| Title (2) | File type | Publiseringsdato | Download |
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| Forestillingsprogram for Det Norske Teatrets produksjon Tjue tusen sider (2014) | 2014 | Download | |
| Sesongprogram fra Det Norske Teatret mars-mai 2014. | February 2014 | Download |
Twenty Thousand Pages
Twenty Thousand Pages is a theatre production by The Norwegian Theatre, produced in 2014 and based on a play by Lukas Bärfuss.
Peer Perez Øian directed it.
Ragnar Hovland was nominated for The Hedda Award 2014 in the best stage text category for his translation of Twenty Thousand Pages, and his translation of Friedrich Schiller's The Robbers.
Information
(Objekt ID 37533)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | January 10, 2014 |
| Produced by | The Norwegian Theatre |
| Based on | Twenty Thousand Pages by Lukas Bärfuss |
| Audience | Adults |
| Audience size | 6382 |
| Number of events | 23 |
| Language | Norwegian Nynorsk |
| Keywords | Theatre, Drama |
| Running period | January 10, 2014 |
"Peer Perez Øian has brought in stage designer Etienne Pluss (The Good Person of Szechwan) and is ready for his first production on the main stage. Twenty Thousand Pages is written by one of the leading playwright names in Europe, Lukas Bärfuss.
Historical material
In short it is about Tony, a young man who comes across a container, seeing an old sound player he wants to pick up. A box of books meant for the container hits him in the head. In a miraculous manner all these pages, twenty thousand of them, are stored within his brain. The texts stored make a historical investigation report about Switzerland's role during World War II, and the report contains information many people do not want shared with the world. It shows how Switzerland treated refugees from Nazi Germany, and how the banks got hand of war profit and Jewish fortunes.
Satire with sombre undertones
Now Tony walks around like a living witness, but nobody wants to listen to him. This knowledge makes him end up in strange, comic situations. It is funny, challenging and revealing. Because the texts Tony is quoting, are from an actual report. Like the report in the play that, too, was silenced into oblivion."
Sources:
Import from the list of openings, from Scenekunst.no 13/11-2013
The Norwegian Theatre, www.detnorsketeatret.no, 08.01.2014, http://www.detnorsketeatret.no/index.php?option=com_play&view=play&playid=415
The Hedda Award, heddaprisen.no, 19.05.2014, http://www.heddaprisen.no/pub/heddaprisen/main/?aid=1215
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Lukas Bärfuss | – Playwright |
| Ragnar Hovland | – Translation (Heddanominert 2014) |
| Peer Perez Øian | – Direction |
| Atle Halstensen | – Music |
| Øystein Tengesdal | – Music (Musikalsk studioproduksjon) |
| Carl Morten Amundsen | – Dramaturge |
| Etienne Pluss | – Stage design |
| Etienne Pluss | – Costume design |
| Torhild Jensen | – Costume (Kostymekoordinator) |
| Atle Halstensen | – Sound design |
| Torkel Skjærven | – Lighting design |
| Marte Germaine Christensen | – Actor (Melanie, psykiatrisk pasient / Silvia, radiolyttar / Valérie, TV-programleiar / Bokstavvesen) |
| Jon Bleiklie Devik | – Actor (Arvyl, psykiatrisk pasient / John Bast, kunstnaragent / Sveitsar i nasjonaldrakt / Bokstavvesern) |
| Charlotte Frogner | – Actor (Lisa, kjærasten til Tony) |
| Niklas Gundersen | – Actor (David, aktivist / Sverdkjempar / Guido, TV-programleiar / Psykiatrisk sjukepleiar / Gosbors assistent) |
| Jan Martin Johnsen | – Actor (Buff, psykiatrisk pasient / Korn, aktivist / Psykiatrisk sjukepleiar / Elvis-imitator) |
| Svein Roger Karlsen | – Actor (Wüthrich, tidlegare journalist / Mann utan talent / Sveitsar i nasjonaldrakt) |
| Marianne Krogh | – Actor (Elena Gosbor, lege og nevrolog / Bokstavvesen) |
| Mattis Herman Nyquist | – Actor (Tony) |
| Bernhard Ramstad | – Actor (Jean-Francois Blonay, tidlegare historieprofessor / Baum, aktivist / Sverdkjempar) |
| Per Schaanning | – Actor (Arvyl, psykiatrisk pasient / David, aktivist / Sverdkjempar) |
| Kikki Stormo | – Actor (Mala, aktivist / Menneskeleg høne / Sveitsar i nasjonaldrakt) |
| Nina Woxholtt | – Actor (Lorena, hushalderske hos professor Blonay / Priska, songarinne og bussjåfør) |
| Ståle Sletner | – Musician |
| Nina Bloch | – Mask design |
| Helge Fykse | – Props |
| Pål Pande-Rolfsen | – Stage manager |
| Jon Erik Rosenborg | – Stage Manager |
| Rune Aspeggen | – Lighting supervisor |
| Gry Hege Espenes | – Prompter |
| Christina Marie Hjelén Strøm | – Prompter |
| Iselin Ivarson | – Prompter |
| Niklas Gundersen | – Choreogreographic Assistant |
| January 10, 2014 20:00 – Hovudscenen, The Norwegian Theatre | National premiere, Norway |