Lancaster Arts welcomes Forced Entertainment back to the Nuffield Theatre to celebrate their 40th anniversary year, having regularly performed at the theatre since 1985.
Signal to Noise summons a delirious late-night churn of fragments, dances, rehearsals, altercations, scenery changes and unexpected weather reports. AI voices are enlisted to perform the text, their unreal chatter and patter mixing interior monologues, unfinished jokes and off-topic interviews. The six performers lip-sync all the voices, sometimes carefully, sometimes with unhelpful abandon, bringing life to these disembodied, never-bodied speakers.
It all sounds right, more or less human, more or less real. What could go wrong? There seems to be a problem, a problem with the connection.
Tim Etchells' musical score mixes everything from filmic atmospheres to slowed instrumentation and birdsong, but as ever with the company, the performers are the heart of the work, animating it with the energy and inventiveness that Forced Entertainment have made their calling card.
Season (6 Nov 2024) | ||
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Day | Times | |
Wednesday | 19:30 | - 21:02 |
Ticket Type | Ticket Tariff |
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Tickets | £16.00 per ticket |
Note: Prices are a guide only and may change on a daily basis.
The Nuffield Theatre is part of the Great Hall complex at Lancaster University, which is set in 250 acres of beautiful landscaped parkland south of Lancaster City Centre. Lancaster University campus is situated on the A6, close to Junction 33 of the M6. From Lancaster: head south out of the city on the A6, follow signs for University From the M6: take Junction 33 towards Lancaster (A6), follow signs for University Once on campus: at the top of the driveway take the first left at the roundabout on to North West Drive. There is plenty of parking on the perimeter road. On foot, follow the pathways and signs to the Great Hall complex.
The Nuffield Theatre is part of the Great Hall complex at Lancaster University, which is set in 250 acres of beautiful landscaped parkland south of Lancaster city centre. By bus: Buses run every 10-15 minutes from Lancaster city centre to the central underpass on campus. There are also frequent services from Morecambe, Blackpool and Preston. By train: Lancaster is on the West Coast Mainline and is a main stop for services running between London and Scotland. There are also regular connections from Preston, Manchester and Liverpool. By bicycle: There is a well-signed and maintained scenic cycle-path running from the city centre. The route takes about 25 minutes.
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