Conceived and devised by: Forced Entertainment / Artistic Director: Tim Etchells / Performance: Jerry Killick, Richard Lowdon and Claire Marshall / Created with input from: Robin Arthur and Cathy Naden / Lighting Design, production management: Jim Harrison / Stage design: Richard Lowdon / 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 / Management: Eileen Evans
With “Real Magic” Forced Entertainment were invited to this year’s Theatertreffen. In their compelling performance about optimism, individual agency and the desire for change, the performers take part in an impossible illusion and vary, contort and transform the same scene repeatedly. An inescapable universe of second chances, prophecies and variations that takes the audience on a hallucinatory journey.
“I guess the performance is about change – the need for change, the demand for change, and about how we survive in a system that contains us – the society we live in, the set of institutions that surround us. Perhaps in this show more than any other of ours you can feel Beckett looming – the absurdity of the situation, the limits of the language we have set for ourselves. On the other hand though, I feel like this piece comes as close to the heart of Forced Entertainment as we've ever come until now – as if we've really got down to the core of something.” Tim Etchells
“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”…
Cast
Dates
Past
Credits
Production: Forced Entertainment.
Co production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, PACT Zollverein (Essen), Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt), Tanzquartier Wien, 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).
Location
HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2. Tickets for wheelchair users and accompanying persons can also be booked via the ticketing system. If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or send us an email to
tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.
Latest information for arrival:
There is currently a construction site on Hallesches Ufer between Wilhelmstraße and Möckernbrücke underground station. There is a divided replacement route for pedestrians (right) and cyclists (left), which are separated by a yellow ground line. The carriageway is narrowed to one lane.
Travelling to HAU2 via U Hallesches Tor:
If you are coming from Hallesches Tor underground station, you will have to use an alternative footpath from Wilhelmstraße / Hallesches Ufer junction, which is separated from the carriageway by a construction fence – the actual footpath is currently closed. Please note: the alternative route is also used by cyclists. Pedestrians should keep to the right. We therefore currently recommend that visually impaired or blind visitors come to the HAU with an accompanying person.
Arrival HAU2 via U Möckernbrücke:
When you leave Möckernbrücke underground station, please stay on the footpath on the canal side until you reach Hallesches Ufer / Großbeerenstraße junction – the opposite side is currently closed due to construction work.
