Lars Erik Holter
Lars Erik Holter (born May 15 1965) is a Norwegian director and former actor.
Lars Erik Holter was educated as an actor at The National Academy of Theatre and had among other things a number of roles at The National Theatre in 1995 and 1996.
Next he decided to become an instructor, and he completed the direction study at Oslo National Academy of the Arts in 2001. His diploma work was The Belgrade Trilogy by Biljana Srbljanovic.
Since then his direction assignments have been many, including working for Rogaland Theatre (The Caretaker, 2004), The National Theatre (The Wind in the Willows, 2002), The Norwegian Touring Theatre/The National Theatre, (Henrik and Emilie, 2006) and The Norwegian Theatre (Black Milk, 2005, The Son, 2003).
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
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(Objekt ID 2602)| Object type | Person |
| Born | May 15, 1965 |
| Functions | Director, Actor |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Gender | Male |
Lars Erik Holter was nominated for The Hedda Award 2007 in the best direction category for The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents by Lukas Bärfuss at The National Stage, and The Playboy of the Western World by John M. Synge at The Norwegian Theatre.
Lars Erik Holter had accepted the position as artistic director of The Norwegian Theatre and was meant to start in the position January 1, 2010, but the summer of 2009 he changed his mind and withdrew. Instead Vidar Sandem's term as the head of the theatre was prolonged to and including 2010, before Erik Ulfsby took over the position.
Holter gave two reasons for resigning: Out of consideration for his family (they were expecting their first child) and economic difficulties (including reducing the staff) at the theatre, both of which were not clear at the time when he applied for and got the job in 2008.
Lars Erik Holter has taught at the acting study at Oslo National Academy of the Arts (formerly The National Academy of Theatre) and also took part in designing the syllabus for the study.
Lars Erik Holter, Ingrid Weme Nilsen and the ensemble won The Hedda Award 2020 in the best text for the stage category for their adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck, The Norwegian Theatre (2020). Holter directed the production, which was also nominated in the best production for youth category.
"A text for the stage can be so many things: The script by a playwright, a disposition for improvisation on a theme, or the adaptation of an already existing classic. The category is as wide as performing arts in itself.
The best texts for the stage liberate energy, force and playfulness in the venue, with the actors, during rehearsals and in the auditorium, during the performance. The best texts for the stage show us the world in a new was, while pointing out a direction for the artists.
The best text for the stage this year is such as work. It is, in its way, both a guideline for use and a work of art, while it is made in collaboration between the director, the dramaturge and the actors. They have moved into a classic while making it their own - and our."
SOURCES:
The Hedda Award
The Norwegian Theatre
The Hedda Award, www.heddaprisen.no, 16.07.20, https://www.heddaprisen.no/nominerte/2020
The Hedda Award, heddaprisen.no, 21.09.2020, https://www.heddaprisen.no/vinnere/2020
Acting study at The National Academy of Theatre.
Direction study at Oslo National Academy of the Arts (graduated 2001).
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| Testosteron | Script | – Author |