The Test - Safari - The Crocodile

Blendwerk performed in a square amphi, presenting the audiences with an extreme close-up on the actors, the text material and the action.

In The Test, the Father/Daughter relationship is examined, whereas The Crocodile is about a lonely female figure in constant battle with her duties, (her and others') expectations and perhaps most: broken dreams. Safari, written on commission from Blendwerk, deals with the relationship and conflict between man and woman, thus seeking to reflect upon the relationships and conflicts between rich and poor, North and South, in which the global poverty issue becomes a backdrop for a dramatic half an hour’s adventure in a zoo.

The Test was the winner of the 2006 Norwegian playwright competition during The Norwegian Drama Festival in 2006. Safari is a work made especially for Blendwerk and it has been performed at the Conference on Globalization in 2006 as well as part of the 2007 The Norwegian Drama Festival. The Crocodile was first performed at Ibsen Theatre in Skien, Norway, in a version directed by Jon Tombre.

The Test - Safari - The Crocodile was performed at The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) the spring of 2008.

Safari - The Crocodile was performed at The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) the spring of 2009.

SOURCES:

The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater), detapneteater.no, 10.10.2010, http://www.detapneteater.no/pub/daat/forestillinger/?aid=566&cid=17&viewall=1#daat

The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater), detapneteater.no, 10.10.2010, http://www.detapneteater.no/pub/daat/forestillinger/?aid=1024&cid=17&sac=all&viewall=1#daat

Gerd Elin Stava Sandva, Dagsavisen 25.01.2008:

"As a whole The Test – Safari – The Crocodile spreads in many directions. The performance is still worth watching, if for nothing but the fresh outlook at the world as a zoo."