“What is the capital city of Spain?
Why are people afraid to die? What is a tree?
Was John Wayne really brave?
Are you a natural blonde?”
Quizoola! is a durational performance based on a text of 2000 questions by Tim Etchells. The piece lasts six hours and — as in other durational works by the company — the audience are free to arrive, depart and return at any point.
Performed by a team of three actors in smeared clown makeup, the players/performers take turns choosing questions from the text and making up answers on stage, lending the piece a live energy. The shape and content of each Quizoola! performance hangs in the balance, negotiated live between players and the audience. As new questions are chosen and new answers made up, the mood shifts from low comedy to personal scrutiny to harsh interrogation and intellectual hairsplitting.
Spectators can come and leave at any time during the performance.