Although the list
below is by no means exhaustive we hope it gives a flavour of the kind
of stage and outdoor shows Forkbeard has created over the last 25 years.
INVISIBLE BONFIRES (2007 - 2008)
On a pan-global Tour of International Climate Change Conferences, the fabulous Brittonioni Brothers chewed on the hot potato mishmash of Global Warming.
Run entirely by horse power and hot air, with special guests Mammon and Pan, and Live Music by The Lotus Pedals (of HOMELIFE fame), the brilliantly brylcremed brothers zoomed us from Outer Space to the Inner Atom as they explored their subject through such apocalyptic topics as the Evolution of The Carbon Weevil, the FairyAngel Conundrum and the coming of the new Plastic-ene Era.
Forkbeard’s much-loved surreal comedy, spectacle and invention, film and cartoon combined with the Brittonioni’s astonishing apparatus, fabulous 3-D projections, and ultra-slick smoothy-pant presentation to provided a hot night out on the tiles. For further details of this show please click here
Commissioned by The Royal Shakespeare Company for its "Complete Works" Festival, this show explored the supernatural in Shakespeare and the death of the Faerie. With The Brtittonnionni Brothers as guides, the audience embarked on a labyrinthine tour of belief and superstition which finally culminated in their arrival on the RST stage itself to take up spears with Pan against the ignorance and superficiality of the modern world - a war in the defence of Theatre and the Imagination. To read a full description of the show accompanied by photos please click here
SHOOTING
SHAKESPEARE (2004)
A Mystery thriller
set in the early years of the Silver Screen. The fledgling movie moguls,
desperate to elevate the tone of their upstart artform, enlist the help
of the mighty Theatre Impresarios of the day to shoot the first ever
Silent Tempest.
They set sail onto an ocean of uncontrollable
egos, murderous intrigue and cut-throat rivalry....... in a love affair
with the Cinema Kid that all but kills off The Old Queen Theatre. Click
the poster for further details.
FRANKENSTEIN (2001-2002)
The chilling tale of
one woman, three men and a Bolt from the Blue. Click here for more details.
THE
BRAIN (1999 - 2000)
Concerning the uncharted
Grey Matter between our ears - a journey through the scrambled egg of
membranous tendrils to the primordial soup of the ancient lizard brain
where the imagination finds itself deserted and alone ....... in the most
haunted house of all.
THE
BARBERS OF SURREAL (1998)
For the Barbers business
is booming. Their traditional hairdressing skills have been shamelessly
extended by recent breakthroughs in Genetic Engineering - a new line in
organic toupees is already in production. But the shop's newly acquired
ex-Lab rabbit has formed a dangerous liaison with the steamed-up mirror
and the egg shampoo is acting funny .....
THE
FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHERETTES 1995 and 2005/6
The tale of LIQUID FILM,
a long defunct celluloid mixture once sprayed from specialized projectors
and formerly produced in the crusty old Empire cinema's subterranean studios;
of leaked liquid ghosts that lurk in the labyrinthine libraries; and of
the family of old crones that guards them against tomb-robbers for The
National Archive. To access a page by page display of the accompanying cartoon comic please click here.
