Ahead of their appearance at Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts and as part of Brighton Festival 2018, we catch up with Gob Squad to historicise the company’s journey and what we should expect from them given their fantastic track record:
“A few highlights from the last 25 years that we wanted to share with you ahead of Gob Squad’s return to Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts this May, for Brighton Festival.”
Early 1990s A bunch of long-haired students from Nottingham make open-air performances in order to get into Glastonbury for free. They call themselves Gob Squad
1994-6 Site projects: HOUSE, WORK and AN EFFORTLESS TRANSACTION at Now Festival Nottingham
1997 15 MINUTES TO COMPLY commissioned by Documenta X, Kassel
1998 WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? comissioned by the first Berlin Biennale
2000 US tour of SAFE
2003 SUPER NIGHT SHOT premieres in Berlin, the start of a 13 year collaboration with Volksbühne
2006 SUPER NIGHT SHOT tours Brazil with a company of locally trained performers
2008 SAVING THE WORLD wins Goethe Institut prize at Impulse Festival
2011 BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES is selected for Germany’s prestigious Theater Treffen festival
2012 GOB SQUAD’S KITCHEN three week run at The Public Theatre, New York, winning Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience
2014 20th birthday festival at HAU Hebbel am Ufer celebrating the art of collectives
2015 BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES remake and four week run at The Public Theatre, New York
2015 MY SQUARE LADY robot vs. opera extravaganza at Komische Oper Berlin
2016 Perform WAR AND PEACE at Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
2017 Touring of various projects to China, USA, Russia and within Europe
2018 Performing CREATION (PICTURES OF DORIAN) at Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
To book tickets for Creation (Pictures of Dorian) check our event page here or at the Brighton Festival 2018 website.