In Table Top Shakespeare, ordinary everyday objects become the “performers” of Shakespeare’s dramas, with the kitchen table serving as a stage for betrayal, murder or the immortal love stories: A salt and pepper shaker for the king and queen. A vase for the prince. A matchbox for the servant. A kitchen table as a stage.

All 36 works are narrated in plain English over 36 evenings by the actors and actresses of Forced Entertainment. Broadcast live from their theatres in London, Sheffield and Berlin directly to your screen at home! Every Sunday they will also be available for a Q&A on Zoom afterwards. Duration approx. 1 hour.

A different one of William Shakespeare’s 36 plays will be performed every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 9pm. For 9 weeks!

Simply tune in via www.shakespeare-festival.de!

Conceived and developed by Forced Entertainment Performance. The project will be saved and can be watched freely online until the end of November 2020.
‘Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare: At Home’ is financially supported by the following partners: Kanuti Gildi SAAL (Tallinn); KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen; Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt/Main); The Mondavi Center, UC Davis; PACT Zollverein (Essen); Romaeuropa Festival (Rome); Shakespeare Festival Neuss; Stanford Live at Stanford University; UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance and UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures. Presented as part of the ‘Time-Based Art Festival 2020’ at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art.

Funded for the Shakespeare Festival Neuss by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Further information: hwww.shakespeare-festival.de/de/table-top-shakespeare/