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Tim Etchells

@timetchells.bsky.social
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Artist. Language. Performance. Forced Entertainment. www.timetchells.com www.forcedentertainment.com London.

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ArtReview @artreview.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Franco Vaccari’s retrospective at Museion marks what would have been his ninetieth birthday and aims at something like payback.
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Franco Vaccari: Reverie Against Ruin
The artist’s retrospective at Museion marks what would have been his ninetieth birthday and aims at something like payback
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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Arday found dead and a very large number of British commentators are deleting posts and videos.
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
the David Attenborough Wild London thing a while back had amazing footage of Peregrines in the City, adults dropping prey they'd caught in order to train the youngsters to catch on the fly... pretty awesome
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
On the same topic, David Edgar's obituary for Peter, in the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...
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Peter Thomson obituary
Influential drama professor who espoused the theory of ‘learning by doing’
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Heard in the last days that Peter Thomson, who headed the Drama Department at Exeter when me + Forced Ents crew were there in the early 80s, died late last month. Some words at the link. Peter was a rare one + I'm so grateful that our paths crossed. www.forcedentertainment.com/remembering-...
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Remembering Peter Thomson - Forced Entertainment
Even in this accelerated, overheated moment, news sometimes travels rather slower than you might think, and that’s how it was we missed, until recently, that Peter Thomson, who was head of the Drama D...
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Sarah Such @sarahsuch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Happy publication day! @tonywhite.bsky.social ‘Here’s something com­pletely dif­fer­ent. White’s epic police thriller sports a com­plex and engross­ing plot, revolving around the many secrets held by former under­cover cop Rex King..’ John Williams Best New Fiction Mail On Sunday #NoExitPress
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Performing text/music improv in Berlin tonight at KW. Excited to collaborate with the fantastic Lucy Railton. Still a few tix left. www.kw-berlin.de/en/events/ti...
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Tim Etchells and Lucy Railton And Only When the Fog Begins to Clear - Events - KW Institute for Contemporary Art
KW Institute for Contemporary Art engages with the central questions of our time through the production, presentation, and discussion of art.
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
In accordance with point 5 of Chapter VIII of the Regulation
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
describing my own CV "a horrible meaningless document with huge inconsistencies"
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
misread as 'tax office' and was running weird narrative scenarios
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I also think the regions (as they call it) deserve better than outposts/outreach of national institutions based in London. London institutions is fine and cool if they are sharing widely. But let other places have the ball sometimes.
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Totally. It's a common problem with the investment thinking.. I'm pretty sure we can use infrastructural improvement but the relentless singular focus in that direction is galling when actual activity is so difficult at so many levels right now.
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Would have been good to balance this additional infrastructure money in the arts with funding for actual artistic activity.
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Thanks to folks who pointed out the (to me pretty unexpected) Forced Entertainment reference in this piece! www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
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‘Soon after my baby’s birth came a bottle of champagne’: readers remember Alan Rickman
Following the anniversary of the actor’s death, fans recall his joy at a train platform mishap, enthusing about experimental theatre and an embarrassed double-take
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Shout out to the brilliant Quarantine and folks at Under the Radar and La Mama whose attempts to bring them to NY sadly just got crashed. Bitter times. qtine.com/news/12-last...
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12 Last Songs New York – an update - Quarantine
In the moment when leaders and tankers are seized and sovereign nations are seen as up for grabs, as daily restrictions and infringements on the freedom of
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
It’s an evil tune these twats are singing along to. Awful.
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
dreamed i was writing and directing an opera about someone that is trying to fall asleep, in case anyone has a commissioning budget
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
the doomsday equivalent of Harrods
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OrbGazer @orbgazer.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
America’s final offering to the world will be deepfake porn of everyone you’ve ever admired, hated, held or dear. We’re going to see internet poisoning on a level that has not even been classified. if you think you’re jaded enough to go “yeah whatever”, wait til they can generate it live on the fly
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
in Tokyo w Forced Entertainment Signal to Noise, but back in London sadly missing great performances this week - Tiago Rodrigues at BAC, Jan Martens at Southbank and a book launch from Matthew Goulish (Housmans Wednesday October 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm) - can't be in two places at once apparently
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
London folks there’s one show left of Carolina Bianchi’s The Bride & The Goodnight Cinderella at Southbank tonight. It’s harrowing. But saw it for 2nd time yesterday and I’m urging people to take the plunge. www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/the...
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The Bride and The Goodnight Cinderella | Southbank Centre
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
As the back and forth grows, parts of the model’s safety training may degrade.
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
he presents fine in a kind of general communication way but on any actual topic, something that involves information, plans, decisions, it's like talking to a bucket of fog
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
expect the expected
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
three hours slipped past intense soft fragile feverish - this was pretty great at South Bank last night - one more tonight. www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/ale...
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Alex Baczyński-Jenkins: Untitled (Holding Horizon) | Southbank Centre
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
"economically inactive people with unformed views and sporadic needs"
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
also from the perspective of the hill
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
comparing apples and organs
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
unpaid opportunity
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
a rolling stone gathers no mice
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
thanks James! (hope you're good) - and @bruces.bsky.social thanks for the follow back... but looks like I still can't message back-channel - Bruce if you could mail me tim (at) forcedentertainment .com that would be amazing... it's a small thing but would love to connect abt it...
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
hi Bruce.. hope you're good... apologies for the random message but any chance you'd follow me back so I can send you a message about a small project... we have some mutuals! all best, Tim
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Endorphins Endorsing Endorsins
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
@jwomack.bsky.social hi Jack, hope you are going well. Any chance you can follow me back - I'd like to message you about a small project! We have mutuals in the writing zone, as they say. Take care. Tim
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Europe in general and Pula specifically facing stark choices this summer. Come see me and Seke Chimutengwende perform Saturday evening at INK Pula. After show discussion with the amazing Vlatka Horvat.
Two flyposters on a wall. One for performance maker and artist Tim Etchells, the other for the singer Tom Jones.
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
the president said, without reference to reality
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
blood's thicker than mud
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
there is much less to all this than meets the eye
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
A simple Google search could have helped you avoid making this post.
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
they have privately suggested that they no longer have any idea about who or what to believe
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Generous profile on me and the work with @forcedents.bsky.social from Jana Perković. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/thea...
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Theatre maker Tim Etchells on radical storytelling
A theatre maker’s theatre maker, Tim Etchells and his company, Forced Entertainment, have existed long enough for their non-hierarchical approach to become radical again.
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
when the shit hits the fam
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The following things have not been achieved.
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
low-self-worth-individuals vs high-net-worth-individuals
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
randomly remembering serial surfer and serial box
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Saw the first iteration of this last yr I think, in London at Royal Albert Hall - was really good. (She's great. + its by the by but am also a huge fan of Colors + the Kids, that song esp). Enjoy Bridgewater gig, great venue for this! Encouraging my (grown up) kids to go, so thanks for heads up
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
love strangers hate bigots
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
an absolutely incredible deal for the future of flannel and hot air
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
This is an external email and may be malicious.
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