Forced Entertainment

Forced Entertainment had a one night only performance on 19 June as part of The South Bank Centre's Meltdown Festival.

Bloody Mess, I had reservations about my endurance for alternative theatre lasting slightly over 2 hours with no interval(s). The thought of DV8's choreography spurred me on. Bloody Mess is like 2 hours of non-stop Green Wing. I loved their use of the whole QEH's stage; there were props in every corner and one of the actresses ran up and down the middle of the stage like a screaming banshee throughout the 2 hours.


Forced Entertainment is all about improvisation. Towards the end, cast members were nearly doubling over at their own jokes. There is no storyline to Bloody Mess, more a journey than an escalating plot. (Same applies to all their other performances.) It is pure surrealist and absurdist comedy.

The highlight for me was when two of the actors started talking about 'what is silence'. Both started to take turns to describe silence. I can't recall the specifics, but will post it when I do.