jeppe på berget - ludvig holberg.

premiered at the nationaltheatret in norway 15th of february 2023, link here.

director: chrisitan lollike

set and costume design: katrin bombe (website)

lighting design: martin myrvold

sound design: bendik toming

mask: nina könig

dramaturg: njål helge mjøs

photo: erika hebbert (website)

it's not easy being jeppe. before he was a soldier, now he drinks to forget his miserable life: poverty, toil and an unfaithful wife who beats him. one day, sleeping off his intoxication in a ditch, he is found by the local baron and his servants. they decide to play a trick on him: dress him up in the baron's clothes, let him wake up in the baron's bed, pretend he's the baron and see what happens. from here onwards, jeppe is a toy for the baron and his court, a rag doll who is thrown helplessly from one situation to another. it is enjoyably comic, but with a power-critical sting and an undercurrent of heartfelt melancholy.