Even Torgan
Even Torgan is a Norwegian actor, scriptwriter and director. He manages the independent theatre company Antiteateret.
Even Standal Vesterhus, Even Torgan, Fanny Vaager and Tine Skjold, in collaboration with the performers, were nominated for The Hedda Award 2020 in the best text for the stage category, for their text to Før vi dør* (Before we die), Antiteateret (2019). The production also was nominated in the production of the year and the best production for youth categories. It won the latter award. Før vi dør was directed by Vesterhus and Torgan in collaboration.
*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
Information
(Objekt ID 70758)| Object type | Person |
| Functions | Director, Actor, Dramatist/Playwright, Manager |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Gender | Male |
The Hedda Jury gave the following reason for the award to Før vi dør* (Before we die):
"The winner in the best production for youth category is about the good-hearted will we all have to do something, but where most of us fail in actually doing something. It is a production about the difficulties in uniting our ideals and good wishes with democracy and majority decisions. The production is political, satirical, parodical and at time hyper-realistic. And it makes us ill at ease, embarrassed of ourselves and our lack of courage. It laughs at us, and we join in the laughter, in what we think is a fictional universe.
We rarely see the theatre treat a topical issue in a better way than this. And we rarely experience that political theatre is more involving. The production is innovative, daring and provocative - and it is told in a way that reaches youth, and everybody else, very well."
SOURCES:
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
*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
- Antiteateret - Stage Artist
| Title | Publiseringsdato | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Før vi dør* (Before we die) | Script | – Author |