Kven er redd* (Who's Afraid?)

Kven er redd?* (Who's afraid?) (2015) is a theatre production by The Norwegian Theatre. It is the world premiere of a play by the same title, written by Carl Frode Tiller. Lars Horntvedt has written the music for the production. It was performed at the theatre's venue Scene 2.

Lasse Kolsrud directed it.

Frode Winther interpreted the leading role of Bjørn.

*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.

Information

(Objekt ID 50496)
Object type Production
Premiere Navember 13, 2015
Produced by The Norwegian Theatre
Based on Kven er redd* (Who's Afraid?) by Carl Frode Tiller
Audience Adults
Audience size 4565
Number of events 35
Language Norwegian Nynorsk
Keywords Drama, Theatre
Running period Navember 13, 2015  
Website Det Norske Teatret
More

At the website of The Norwegian Theatre the following, among other things, is written about Kven er redd?* (Who's afraid?):
"For a long time, The Norwegian Theatre has wished to perform a brand new play by Carl Frode Tiller, and now it finally happens.

In it, we meet Bjørn, an averagely competent actor in midlife. He has a nice wife, two despicable teenaged children and inlaws who find that he is not good enough for their daughter. With humour and murderous spoken line exchanges, Tiller describes the midlife crisis of modern man.

In the play he faces his greatest assignment in his career until now. He is to play the main character George in Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?. As he prepares to the rather sad and dramatic life of the great character, his own life begins to seem increasingly problematic. He weaves himself into a vicious circle of fear and distrust, in relation to himself and his family."

SOURCES:

The Norwegian Theatre, www.detnorsketeatret.no, 31.05.2016, http://www.detnorsketeatret.no/framsyningar/kven-er-redd/

Import from the Scenekunst.no list of openings 15.09.2015

*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.

Performance dates
Navember 13, 2015 19:30 – Scene 2, Det Norske Teatret, The Norwegian Theatre Worldwide premiere
Press coverage

Lillian Bikset, Kjent og forkjært (literally: Dear and queer), Dagbladet, November 14 2015:

"Carl Frode Tiller finds use of very many very well-known standard narratives in Kven er redd?* (Who's afraid?). In the relationship between husband and wife. In the relationship between man and work. In the relationship between man and alcohol. In the relationships between generations: A married couple in their mid-forties and their teenaged children, plus their respective parents/in-laws/grandparents of approximately retirement age. (...) The clichés don't stop in Bjørn's relationship to Bjørn. The density of cliché is high also in the description of the rest of the family members, and in the relationships between them. Spoken lines, discussions and dilemmas follow patterns we have often seen, in theatre, film, TV, books, our own lives and others'. It gives a certain credibility. Clichés have become clichés because they describe something universal, after all. But this also makes the characters as well as the conflicts more predictable than good is. There are times when one can feel like objecting, 'oh, no, not this as well'."

*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.