Everything Must Go

The world has gone wrong: the economy has collapsed, and our civilisation is nothing but ruins. Nature has taken over again, covering even roads and motorways. Late at night, what remains of humanity kills time in a fantastical bar, which transforms as conversations unfold. 

With Everything Must Go, Forced Entertainment create a visual performance in which actors lend their bodies and voices to texts generated and recorded by artificial intelligence. On stage, they synchronise their own words with those recordings, creating a slight gap between body and voice. A troubling choice, which highlights the presence of the body and questions what remains of human desire when confronted with voices produced by machines. 

현실이라기보다 환상에 가까운 어느 바에서, 포스드 엔터테인먼트의 퍼포머들은 인공지능의 목소리를 뒤엉키게 하며 강렬한 신체적·시각적 퍼포먼스를 만들어낸다.

Interview with Tim Etchells

Director Tim Etchells
Devised and performed by Robin Arthur, Seke Chimutengwende, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshal, Cathy Naden & Terry O’Connor
Text, Music Composition and Sound Design Tim Etchells
Lighting Design Nigel Edwards
Stage Design Richard Lowdon
Videography Tim Etchells & Hugo Glendinning
General Stage Management Alex Fernandes
Production Management Jim Harrison
Producer Eileen Evans
French subtitle translation Aurélie Cotillart

Co-produced by Factory International (Manchester), Festival d’Avignon, HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm (Francfort-sur-le-Main), PACT Zollverein (Essen), SPRING Performing Arts Festival (Utrecht)
Support for the 80th Festival d'Avignon : British council
Forced Entertainment is an Arts Council England National Portfolio organisation.

Performances in partnership with France Médias Monde