of @in.hr_agenzia_per_il_lavoro. Today and tomorrow, @Ti_Etchells will present a series of works, including a performance with @SekeChim. Find out more https://www.ink.hr/tim-etchells-u-puli-britanski-umjetnik-i-pisac-lice-manifestacije-portret-autora/

Tomorrow is packed with 6 performances of Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare at @rising.melbourne. In Complete Works performers create condensed versions of Shakespeare's plays, comically and intimately retelling them, using a collection of everyday objects on the one metre stage of a table top.

Friday night is a lighter programme of Table Top Shakespeare's @rising.melbourne. Enjoy The Comedy of Errors, Henry VI pt 2 (OK, this one might be a bit darker 😉) and the luminous classic, A Midsummer Night's Dream. The festival has special offers for people who attend more than one event.👏👏👏👏

Tomorrow evening you can get absorbed by 3 of Shakespeare's most dramatic and violent plays - Julius Caesar, Henry VI Pt 1 and The Merchant of Venice. All told in Forced Entertainment's unique style on a 1m table top. https://2025.rising.melbourne/program/complete-works-table-top-shakespeare

Tomorrow’s Parties is a playful, poignant and delirious look forwards to futures both possible and impossible.  See it 15-16 May @theatregaronne ⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Unbearably sad yet absurdly optimistic ” The Guardian 🎟️www.theatregaronne.com/spectacle/2024-2025/tomorrow-s-parties

“This is truly wonderful, innovative theatre that brings the wildly original stories of Shakespeare to audiences with any elitist trappings stripped away.” Rachel Mead, InDaily 11.03.25

Signal to Noise @thlavignette 1-3 Apr An upbeat spectacle which is slowly breaking apart, Signal to Noise summons a delirious late-night churn of fragments – dances, rehearsals, altercations, scenery changes and unexpected weather reports.  🎟️http://bit.ly/3XsVPjV

We're delighted that the whole cast for Complete Works:Table Top Shakespeare have arrived in Australia. It's a huge cast and we have done well to have had no breakages and nothing was squashed or crumpled.  Looking forward to opening with Coriolanus on 8 Mar @AdelaideFestival #fecompleteworks

This Spring we return to performing Table Top Shakespeare - a series of intimate  miniatures, played out on a one metre table-top using a collection of everyday objects.  Adelaide Festival 8 - 16 Mar Ten Days on the Island, Tasmania 21 - 23 Mar https://www.forcedentertainment.com/tour-dates/

Vote for us! We're delighted that Signal to Noise has been nominated for the @nachtkritik.bsky.social  2025 Theatre Awards. You've only got until the 15th to vote . . .   https://nachtkritik.de/interview2/nachtkritik-theatertreffen/nachtkritik-theatertreffen-2025-die-nominierten

“Tomorrow Maybe” premieres at Beykoz Kundura on 25 Jan Get ready for a dreamy and touching journey into the unknown future. Starring Aslı İçözü and Şerif Erol , directed by Ayşe Draz, “Yarın Belki de” is an adaptation of Forced Entertainment’s classic “Tomorrow’s Parties”.

Vote for us! We're delighted that Signal to Noise has been nominated for the @nachtkritik.bsky.social 2025 Theatre Awards. You've only got until the 15th to vote . . .   https://nachtkritik.de/interview2/nachtkritik-theatertreffen/nachtkritik-theatertreffen-2025-die-nominierten

It's fantastic that 'Signal to Noise' has nominated for the Nachtkritik-Theatertreffen 2025. Please help support the work by voting for the project. Voting closes 15th Jan. https://bit.ly/3PrGMmc Pic: Hugo Glendinning.

We are delighted to have been shortlisted for The Stage Awards 2025 in the International category, saying