Gob Squad

Gob Squad is a British-German performance collective, which was founded in 1994 at Nottingham Trent University. By initially taking place exclusively in real places performances, the group developed their own style reality and Theatrical actions together. Since 2000, passers-by or spectators play in the pieces of Gob Squad a major role, thus making each performance unique. In addition to theater performances, the group also used the format of radio plays, internet performances, films and videos.

Performances

  • House (1994 ) Action in an empty house in Giessen ( DISCOURSE Festival 94, Institute for Applied Theatre Studies, Giessen)
  • Work ( 1995) durational performance in which Gob Squad in an office one weeks of viewers is observed.
  • Close Enough to Kiss (1997) first performance in a theater in a way mirrored glass box.
  • Calling Laika - a secret meeting under the stars (1998) of the Theater am Turm in Frankfurt am Main -produced piece, out of 30 at the parked cars in a circle, a kind of séance is held, in which the performers are trying to send messages into space.
  • Safe ( 1999) Gob Squad's first stage show, in which the group is trying to be a rock band.
  • Say It Like You Mean It (2000 ) Performance of Gob Squad with the spectators together is spending the first evening after the end of the world.
  • The Great Outdoors (2001 ) Send a job for Podewil in Berlin, where the performers leave the stage one after the other and on cell phones and video messages to the theater.
  • Room Service ( Help Me Make It Through The Night ) (2003 ) playing in a hotel where Gob Squad, alone in their rooms, can be observed for a night of cameras ( originated as a co-production between the theater Kampnagel in Hamburg and the Podewil in Berlin).
  • Super NightShot (2003), a video film which is shown right after its emergence on the road in the theater. Produced by the Volksbühne Berlin
  • In this neighborhood, the devil is a gold mine (2004) Gob Squad's first attempt to stage a play, René Pollesch third part of the saga Prater. Instead himself to speak the text, Gob Squad casts live passersby on the street for the main roles. Also produced by the Volksbühne Berlin.
  • King Kong Club (2005) was developed in co-production with the Lower Austrian Danube Festival and the Hebbel - Theater Berlin, the show, which involved the audience in monkey costumes during shooting and afterwards look at the resulting film.
  • Me the Monster ( 2006) produced by the Volksbühne Berlin piece, a kind of re-integration program for monsters.
  • Gob Squad 's Kitchen ( You've never had it so good ) (2007 ) in co-production with Volksbühne am Rosa- Luxembourg - Platz Berlin, donaufestival, Nottingham Playhouse and Fierce! , Live film event in the footsteps of Andy Warhol and 1960s.
  • Saving The World ( 2008) in co-production with Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Hamburg, Kampnagel zeitraumexit eV Mannheim and Vienna Festival, a 180 -degree panoramic movie
  • Live Long and Prosper (2009), a film
  • Revolution Now! (2010) in co-production with the Festival Danube Lower Austria, Cologne Theatre and Volksbühne am Rosa- Luxembourg -Platz.
  • Before Your Very Eyes ( 2011)
  • We Are Gob Squad and So Are You ( Adventures In Remote Lecturing ) (2012 )
  • The Conversationalist (2012 ) A game of tennis without a ball and a no-hitter, inspired by the novel Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace at the Hebbel am Ufer
  • About Dancing (2013 ) in co-production with Volksbühne Berlin and Cologne Theatre, one consisting of several parts and different dances piece from set pieces nightclub, ritual ceremony, expressive dance and therapy session
  • Western Society ( 2013)

Awards

When Impulse Theatre Festival 2009 in Dusseldorf, the group won for her piece Saving the World the price of the Goethe -Institut and thus support for an international tour.

2012, the piece Gob Squad 's Kitchen ( You've Never Had It So Good ) in New York City with the Drama Desk Award as "best unique theatrical experience" was excellent.

Members

Permanent members are: Johanna Freiburg, Sean Patten, Berit Stumpf, Sarah Thom, Bastian Trost and Simon Will. Until 2001 also were AlexandLiane - Liane Sommers and Alex at Large Gob Squad. In addition, the following artists have collaborated with Gob Squad: Stefan Pucher, Elyce Semenec, Miles Chalcraft, Laura Tonke, Till Müller- Klug, Nina Tecklenburg, Daniel Haaksman among others.

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