Forkbeard Fantasy is a British multimedia arts company, based in Dorset, that began as an experimental performance art group in 1974, founded by brothers Chris and Tim Britton. Between 1974 and 2010 it made touring theatre productions, largely performed by Chris and Tim.[1] Lyn Gardner, reviewing The Colour of Nonsense (2010) in The Guardian, described the company as long having had a "mixture of madness and creativity".[2]

Touring theatre productions edit

  • The Fall of the House of Usherettes, 1995[3]
  • The Barbers of Surreal, 1998[4][5]
  • The Brain, 1999[6]
  • Yallery Brown, 2000 – with Sean Aita[7]
  • Frankenstein: a Truly Monstrous Experiment, 2001[8]
  • Shooting Shakespeare, 2004[9][10]
  • Rough Magyck, 2006[11][12]
  • Invisible Bonfires, 2007[13][14]
  • The Colour of Nonsense, 2010[15][16]

References edit

  1. ^ Farmer, David (13 May 2015). "Forkbeard Fantasy - Multimedia Theatre of the Absurd - 1". Drama Resource. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  2. ^ Gardner, Lyn (19 March 2010). "The Colour of Nonsense". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  3. ^ "The Fall Of The House Of Usherettes, Tobacco Factory, Bristol". The Independent. 2 October 2005.
  4. ^ "Reviews: Mad, bad and atmospheric". The Independent. 11 March 1998.
  5. ^ "See Forkbeard Fantasy". The Independent. 28 February 1998.
  6. ^ "Theatre: A tale of two hemispheres". The Independent. 25 November 1999.
  7. ^ "Yallery Brown". The Guardian. 1 November 2000. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  8. ^ Gardner, Lyn (17 October 2001). "My God, we've created a monster". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  9. ^ Mahoney, Elisabeth (23 October 2004). "Shooting Shakespeare". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Tights, camera, action". The Independent. 21 October 2004.
  11. ^ "Forkbeard Fantasy's weirdly topical". Manchester Evening News. 18 April 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Fall Of The House Of Usherettes, Corn Exchange, Brighton, until Saturday, November 5". The Argus. 3 November 2005. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Invisible Bonfires". BBC. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  14. ^ Mahoney, Elisabeth (27 September 2007). "Invisible Bonfires". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  15. ^ Cook, Mark; Gardner, Lyn (8 October 2010). "This week's new theatre". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  16. ^ "The Colour of Nonsense, Southbank Centre, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

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