Tim Etchells & Tony Buck: Go On Like This
Layering percussion and words, this performance explores language and blurs the boundaries between sound and sense.
Go On Like This is a performance encounter between artist and writer Tim Etchells (Forced Entertainment) and the legendary percussionist Tony Buck, founder-member of Australian trio The Necks.
The two artists share strong fascinations with the possibilities of both free improvisation and intensive repetition – Buck in the realm of mutating percussive elements and Etchells in the realm of looping language fragments.
Go On Like This brings the performers together for an evening of loops and cacophonies, blurring the lines between language as sense and language as pure sound, creating something on the border zone between their two practices. This show is the first-ever performance of this collaboration between the artists.
Part of Forced Entertainment at 40, a special London-wide programme in partnership with the Southbank Centre, Battersea Arts Centre and The Place to celebrate 40 years of tearing up the rulebook.
Need to know
Tim Etchells & Tony Buck: Go On Like This is part of the programme Forced Entertainment at 40. Other shows in the programme taking place at the Southbank Centre include 12am: Awake and Looking Down and Signal to Noise.
Times & tickets
Dates, times and prices
Dates & times
12 Oct & 13 Oct 2024
Run time
1 hour and 15 minutes (approx)
All timings are approximate and subject to change
Standard entry
from £20.00*
* Excludes £3.50 booking fee.
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This event is held at the Purcell Room Southbank Centre
The Purcell Room is located in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, which is open from 90 minutes before events start until they finish. It’s closed at all other times.
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