Skuggar av Jon Fosse

Tourplan 2009: Festspillene i Bergen 23 May. Porsgrunn internasjonale teaterfestival 14-15 June
Strandebarm 14 August. Avant Garden/Trøndalg Teater 8-9 October. Tou Scene/Rogaland Teater 20-23 October
Meteor in Bergen 30-31 October. Black Box Teater 21 November-1 December
Shadows will be staged with German and English subtitles at the Meteor festival.

About "Shadows"

Instructor Kari Holtan:

When working with "Erosion" in 1995 we read all that Fosse had written and became very enthusiastic about his work. Since then we have been looking for an opportunity to work with his dramatic texts. Some time ago we experimented with video projected faces on enlarged heads cast in plaster. The expression the heads gave along with the absence of the body led to a reminiscent of Fosse's texts.

"Shadows" has its own universe, open, clear and at the same time disturbing and enigmatic. "Everything is now and everything is always" The fact that time and space are dissolved allows me as a reader to recognize my own unease. The people are in an immaterial room, in a state of zero, where memories of a life together is their only common ground. The text challenges one to ask existential questions; to wonder who we are and how we make tracks in each other's lives.

The Woman
to the Father

But where have you been
short pause
Yes not that I’ve missed you
quite short pause
no not at all ganske kort pause
not you
no
quite short pause
because I haven’t
not at all
how could I even
think of it
I haven’t missed you
quite short pause
but still
quite short pause
I’ve thought about you
now and then I’ve thought about you
of course I have
and then
yes then you’re just there
quite short pause
suddenly you just stand there
quite short pause
and it’s so strange to see you again
yes it certainly is
I have to say it is
but listen
quite short pause
yes how are things with you

««... theatrical poetry, existential wonder, and an almost mediative contemplation – mixed with a bit of enraptured amazement at how well the childrens’ readings can work. It becomes a thought-provoking, different theatre, as if from a different place, given to us here and now»
- Andreas Wiese, Dagbladet 4/2-09 review in Norwegian

«Through the childface and voice they touch upon a pure existential nerve»
- Elin Høyland, Morgenbladet 6/2-09 review in Norwegian

«De Utvalgte connect the unexpected with the expected. We experience more and on many levels, both intelectually and emotionally»
- Inger Margrethe Lunde, Aftenposten 6/2-09 review in Norwegian

«There are moments in this performance that blow a hole through the roof»
- Therese Bjørneboe, Klassekampen 6/2-09 review in Norwegian

«De Utvalgtes original and conscious interpretation is strong both visually and lyrically, and not least - it expands Jon Fosse's theatrical universe»

- IdaLou Larsen, 17/02-09 review in Norwegian

«With advanced artistic means, it was here brought forth a new understanding of an old message: you can reach many key insights only when you again become like a child»
- Jan Bachmann, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 28/5-09 review in Norwegian and German

«An original grip casts light on the shadow game, and hit a perfect tone in Jon Fosses' Drama»
- Martin Nordvik, Adresseavisen 9/5-09 review in norwegian

Shadows is nominated to "Heddaprisen" 2009 for best instructon!

Instuctor Kari Holtan Voice instrustion Kari Holtan og Jørgen Langhelle Photo and videodesigner Boya Bøckman Masks Carle Lange
Producer and dramaturg Anne Holtan Contributing concept developer Torbjørn Davidsen Music producer John Birger Wormdahl
Original Music 3 Øre - Torbjørn Davidsen, John Birger Wormdahl, Kari Holtan. Light design Jean Vincent Kerebel

Actors Leo Holtan Bøckman, Iben Ossavy Kolbenstvedt, Fabian Sæthre, Synne Flikke, Ronja Maria Rodrigues og Lois Mathias Williams.
Actors on stage: Eva Bøe Moen, Hans Wedvik, Kari Vik Knutsen og Stein Davidsen

Text Skuggar av Jon Fosse (Columbine Forlag 2006) Co-production Black Box Teater Supported by The Norwegian Arts Council

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