Olav Myrtvedt
Also known as: Olav Ryland MyrtvedtOlav Myrtvedt was educated as a stage designer at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts - The School of Design, and since 1995 he has worked with stage design and costume design within theatre and dance.
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(Objekt ID 1888)| Object type | Person |
| Also known as | Olav Ryland Myrtvedt |
| Functions | Stage designer |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Gender | Male |
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Olav Myrtvedt has been responsible for the set design and costume design in productions at The Norwegian Theatre, The Norwegian Touring Theatre, Rogaland Theatre, Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre) and The National Theatre. He has also worked for The Gothenburg Opera, Malmö City Theatre and Stockholm City Theatre, where he did the stage design and costumes for A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Alexander Mørk-Eidem.
Among The National Theatre's productions for which Olav Myrtvedt has been responsible for the stage design are: Don Juan – Et nachspiel* (Don Juan - an afterparty), Easter, A Streetcar Named Desire, Terrorism, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, Faust, Request Concert, The Bat.
For Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre): Autumn Sonata.
In 2011 he got the Danish Reumert Award for the stage design for Twelfth Night at Aalborg Theatre. In 2003 he represented Norway during The Prague Quadrennial with the stage design for three Fosse worldwide premieres; The Name, Night Sings its Songs and The Son.
Olav Myrtvedt was nominated for the Hedda Awards 2012 in the category of best visual design for the stage design for The Misanthrope, directed by Sigrid Strøm Reibo, Rogaland Theatre.
Olav Myrtved received The Hedda Award 2016 in the best stage design/best costume design category for his stage design and costume design for Our Power/Our Glory (The National Stage 2016).
The Hedda Jury gave the following reason:
"This year's best stage design/costume design not only excels in taking use of the full stage area, but also the auditorium, so that the room for action is expanded significantly, and the separation between the stage and the auditorium is dissolved. The audience, and not least its place in the auditorium, becomes an important element to the understanding and the experience. Through the use of large image projections in addition to costumes that are thoroughly appropriate for its time, this year's winner provides us with the image of an image, or, as the theatre calls it; a development or theatre as work in the dark room."
Olav Myrtvedt was nominated for The Hedda Award 2017 in the best stage design and costume design category for his stage design and costume design for Orlando by Sigrid Strøm Reibo and Njål Helge Mjøs after Virginia Woolf, directed by Sigrid Strøm Reibo for Rogaland Theatre.
SOURCES:
The Hedda Award 2012, 29.05.2012, http://heddaprisen.no/pub/heddaprisen/main/?&mid=1031&aid=1030
The National Theatre. 10.10.2010: http://www.nationaltheatret.no/Myrtvedt,+Olav.b7C_wtjK1c.ips?templatefolderid=231
The Hedda Award 2016, heddaprisen.no, 12.06.2016, http://heddaprisen.no/pub/heddaprisen/main/?aid=1465
The Hedda Award, www.heddaprisen.no, https://www.heddaprisen.no/nominerte/2017
Education
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts - The School of Design
Involved in productions (137)
| Title | Premiere | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Dressur med stående tispe (Nartmanstiftelsen) | Navember 7, 2024 | Stage design |
| Heksejakt (The National Stage) | October 19, 2024 | Stage design |
| Peter Pan (Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre)) | September 4, 2024 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Alle mine sønner (The National Theatre) | April 26, 2024 | Stage design |
| Anna Karenina (Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre)) | February 10, 2024 | Stage design |
| Jane Eyre (The National Theatre) | Navember 4, 2023 | Stage design |
| ZEKT () | September 21, 2023 | Stage design |
| De ti bud (Trøndelag Theatre) | February 8, 2023 | Stage design |
| Stengd gitar (Det Vestnorske Teateret) | February 3, 2023 | Stage design, Costume |
| Czardasfyrstinnen (The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet) | Navember 25, 2022 | Stage design |
| De ti bud (Trøndelag Theatre) | Navember 17, 2022 | Stage design |
| 1001 Natt (Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre)) | September 6, 2022 | Stage design |
| Bror (The Norwegian TheatreGoksøyr & Martens) | May 14, 2022 | Costume design, Stage design |
| Jane Eyre (The National Theatre) | May 6, 2022 | Stage design |
| Maria Stuart (Rogaland Theatre) | March 8, 2022 | Stage design |
| Sanger for bortkomne dager - og grønn tusj (Trøndelag Theatre) | March 5, 2022 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Mio, my Son (Trøndelag Theatre) | Navember 21, 2021 | Stage design |
| Stengd gitar (Det Vestnorske Teateret) | October 7, 2021 | Stage design, Costume |
| The Crucible (Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre)) | September 9, 2021 | Stage design |
| The Lehman Trilogy (The Norwegian Theatre) | August 27, 2021 | Stage design |
| MADAM (Nartmanstiftelsen) | June 16, 2021 | Stage design |
| My Dinner with Andre (Det Vestnorske Teateret) | May 22, 2021 | Stage design, Costume |
| Djevelen og eg (Det Vestnorske Teateret) | May 13, 2021 | Costume design, Stage design |
| MADAM (Nartmanstiftelsen) | April 27, 2021 | Stage design |
| Pang! (The Norwegian Touring Theatre (Riksteatret)) | February 25, 2021 | Stage design |
| Maria Stuart (Rogaland Theatre) | February 19, 2021 | Stage design |
| Vestland, Vestland (Teater VestlandDet Vestnorske Teateret) | October 26, 2020 | Consultant |
| The Lady from the Sea (Trøndelag Theatre) | October 10, 2020 | Costume design, Stage design |
| Peer/Bitch (Nartmanstiftelsen) | September 9, 2020 | Stage design, Costume |
| HAPPY HOUR (Rogaland Theatre) | September 5, 2020 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Djevelen og eg (Det Vestnorske Teateret) | September 5, 2020 | Costume design, Stage design |
| Vestland, Vestland (Teater VestlandDet Vestnorske Teateret) | August 27, 2020 | Consultant |
| Solaris (Nordland Theatre) | March 14, 2020 | Stage design, Costume design |
| PeerGynt DUB (The National Stage) | Navember 22, 2019 | Stage design, Costume design |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream (Haugesund Theatre) | October 24, 2019 | Stage design |
| Peer/Bitch (Nartmanstiftelsen) | October 19, 2019 | Stage design, Costume |
| My Brilliant Friend (Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre)) | September 5, 2019 | Stage design |
| The Vikings at Helgeland (The National Theatre) | August 13, 2019 | Stage design |
| Lazarus (The Norwegian Theatre) | May 11, 2019 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Dottera* (The Daughter) (Goksøyr & MartensThe Norwegian Theatre) | February 23, 2019 | Stage design, Costume design |
| A Streetcar Named Desire (Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre)) | January 31, 2019 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Oppdrag Mottro (Det Vestnorske Teateret) | 2019 | Stage design |
| Oppdrag Mottro (Det Vestnorske Teateret) | Navember 10, 2018 | Stage design |
| The Vikings at Helgeland (The National Theatre) | September 10, 2018 | Stage design |
| Almost Nothing (Nartmanstiftelsen) | June 7, 2018 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Orlando (Rogaland Theatre) | April 27, 2018 | Stage design, Costume design |
| The Father (The National Stage) | February 24, 2018 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Heim* (Home) (Det Vestnorske Teateret) | February 16, 2018 | Consultant |
| Death of a Salesman (The National Theatre) | January 20, 2018 | Stage design, Costume design |
| The Wasp (Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre)) | Navember 15, 2017 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Our Power/Our Glory (The National Stage) | September 30, 2017 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Art (The Touring Theatre of Trøndelag) | September 17, 2017 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Art (The Touring Theatre of Trøndelag) | September 9, 2017 | Stage design, Costume design |
| 11 years (The Norwegian TheatreGoksøyr & Martens) | May 23, 2017 | Stage design, Costume design |
| SLEEPLESS BEAUTY - Desolating Persephone - Picture a Vacum - Epic Short - Mahlermembran (The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet) | March 11, 2017 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Robin Hood (Trøndelag Theatre) | February 11, 2017 | Stage design |
| Orlando (Rogaland Theatre) | Navember 12, 2016 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Jag, Händel (Nartmanstiftelsen) | May 6, 2016 | Stage design |
| Lilleskogen (National Moravian-Silesian Theatre) | April 22, 2016 | Stage design |
| Romeo and Juliet (The Norwegian Theatre) | March 5, 2016 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Our Power/Our Glory (The National Stage) | January 29, 2016 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Six Characters in Search of an Author (The National Theatre) | September 9, 2015 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Fri* (Free) (Goksøyr & MartensThe National Theatre) | June 5, 2015 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Fri* (Free) (Goksøyr & MartensThe National Theatre) | May 30, 2015 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Lucia di Lammermoor (The Kristiansund Opera) | 2015 | Stage design |
| God of Carnage (Rogaland Theatre) | Navember 1, 2014 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Little Eyolf (Teatret Vårt (Our Theatre)) | March 28, 2014 | Stage design, Costume design |
| OMsorg* (Care) (The National TheatreGoksøyr & Martens) | March 14, 2014 | Stage design |
| Phaedra (The Norwegian Theatre) | February 14, 2014 | Stage design, Costume design |
| The performance formaly known as sexy () | February 13, 2014 | Stage design |
| This is Now Mono (Kompani Haugesund) | January 23, 2014 | Costume, Stage design |
| OMsorg* (Care) (The National TheatreGoksøyr & Martens) | October 24, 2013 | Stage design |
| SPAFORLIVET (Ellen Johannesen/KarmaConsult) | May 29, 2013 | Stage design, Costume |
| Calendar Girls (The National Stage) | March 8, 2013 | Stage design |
| Et dukkehjem (The National Stage) | January 12, 2013 | Stage design, Costume design |
| The Wild Duck (The National Theatre) | September 4, 2012 | Stage design, Costume design |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream (The National Stage) | May 25, 2012 | Stage design, Costume design |
| The Solitary Shame Announced by a Piano (Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt) | March 17, 2012 | Costume, Stage design |
| The Misanthrope (Rogaland Theatre) | March 1, 2012 | Stage design |
| Blackbird (The National Stage) | February 4, 2012 | Costume design, Stage design |
| Jåtåkdag* (Yysplyseday) (The National TheatreThe Torshov Theatre) | January 28, 2012 | Stage design, Costume design |
| I år skal det være moderne (The National Theatre) | August 31, 2011 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Handverkarane (The Norwegian Theatre) | April 8, 2011 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Foreldremøte (The National TheatreGoksøyr & MartensNorwegian Centre for New Playwriting (NCNP)Arts Council Norway) | March 29, 2011 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Fool for Love (The National Theatre) | January 19, 2011 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Firmafesten (Rogaland Theatre) | Navember 6, 2010 | Stage design |
| Floating (Siri & Snelle Produksjoner/Siri & Snelle Productions) | October 28, 2010 | Stage design, Costume |
| August: Osage County (The National Stage) | September 4, 2010 | Costume design, Stage design |
| Den stygge (The Norwegian Theatre) | March 19, 2010 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Sangen om den røde rubin (The Norwegian Touring Theatre (Riksteatret)) | February 10, 2010 | Stage design |
| Sangen om den røde rubin (The Norwegian Touring Theatre (Riksteatret)) | February 4, 2010 | Stage design |
| Pinocchio (The National Theatre) | October 3, 2009 | Stage design |
| Autumn Sonata (Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre)) | September 4, 2009 | Costume design, Stage design |
| Goboland () | May 1, 2009 | Concept/Idea, Stage design |
| Flaggermusen (The National Theatre) | April 25, 2009 | Stage design |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream (The National Theatre) | March 28, 2009 | Costume design |
| A couple dance (Mia Haugland Habib) | March 27, 2009 | Stage design |
| Salong* (Salon) (The National TheatreThe Torshov Theatre) | January 17, 2009 | Stage design, Costume design |
| An Enemy of the People (The National Theatre) | September 3, 2008 | Stage design |
| Om kjærlighet og hat (Rogaland Theatre) | April 18, 2008 | Stage design |
| The Child (Rogaland Theatre) | March 27, 2008 | Costume design, Stage design |
| The Child (Rogaland Theatre) | January 31, 2008 | Costume design, Stage design |
| The Child (Rogaland Theatre) | January 26, 2008 | Costume design, Stage design |
| Ønskekonsert (The National Theatre) | January 19, 2008 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Liv (The National StageThe National Theatre!bang productions) | October 12, 2007 | Stage design |
| Lola and her red shoes dancing with Cirkus Polski () | September 28, 2007 | Stage design |
| Faust (The National TheatreThe Torshov Theatre) | September 1, 2007 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Anna Karenina (Rogaland Theatre) | April 14, 2007 | Stage design |
| The Lady from the Sea (The National Stage) | February 9, 2007 | Costume design, Stage design |
| Shukuhara (Rick`s Teater) | 2007 | Stage design |
| Landskap og Elskeren (The National Stage) | Navember 17, 2006 | Stage design |
| Der borte (The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater)) | September 8, 2006 | Stage design |
| The Wild Duck (The National TheatreGoksøyr & Martens) | September 2, 2006 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Ghosts (The National Theatre) | August 24, 2006 | Stage design, Costume design |
| The Fussy Man (The National Stage) | March 31, 2006 | Stage design |
| Lillelord (The National Stage) | February 8, 2006 | Stage design |
| Terrorism (The National Theatre) | Navember 27, 2004 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Masinandraina - Solens øye (Haugesund Theatre) | October 12, 2004 | Costume design, Stage design |
| Masinandraina - Solens øye (Haugesund Theatre) | October 6, 2004 | Costume design, Stage design |
| Sa ka la (Aarhus Theatre) | April 24, 2004 | Stage design |
| Drøm om efteråret (uddrag) (Skuespillerskolen, Aarhus) | April 24, 2004 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Mein Kampf (The National Stage) | January 30, 2004 | Costume design, Stage design |
| Siri & Snelle The Princess Show (Siri & Snelle Produksjoner/Siri & Snelle Productions) | October 29, 2003 | Stage design |
| The Girl on the Sofa (The National Stage) | September 19, 2003 | Stage design |
| The Son (The Norwegian Theatre) | April 5, 2003 | Stage design |
| A Streetcar Named Desire (The National Theatre) | February 1, 2003 | Stage design |
| Ridder Blåskjegg () | 2003 | Stage design |
| The Brothers Lionheart (The National Theatre) | October 23, 2002 | Stage design |
| Capricorn Domestic (Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt) | October 3, 2002 | Stage design |
| While we are sleeping (Toyboys) | September 24, 2002 | Stage design |
| Liv (The National StageThe National Theatre!bang productions) | March 13, 2002 | Stage design |
| Easter (The National Theatre) | January 26, 2002 | Stage design |
| The Afternoon and The Others (Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt) | September 22, 2000 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Visits (The National Stage) | May 25, 2000 | Stage design |
| Don Juan - et nachspiel (The National TheatreThe Torshov Theatre) | January 21, 2000 | Stage design |
| Dream of Autumn (The National Theatre) | September 8, 1999 | Stage design |
| Little Eyolf (Rogaland Theatre) | February 18, 1999 | Stage design, Costume design |
| pli à pli (Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt) | Navember 27, 1998 | Costume design, Stage design |
| Timen da vi ikke visste noe om hverandre (The National Stage) | May 20, 1998 | Costume design, Stage design |
| Balkongen (Trøndelag Theatre) | April 25, 1998 | Costume design, Stage design |
| A gyermek (Bartók Kamaraszínház DunaújvárosBudapesti Kamaraszínház) | December 12, 1997 | Stage design, Costume design |
| The Solitary Shame Announced by a Piano (Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt) | October 6, 1997 | Costume, Stage design |
| Natta syng sine songar (Rogaland Theatre) | September 5, 1997 | Stage design |
| Namnet (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's TV drama division) | May 19, 1996 | Stage design, Costume design |
| The Flux Position of an Insulted Eye (Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt) | October 27, 1995 | Costume, Stage design |
| The Name (The National Stage) | May 27, 1995 | Stage design, Costume design |
| Under open himmel (The Norwegian Theatre) | February 3, 1995 | Stage design |
| Norsk dramatikk 1992 (Danseteatret Hans Petter Dahl) | Navember 10, 1992 | Stage design |
| Varseltrekanten og faresignalers utbredelse på den vestlige halvkule (Norsk Dramatikk Danseteatret Hans Petter Dahl) | Navember 10, 1992 | Performer, Co-creator |
| Siden sist (Riss Dansekompani) | May 30, 1991 | Costume |
| Seks kryptiske danser (Riss Dansekompani) | May 30, 1991 | Costume |
| Dame med bil () | 1991 | Concept/Idea |
| Dame med død rød rev () | 1990 | Concept/Idea |
| Cur (Baktruppen) | January 14, 1989 | Costume design |
| Everything (Baktruppen) | September 8, 1988 | Mask design, Costume |
| Culture out of the sewer tower/The art of meeting a wall (Baktruppen) | September 3, 1988 | Co-creator |
| Everything (Baktruppen) | April 13, 1988 | Mask design, Costume |
| Brenningen (The National Stage) | October 3, 1986 | Actor |