Forced Entertainment

Signal to Noise is a show about collapsing optimism, combining a mass of fragments in a late-night party atmosphere: dances, repetition, altercations, set changes and even unexpected weather reports. The texts are spoken by AI-generated voices, to which the six performers on stage lend their bodies, giving life to these disembodied speakers. Everything rings true, more or less human, more or less real. A strange and fascinating world unfolds before the audience, blurring the boundaries between what is real and what is only a simulacrum. 

Forced Entertainment celebrates its fortieth anniversary with this light-hearted yet disconcerting creation, simultaneously humorous and deadly serious. The legendary British company directed by Tim Etchells retains its trademark energy and inventiveness, and still manages to reveal the alchemy of live performance.