Forced Entertainment in Gwangju, Korea

Asian Culture Center – Theater (ATT) Gwangju, Korea

Friday 27  & Saturday 28 November, 2015

In The Last Adventures, Forced Entertainment collaborate with Lebanese sound artist Tarek Atoui to create a compelling performance on an epic scale. Sounds swarm and storm in the air as performers in homemade costumes create a pageant of giant sea monsters, ghosts, fighting kings, marching robots and dancing trees. Before our eyes Forced Entertainment transform a haunted forest into a sky of portentous clouds, or the aftermath of a terrible war. Here and there recognisable characters surface from the chaos in strange juxtapositions, emerging onstage from the ruins of familiar stories, only to disappear in the very next moment.

Working with a cast of twelve international performers, artistic director Tim Etchells leads Forced Entertainment into challenging new territory. With recorded soundtrack mixing electronics from Atoui and live instrumentation from special guest musician, Charbel Harber, The Last Adventures is an intoxicating experience mixing fairy tales, science fiction, children’s picture books and epic myths.

Performers: Mark Etchells, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshall, Cathy Naden, Robin Arthur, Teja Reba, Bruno Roubicek, John Rowley, Kylie Walters, Phil Hayes, Nada Gambier, Reena Kalsi
Direction: Tim Etchells
Sound Artist: Tarek Atoui
Musician: Charbel Harber
Design: Richard Lowdon
Lighting Design: Nigel Edwards
Production: Jim Harrison