| NYU Skirball Presents FORCED ENTERTAINMENT Theater Company: “Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare” | |
| Posted by: annelaurencarr (helenedavispublicrelationsny@gmail.com) 04:46 pm EDT 07/14/18 | |
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| NYU Skirball’s 2018-19 season will open at midnight on September 8, 2018 with two New York premieres from Forced Entertainment, one of the U.K.’s most exciting experimental theater companies: And on the Thousandth Night…an overnight fairytale of epic proportions. It will be followed by Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare, a six-night retelling of the entire Shakespearean canon – with everyday household objects standing in for the heroes and heroines, running from September 11 - September 16. COMPLETE WORKS: TABLE TOP SHAKESPEARE Tuesday, September 11 – Sunday, September 16 A salt and pepper shaker for the king and queen. A ruler for the prince. A spoon for the servant. Lighter fluid for the Innkeeper. A water bottle for the messenger. One by one, Forced Entertainment performers condense every Shakespeare play ever written into a series of 36 intimate and lovingly made miniatures, played out on an everyday table-top using a collection of un-extraordinary everyday objects. The stories of the plays vividly come to life over six nights, as the act of storytelling and theater itself is celebrated. Forced Entertainment has long had an obsession with virtual or described performance, exploring in different ways over the years the possibilities of conjuring extraordinary scenes, images and narratives using language alone. In a brand-new direction for the company, Complete Works explores the dynamic force of narrative in a simple and idiosyncratic summary of Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, histories and late plays, creating worlds as vivid as they are strange. Video trailer: Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare Tickets for each play are $10; a four-play discount is available for $30. (See below for complete schedule). About the Company Forced Entertainment, based in Sheffield, U.K., was founded in 1984 by six theater artists who have sustained a unique collaborative practice for more than thirty years, confirming their position as trailblazers in contemporary theater. Touring and presenting their ground-breaking provocative performances across the UK, mainland Europe, North America, Japan, Australia and further afield, the group produces work that explores and often explodes the conventions of genre, narrative and theater itself, drawing influence not just from drama but from dance, performance art, music culture and popular forms such as cabaret and stand-up. The company’s substantial canon of work reflects an interest in the mechanics of performance, the role of the audience and the machinations of contemporary urban life. Its trademark collaborative process – devising work as a group through improvisation, experimentation and debate – has made them pioneers of British avant-garde theater and earned them an unparalleled international reputation. www.forcedentertainment.com/ THE SCHEDULE Tuesday, September 11 6:30 pm Antony and Cleopatra 7:30 pm The Merchant of Venice 8:30 pm Richard II 9:30 pm As You Like It Wednesday, September 12 6:30 pm Taming of the Shrew 7:30 pm Henry IV Part 1 8:30 pm Henry IV Part 2 9:30 pm Much Ado About Nothing Thursday September 13 6:30 pm Henry V 7:30 pm Pericles 8:30 pm The Comedy of Errors 9:30 pm King Lear Friday, September 14 6:30 pm Henry VI Part1 7:30 pm Henry VI Part 2 8:30 pm Henry VI Part 3 9:30 pm Twelfth Night Saturday, September 15, matinee 11:00 am Othello 12:00 pm Love’s Labour’s Lost 1:00 pm Coriolanus 2:00 pm The Merry Wives of Windsor 3:00 pm Macbeth Saturday, September 15, evening 5:00 pm Richard III 6:00 pm Troilus and Cressida 7:00 pm Julius Caesar 8:00 pm The Winter’s Tale 9:00 pm Hamlet Sunday, September 16, matinee 11:00 am Titus Andronicus 12:00 pm Cymbeline 1:00 pm All’s Well That Ends Well 2:00 pm King John 3:00 pm A Midsummer Night’s Dream Sunday, September 16, evening 5:00 pm Romeo and Juliet 6:00 pm Timon of Athens 7:00 pm Measure for Measure 8:00 pm Two Gentlemen of Verona 9:00 pm The Tempest TICKETS Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare: September 11 – September 16 (see schedule, above). Tickets for each play are $10; a four-play discount is available for $30. Tickets can be purchased online at www.nyuskirball.org, by phone at 212.998.4941, or in person at the Box Office, 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square: Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00–6:00 P.M. NYU Skirball is located at 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square, New York, New York 10012. www.nyuskirball.org About NYU Skirball NYU Skirball, located in the heart of Greenwich Village, is one of New York City’s major presenters of international work, and has been the premier venue for cultural and performing arts events in lower Manhattan since 2003. The 800-seat theater, led by Director Jay Wegman, provides a home for internationally renowned artists, innovators and thinkers. NYU Skirball hosts over 300 events annually, from re-inventions of the classics to cutting-edge premieres, in genres ranging from dance, theater and performance arts to comedy, music and film. NYU Skirball’s unique partnership with New York University enables it to draw on the University’s intellectual riches and resources to enhance its programming with dialogues, public forums and conversations with artists, philosophers, scientists, Nobel Laureates and journalists. Jay Wegman is the Director of NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Prior to Skirball, he served as Director of the Abrons Art Center for ten years. During his tenure, Abrons was awarded various honors, including a 2014 OBIE Award for Innovative Excellence and a 2015 Bessie Award for Best Production. He was also a Fellow at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and for over a decade served as the first Canon for Liturgy and the Arts at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. He is the recipient of the 2015 FRANKY award for “making a long-term, extraordinary impact on contemporary theatre and performance in New York City.” While not a performer, he has appeared in Brian Roger’s film “Screamers” (2018), Sibyl Kempson’s “12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens” (2017), and “Romper Room” (1969). Jay is a graduate of Yale University. www.nyuskirball.org. Subways: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to West 4th St.; R & W to 8th Street; 6 to Astor Place. Programs, artists and ticket prices are subject to change. Video: Credit - Hugo Glendinning |
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