Real Magic
Created 2016
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Forced Entertainment’s new performance Real Magic creates a world of absurd disconnection, struggle and comical repetition. To the sound of looped applause and canned laughter, a group of performers attempt an impossible illusion – part mind-reading feat, part cabaret act, part chaotic game show – in which they endlessly revisit moments of defeat, hope and anticipation. Caught in a world of second-chances and second-guesses, variations and changes, distortions and transformations, Real Magic takes the audience on a hallucinatory journey, creating a compelling performance about optimism, individual agency and the desire for change.
Real Magic sees regular Forced Entertainment performers Richard Lowdon and Claire Marshall, joined by Jerry Killick, who has worked with the group on numerous projects including Bloody Mess and And On The Thousandth Night…
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"The illusionary machinery of theatre operates at full speed. One cannot stop wondering. A celebration of playful acting."Deutschlandfunk
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Conceived and devised by the company
Director Tim Etchells
Devised and Performed by Jerry Killick, Richard Lowdon and Claire Marshall
Created with input from Robin Arthur and Cathy Naden
Lighting Design Jim Harrison
Design Richard Lowdon
Production Management Jim Harrison
Sound Technicians Greg Akenhurst, Doug Currie
Project Assistant Anna Krauss
Music Electronics & Sound Editing John Avery Loops Tim Etchells ‘Grave’, from Telemann Fantasia Number 1 in B-Flat Major Aisha Orazbayeva
Real Magic is a Forced Entertainment production. Co-produced by PACT Zollverein Essen, HAU Hebbel Am Ufer Berlin, Künsterlhaus Moustonturm Frankfurt, Tanzquartier Wien Vienna, ACCA Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, University of Sussex and the Spalding Gray Consortium – On the Boards Seattle, PS122 NYC, Walker Art Center Minneapolis and Warhol Museum Pittsburgh
Real Magic - PREVIOUS SHOWS
1 Dec 2023 - 2 Dec 2023
Joliette Theater Marseille, France
21 Sep 2023 - 22 Sep 2023
Maribor Puppet Theatre Slovenia
14 May 2023
14 May 2023
22 Oct 2022 - 23 Oct 2022
Toplocentrala, Sofia, Bulgaria
28 Apr 2022 - 29 Apr 2022
The MAC - Belfast International Festival Northern Ireland
22 Oct 2019 - 23 Oct 2019
Project Arts Centre, Dublin Theatre Festival, Ireland
8 Oct 2019 - 9 Oct 2019
Dimitria Festival , Thessaloniki, Greece
2 Oct 2019
Bundeskunst Halle, Bonn, Germany
6 Jun 2019
24 May 2019 - 25 May 2019
19 Mar 2019 - 21 Mar 2019
Théâtre Vidy, Lausanne, Switzerland
4 Dec 2018 - 7 Dec 2018
Festival de Otoño a Primavera, Madrid, Spain
23 Nov 2018 - 25 Nov 2018
Muenchner Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany
16 Nov 2018 - 17 Nov 2018
NEXT Festival, Kortrijk, Belgium
9 Nov 2018 - 10 Nov 2018
International Festival of Performing Arts Baltoscandal, Rakvere, Estonia
6 Jul 2018 - 7 Jul 2018
Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Norwich, Norfolk
26 May 2018
Maria Matos Teatro Municipal Lisbon, Portugal
2 Mar 2018 - 3 Mar 2018
Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, USA
25 Jan 2018 - 26 Jan 2018
18 Jan 2018 - 20 Jan 2018
7 Dec 2017 - 8 Dec 2017
29 Nov 2017 - 1 Dec 2017
22 Nov 2017 - 24 Nov 2017
Platform Theatre, King's Cross, London, UK
14 Nov 2017 - 18 Nov 2017
Cambridge Junction, Cambridge, UK
7 Nov 2017
Konfrontacje Festival Lublin, Poland
11 Oct 2017 - 12 Oct 2017
Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium
5 Oct 2017 - 6 Oct 2017
Humain Trop Humain, Montpellier, France
27 Sep 2017 - 28 Sep 2017
Festival d'Automne, Paris, France
18 Sep 2017 - 24 Sep 2017
Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh, UK
22 Aug 2017 - 27 Aug 2017
11 Aug 2017 - 13 Aug 2017
Battersea Arts Centre, London, UK
28 Jun 2017
Berliner Festspiele's Theatertreffen, Berlin, Germany
9 May 2017 - 11 May 2017
HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany
5 May 2017
Frascati, Amsterdam, Netherlands
16 Feb 2017 - 17 Feb 2017
In Between Time Festival Bristol UK
10 Feb 2017 - 11 Feb 2017
Wexner Centre for the Arts Columbus, Ohio, USA
14 Jan 2017 - 15 Jan 2017
Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, USA
11 Jan 2017
Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, USA
10 Jan 2017
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club NYC, USA
5 Jan 2017 - 8 Jan 2017
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Brighton UK
10 Nov 2016 - 11 Nov 2016
Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna, Austria
21 Oct 2016 - 22 Oct 2016
HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany
2 Jun 2016 - 4 Jun 2016
Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, Zurich, Switzerland
25 May 2016 - 26 May 2016
Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany
11 May 2016 - 13 May 2016
PACT Zollverein, Essen, Germany
4 May 2016 - 6 May 2016