The unbearable intimacy of voicing someone's words — with Forced Entertainment
Words can mean everything, or nothing at all: it all depends on how they're delivered. This relationship between writer, script, actor and audience creates a particular tension that lies at the heart of performance. Who gives meaning to the words, interprets the creative material, who holds the power?
This is a lecture, but not as you know it, by members of the multi award-winning British theatre company Forced Entertainment.
The 15th annual Rex Cramphorn Memorial Lecture was delivered at the University of Sydney on Tuesday 18 March, 2025.
Speakers
Terry O'Connor
Performer and co-founder, Forced Entertainment
Tim Etchells
Artistic Director and co-founder, Forced Entertainment
Ian Maxwell (host)
Chair of Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Sydney
Further information:
Complete Works: Tabletop Shakespeare - Forced Entertainment at Rising Festival 2025
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