The Possible Impossible House

Created 2014

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  • credit: Vlaka Horvat
  • credit: Vlaka Horvat
  • credit: Vlaka Horvat
  • credit: Hugo Glendinning. Projections: Vlatka Horvat & Tim Etchells

In the overflowing library of The Possible Impossible House, a girl doodled on a blank page of an algebra book waits to lead you on a nighttime adventure. Searching labyrinthine corridors, a deserted ballroom and a cupboard under the stairs, you meet a motley crew of characters from a flock of rowdy comical birds, to a talking mouse, a not-so-very-frightening-ghost and a troop of dancing soldiers…

Combining homemade visual magic and live sound effects, The Possible Impossible House is the first work by Forced Entertainment created for young people. For this project, they collaborate with acclaimed visual artist Vlatka Horvat whose hand made collages help summon the house and the figures waiting inside.

Images

Image credit: Vlatka Horvat Image credit: Vlatka Horvat Image credit: Vlatka Horvat Image credit: Vlatka Horvat Image credit: Tim Etchells Image credit: Tim Etchells Image credit: Tim Etchells Image credit: Hugo Glendinning Image credit: Hugo Glendinning Image credit: Hugo Glendinning Image credit: Hugo Glendinning Image credit: Hugo Glendinning Image credit: Hugo Glendinning Image credit: Hugo Glendinning Image credit: Hugo Glendinning Image credit: Hugo Glendinning

REACTIONS

“Sparky, well acted two hander celebrating the joy of storytelling.”
The Stage
"…delightfully childish.. rambling, illogical but dazzlingly inventive"
Time Out London
“I’m certain plenty of children who are lucky enough to enter the The Possible Impossible House will have some exciting, surreal stories of their own having been immersed in the Forced Entertainment world”.
Total Theatre
"The theatre was full of laughter...The Possible Impossible House is well worth coming to see and is an enjoyable show for the whole family."
Review by James Hurst (11 years old)

credits

Conceived and devised by the company in collaboration with Vlatka Horvat

Performers – two performers drawn from the core team of Robin Arthur, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshall, Cathy Naden and Terry O’Connor

Direction Tim Etchells
Projections Vlatka Horvat and Tim Etchells
Design Richard Lowdon
Lighting Design Nigel Edwards
Production Management Jim Harrison

The Possible Impossible House is a Forced Entertainment production
Co-produced by the Barbican London and Theater An Der Parkaue Berlin

The Possible Impossible House - PREVIOUS SHOWS

Théâtre Vidy, Lausanne, Switzerland

17 Jan 2023 - 28 Jan 2022

Unity Theatre, Liverpool, England

8 Apr 2016 - 9 Apr 2016

Barbican Centre, London, England

17 Dec 2014 - 28 Dec 2014

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