Quizoola!
Created 1996
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A performance that changes the rule book – The IndependenT
Quizoola! is an extraordinary improvised performance in which the performers continually ask and answer questions. Whether philosophical, trivial or deeply personal, the performers’ answers must be invented on the spot, and the atmosphere moves from intimate chat to pub quiz to absurd interrogation.
Part game and part improvisation, you can expect an atmosphere charged with live energy as this dark and hilarious Forced Entertainment classic unfolds.
As with all our durational work the audience for the 6 hour or 24 hour version of Quizoola! are free to come and go at any point – staying in their seats for the long haul or popping in and out for a while at different times to see what’s going on. The performers invent answers that are sometimes true, sometimes long, sometimes made-up, sometimes serious, sometimes short. And sometimes comical.
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"Extraordinary, near-unclassifiable production".Irish Times
"Mesmerisingly energetic... As if the entire repertoire of questions in the world were being exhausted, so that no-one outside would ever have to ask anything".The Guardian
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Conceived and devised by the company.
Performers Robin Arthur, Tim Etchells, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshall, Cathy Naden, Terry O’Connor
Guest performers Kent Beeson, Mark Etchells, Jim Fletcher, Tim Hall, Jerry Killick, Joe Lawlor, Sue Marshall, Ursula Martinez, Christine Molloy, Sophia New, Dan B. Rogers, Bruno Roubicek, John Rowley
Text Tim Etchells and the company
Design/Lighting Design Richard Lowdon
Quizoola! is a Forced Entertainment production
Commissioned by ICA Live Arts London and National Review Of Live Art Glasgow
Quizoola! - PREVIOUS SHOWS
28 Sep 2023
Kazinska dvorana Maribor, Slovenia
15 May 2023
Festival d'Automne, Paris, France
9 Sep 2022 - 10 Sep 2022
HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany
22 Nov 2019
Steakhouse Live Tonybee Studios, London, UK
21 Oct 2018
Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Zurich, Switzerland
25 Aug 2018 - 26 Aug 2018
Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, USA
27 Jan 2018
22 Sep 2017
Circular Festival, Vila do Conde, Portugal
27 Sep 2015
Night of Culture, Lublin, Poland
6 Jun 2015
29 May 2015 - 30 May 2015
27 Mar 2015
Millenium Gallery, Sheffield, England
21 Nov 2014 - 22 Nov 2014
Teatro São Luiz, Lisbon, Portugal
8 Nov 2014
Societaetstheater, Dresden, Germany
21 Apr 2013
SPILL Festival of Performance, (London) London, England
12 Apr 2013 - 13 Apr 2013
6 Apr 2013
7 Jul 2012
31 Mar 2012
Theatrical Reminiscences Festival, Kraków, Poland
7 Oct 2011
La Carpintería, Buenos Aires, Argentina
12 Aug 2011
Maria Matos Teatro Municipal Lisbon, Portugal
16 Jul 2011
21 May 2011
Aichi Arts Centre, Nagoya, Japan
18 Sep 2010
Festival de Otoño a Primavera, Madrid, Spain
6 Jun 2010
Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Norwich, Norfolk
15 May 2010
Tokyo Performing Arts Market, Tokyo, Japan
13 Feb 2010
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
7 Nov 2009
2 May 2009
7 Mar 2009
Nam June Paik Art Centre, Yongin-si, South Korea
18 Oct 2008
Cambridge Junction, Cambridge, UK
17 Feb 2008
PACT Zollverein, Essen, Germany
3 Nov 2007
PuSh Festival, Vancouver, Canada
10 Jan 2007
Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, England
6 Jan 2006
Schaubühne Lindenfels, Leipzig, Germany
11 Jun 2005
Exodos Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
19 May 2005
Nooderzon Festival, Groningen, Amsterdam
22 Aug 2004
Theaterfestival Basel, Basel, Switzerland
18 Aug 2004
Santarcangelo Festival, Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy
11 Jul 2004 - 12 Jul 2004
25 Apr 2004
Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna, Austria
21 Feb 2004
Theater im Bahnhof, Graz, Austria
13 Jul 2003
29 Mar 2003
Podewil, Berlin, Germany
29 Jun 2002
Cornerhouse, Middlesborough, UK
3 Mar 2002
Pančevo Youth Centre, Pančevo, Serbia
4 Jul 2001
Belef Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
2 Jul 2001
INFANT Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia
30 Jun 2001
Meyerhold Theatre Centre, Moscow, Russia
5 Jun 2001
Bath Fringe Festival, Bath, UK
1 Jun 2001
25 May 2001
Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, UK
22 Feb 2001
8 Feb 2001
Link, Bologna, Italy
26 Jan 2001
Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
11 Jan 2001
Studio Theatre, Leeds, UK
15 Dec 2000
FE Studio, Sheffield, UK
17 Nov 2000
Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton, UK
4 Nov 2000
Dadi Building, Manchester, UK
3 Nov 2000
Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster, England
21 Oct 2000
Junges Theater Bremen, Bremen, Germany
8 Jul 2000
26 Feb 2000
17 Dec 1999
Danças Na Cidade Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
28 Nov 1999
Theater Neumarkt, Zurich, Switzerland
20 Nov 1999
Barcode, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
18 Sep 1999
Kulturhuset Stadsteatern Stockholm, Sweden
13 Aug 1999
Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, Austria
28 May 1999
7 May 1999 - 8 May 1999
Tweetakt Festival Antwerp, Belgium
22 Apr 1999
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club NYC, USA
27 Feb 1999
Festival Theaterformen, Hannover, Germany
27 Jun 1998
Kunstencentrum STUK, Leuven, Belgium
14 May 1998
3 Apr 1998
3 Apr 1998
Podewil, Berlin, Germany
25 Oct 1997
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
29 Oct 1996
National Review of Live Art, Glasgow, UK
29 Oct 1996
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
9 Sep 1996