Tomorrow’s Parties
Created 2011
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Tomorrow’s Parties is a playful, poignant and at times delirious look forwards to futures both possible and impossible. On a stage framed by coloured fairground lights, this seemingly minimal performance soon reveals itself as a low-fi theatrical explosion. Two performers enjoy the pleasure of invention as their suppositions take them in different directions.
From utopian and dystopian visions, science fiction scenarios, political nightmares and absurd fantasies, Forced Entertainment deliver a thought-provoking survey of hopes and fears as they speculate about what the future might bring.
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"unbearably sad yet absurdly optimistic ★★★★"The Guardian
"Razor-sharp accuracy and wit".Dig Yorkshire
"Exquisitely crafted, humorous yet never facile, Tomorrow's Parties haunts the thoughts: outstanding."The Herald
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Conceived and devised by the company.
Performers Robin Arthur, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshall, Cathy Naden and Terry O’Connor
Guest performers Gareth Brierley, Jerry Killick
Direction Tim Etchells
Design Richard Lowdon
Lighting Design Francis Stevenson
Production Management Ray Rennie, Jim Harrison
Tomorrow’s Parties is a Forced Entertainment production
Commissioned by Belluard Bollwerk International Fribourg. Co-produced by BIT Teatergarasjen Bergen, Internationale Sommerfestival Hamburg, Kaaitheater Brussels, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zurich. With the support of Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation and Sheffield City Council
UPCOMING SHOWS
15 May 2025
- 16 May 2025
Théâtre Garonne, Toulouse, France
Tomorrow’s Parties - PREVIOUS SHOWS
Toplocentrala, Sofia, Bulgaria
30 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2023
29 Nov 2022 - 30 Nov 2022
20 Jun 2022 - 21 Jun 2022
11 Jun 2022
Festival d'Automne, Paris, France
28 Sep 2021 - 3 Oct 2021
Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, Austria
23 Sep 2021 - 25 Sep 2021
21 Jan 2018
23 Nov 2017 - 25 Nov 2017
20 Oct 2017
Wexner Centre for the Arts Columbus, Ohio, USA
13 Jan 2017
17 Nov 2016 - 18 Nov 2016
Crossing The Line Festival New York, USA
28 Sep 2016 - 1 Oct 2016
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, Wales
11 Mar 2016
Sydney Festival, Sydney, Australia
22 Jan 2016 - 24 Jan 2016
Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, UK
24 Aug 2015 - 29 Aug 2015
Malta Festival, Poznan, Poland
20 Jun 2015 - 21 Jun 2015
Theater im Pumpenhaus, Munster, Germany
16 May 2015
Festival de Otoño a Primavera, Madrid, Spain
19 Feb 2015 - 21 Feb 2015
16 Oct 2014
Quarterhouse, Folkstone, England
19 Sep 2014 - 20 Sep 2014
Korjaamo Culture Factory, Helsinki, Finland
13 Aug 2014 - 14 Aug 2014
Republique, Copenhagen, Denmark
19 Jun 2014 - 20 Jun 2014
Folkteatern, Gothenburg, Sweden
13 Jun 2014
22 May 2014 - 23 May 2014
Studiobühne Köln, Cologne, Germany
16 May 2014 - 17 May 2014
HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany
9 Apr 2014
Maria Matos Teatro Municipal Lisbon, Portugal
9 Jan 2014 - 11 Jan 2014
Project Arts Centre, Dublin Theatre Festival, Ireland
21 Nov 2013 - 23 Nov 2013
Battersea Arts Centre, London, UK
19 Nov 2013 - 23 Nov 2013
The Performance Centre, Falmouth, England
14 Nov 2013
Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, England
12 Nov 2013
The Basement, Brighton, England
6 Nov 2013 - 7 Nov 2013
30 Oct 2013 - 1 Nov 2013
25 Oct 2013 - 26 Oct 2013
Cambridge Junction, Cambridge, UK
23 Oct 2013
Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, England
22 Oct 2013 - 24 Oct 2013
Live at LICA, Lancaster, England
15 Oct 2013 - 16 Oct 2013
11 Oct 2013
Sarajevo War Theater, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
3 Oct 2013 - 4 Oct 2013
Sheffield Theatres, Sheffield, England
3 Oct 2013 - 4 Oct 2013
Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, Germany
13 Jul 2013
Harlequin, Omsk, Russia
30 May 2013 - 31 May 2013
Trafó Kortárs, Budapest, Hungary
25 Apr 2013 - 26 Apr 2013
Exodos Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
25 Apr 2013 - 26 Apr 2013
Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden, Germany
19 Apr 2013 - 20 Apr 2013
New Art Space Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
14 Mar 2013
Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany
20 Dec 2012 - 21 Dec 2012
7 Dec 2012 - 8 Dec 2012
Domaine d'O, Montpellier, France
6 Dec 2012 - 7 Dec 2012
5 Dec 2012 - 6 Dec 2012
Teatret Gruppe 38, Aarhus, Denmark
14 Sep 2012 - 15 Sep 2012
11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012
Festival d'Avignon, Avignon, France
22 Jul 2012 - 24 Jul 2012
5 Jul 2012 - 6 Jul 2012
Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, Zurich, Switzerland
12 Jun 2012 - 13 Jun 2012
Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium
28 Mar 2012 - 31 Mar 2012
HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany
2 Mar 2012 - 3 Mar 2012
Frascati, Amsterdam, Netherlands
17 Jan 2012 - 18 Jan 2012
12 Jan 2012 - 14 Jan 2012
PACT Zollverein, Essen, Germany
2 Dec 2011 - 3 Dec 2011
SPIELART Festival, Munich, Germany
29 Nov 2011 - 30 Nov 2011
BIT teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway
21 Oct 2011 - 23 Oct 2011
30 Sep 2011 - 2 Oct 2011
24 Aug 2011 - 26 Aug 2011
Belluard Bollwerk International Festival, Fribourg, Switzerland
24 Jun 2011 - 25 Jun 2011