elefantmannen - oslo nye teater (link here)
premiered at centralthetret 28th of august 2024.
director - sargun ossana
set and costume design - david gehrt
lighting design - martin myrvold
video and sound design - o'future
dramaturg - ilene sørbøe
photos - lars opstad
what does it do to a person to live with the outside world's constant gaze on them, while one is ostracized, exploited and exhibited as a sick phenomenon? what does it mean to be normal and what or who defines "normal"? what inherited norms about body, skin, intelligence, disease and deformity are hidden in our society? how can language create or distort reality?
peer gynt / festspillene i bergen premiere - by henrik ibsen
premiered at grieg hallen during festspillene i bergen 22nd of may 2024, den norske opera 17th of august 2024.
two of three premieres done with a collaboration between nationaltheatret, festspillene i bergen and den norske opera og ballet.
link here for the producers info about the production: festspillene i bergen, den norske opera, nationaltheatret
director - johannes holmen dahl
set and costume design - nia damerell
lighting design - martin myrvold
mask - eva sharp
dramaturg - heidi randi tørressen
photos - erika hebbert and per berg
in this staging of henrik ibsen's masterpiece, we go into the core of peer gynt. ibsen's symbol-heavy and rich text is interpreted by a strong team of actors, and ragnhild hemsing, one of our foremost grieg interpreters, is on stage with ole bull's own harding fiddle. in grieghallen and the opera the production will perform with a full symphony orchestra and choir, before returning to the national theatre in full theatre version.
library of gestures - janne camilla lyster
premiered at dansens hus oslo, norway, 11th of April 2024 (link here)
choreography: janne camila lyster (website)
music: jennifer torrence and bjørnar habbestad
sound design: terje wessel øverland
lighting design: martin myrvold
costume design: ida falck øien
outer eye: eva-cecilie richardsen
photo: tale hendnes, dansens hus
performers: anne-linn akselsen, lisa colette bysheim, even eileraas, ingrid haakstad, torunn helene robstad, orfee schuijt, terje tjøme mossige, sudesh adhana, edith askeland, mette edvardsen, synne erichsen, ilse ghekiere, gry kipperberg, emilie marie karlsen, putli hellesen, pia elton, ingunn rimestad, sindre sten vik, ole kristian tangen and line tørmoen
library of gestures consists of a movement choir with no less than 20 dancers, one flutist and one percussionist. the performance is built up from three layers: a mathematically structured movement layer of gestures, as well as live music and text. the text is essayistic and poetic, with historical references revolving around human loneliness, hope and confusion.
the idea behind the performance is a diversification of the singular. the dancers perform a rhythmic movement composition that creates unexpected connections between them, and between the movement, the music and the text. the performers make the same gestures, and give them their own touch.
besøk av gammel dame (the visit) by friedrich dürrenmatt.
premiered at nationaltheatret in oslo, norway, 8th of march 2024 (link).
director: sigrid strøm reibo
set and costume design: katja ebbel
lighting design: martin myrvold
choreography: oleg glushkov
musical leader: synnøve gustavsen ovrid
mask: nina konig
dramaturg: oda radoor
photos: erika hebbert
what are you willing to sacrifice for money? in the world-renowned black comedy the visit, you are invited to the small town of güllen, which is on the brink of financial ruin. suddenly, the rich and mysterious clara zachanassian appears. she herself grew up in the city and has now returned with a gold-edged and macabre proposal in her suitcase: she offers the city's residents a huge sum of money - in exchange for them avenging the crime that was once committed against her.
rainman premiered at christiania theatre in oslo 11th of january 2024 (link)
director: hanne tømta
set design: gjermund andresen
lighting design: martin myrvold
costume design: nora furuholmen
photos: fredrik arff
rain man is a funny and touching story based on the oscar-winning film with tom cruise and dustin hoffman. in the theater performance you will meet nicolai cleve broch and bjarte hjelmeland in the lead roles as the babbitt brothers.
exploded view by eivind seljeseth - premiered at dansens hus oslo 14th of december 2023.
choreograhpy - eivind seljeseth
dancers - ingrid haakstad, orfee schuijt, mathias stoltenberg and oda bjørholm
lighting design - martin myrvold
sound design - erik hedin
music - kim myhr
dramaturgic advisor - andré eiermann
photos - tale hendnes / dansens hus
exploded view is a dance performance and an open choreographic machinery. in a juxtaposition of text and movement, linguistic hierarchies and meaning production are put to the test. with the conventions of the stage space and the expectations of the moment of the performance as a contextual starting point, a new performance is created by and with the same artistic team behind the performance alt nå, from 2019.