Even Standal Vesterhus
Even Standal Vesterhus is a Norwegian actor, script writer and director.
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 89932)| Object type | Person |
| Functions | Director, Actor, Dramatist/Playwright |
| 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 | Premiere | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Rasisten (Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre)Antiteateret) | August 30, 2023 | Dramaturge, Producer |
| Vi må snakke om Faust* (We need to talk about Faust) (The National Theatre) | January 26, 2019 | Director’s assistant, Director’s assistant |
| Før vi dør* (Before we die) (Antiteateret) | 2019 | Script, Direction |
| Les Misérables (Trøndelag Theatre) | August 26, 2006 | Actor (Gavroche / Gutunge - alternerte med Theodor Lyngstad og Samuel Lilleberg Suphellen) |
| Les Misérables (Trøndelag Theatre) | February 25, 2006 | Actor (Gavroche / Gutunge - alternerte med Theodor Lyngstad og Samuel Lilleberg Suphellen) |
| Dj Pedo () | Idea, Script, Producer | |
| Fra Havet () | Script |
| Title | Publiseringsdato | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Før vi dør* (Before we die) | Script | – Author |