Exquisite Pain @ the Riverside

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And the return of Bloody Mess

Following their phenomenal sell out success last year in London, Forced Entertainment return to Riverside Studios with the London premiere of a new work Exquisite Pain, based on a text from France's most famous conceptual artist - Sophie Calle plus an opportunity for audiences to revisit the groups' highly acclaimed chaotic spectacle Bloody Mess. Playing from Tuesday 25 ­ Sunday 31 October (Bloody Mess) and Tuesday 1 ­ Sunday 6 November (Exquisite Pain).

Adapting Sophie Calle's work Exquisite Pain for the stage marks a first for Forced Entertainment, never having worked before on a text written by someone else. In response to Calle's text they have created a simple and moving work for two performers, about love, loss and the stories we tell
ourselves when things go wrong. Exquisite Pain tells how one person comes to terms with trauma.

Sophie Calle's original work was the product of a period of intense grief
she experienced when a relationship broke up. She dealt with this by
recounting her misery to everyone she met ­ friends, acquaintances and
strangers, asking them to share with her the stories of their worst
moments. Forced Entertainment have based their new performance on Calle¹s
project ­ a catalogue of suffering from break-ups to deaths, disappointments
and bad dentistry, exploring how the forces of language, memory and
forgetting move to contain, preserve or erase events.

At the other end of the company¹s repertoire, the epic rocktacular chaos of
Bloody Mess goes from strength to strength, following a sell out tour in
Europe and UK in 2004, it will continue to tour this year, adding dates in
Australia and USA.

Originally focused on making and touring theatre performances, Forced
Entertainment's work over the past 20 years spans theatre, durational
performance / live art, gallery installation, video and digital media.
They have continually strived to find new performance and theatre forms with
which to describe contemporary urban life. Their work is emphatically a
group creation ­ made during long months of improvisation and discussion,
drawing on theatre cinema, music culture, literature and fine art. Forced
Entertainment¹s work has been presented and receives great acclaim
throughout the world .

RIVERSIDE STUDIOS
BLOODY MESS - 25 - 20 October
EXQUISITE PAIN - 1 - 6 November
Both - Tuesdays - Sunday performances -
Evenings 7.45pm Sundays - 7pm
Tickets 17.00 (13.50)
Combo ticket - see both shows for 30.00 (24.00)
Box Office 0208 237 1111

October 2, 2005