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Forced Entertainment in pictures

After the Sheffield company received the International Ibsen Award, we look at their works through the years

Editorial Staff
London

Sheffield-based theatre company Forced Entertainment were awarded the prestigious International Ibsen Award last weekend.

The International Ibsen Award recognises an individual, institution or organisation in art and culture that has made an extraordinary contribution to the spirit of Norwegian playwright Ibsen.

It was the first time the award was given to a UK resident artist and the first time the prize has gone to a group rather than an individual. To find out more about their work, click through the gallery above.

The boundary-breaking company have been making work since 1984. Made up of six artists – Robin Arthur, Tim Etchells (artistic director), Richard Lowdon (designer), Claire Marshall, Cathy Naden, Terry O'Connor – Forced Entertainment make installations, site-specific work, theatre and performance art that explores what performance means in today's world. Their recent Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare ran at the Barbican Theatre this year.