Forced Entertainment to live-stream Complete Works
(© Hugo Glendinning)
Award-winning theatre company Forced Entertainment will live-stream their show Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare in September.
Over nine days at the Theaterfestival Basel, Forced Entertainment will stage all of Shakespeare's works on a table top. The show uses everyday domestic items including pepper pots, knives and forks to represent the characters in all of the Bard's plays. The piece has six performers create condensed versions of the pieces.
Complete Works sold out at the Barbican in March and plays as part of the festival in Basel from 1 to 9 September. The British Council, Forced Entertainment and the festival will all be live-streaming the performances from their websites.
It was announced earlier this year that the Sheffield-based company will be the first ever UK recipient of the prestigious International Ibsen Award and will be given at the International Ibsen Festival between 20 and 24 September.
