Kari Holtan

Kari Holtan was responsible for the direction, instruction, stage design and video design of Bang Bang Club, the production with which Black Box Teater celebrated its 20th anniversary.

Kari Holtan directed Jimmy Young, which visited The Contemporary Stage Festival in 2007, and which has also been performed at places including the international theatre festival Mladi Levi 2008 (in Ljubljana, Slovenia), Noordrezon Festival 2008 (in Groningen, Holland) and at Stamsund International Theatre Festival.

Kari Holtan was nominated for The Hedda Award 2009 in the category of best direction for Shadows by Jon Fosse, De Utvalgte, Black Box Teater.

De Utvalgte received The Hedda Award 2019 in the special artistic achievement category for The Ship Vol. 5. The production was directed by Holtan.

The Hedda Jury gave the following reason for the award:

"The award goes to a brutal and poetic, comical and ominous, deeply human performance. In play between roles and identities, authenticity and theatricality a multifaceted, confronting and distinct expression is created. The site-specific gives the basic characteristic for a life in movement, a changing society, and the performers behind it examine the human space between hubris and powerlessness, extreme privilege and extreme exposure. The audience is brought along on a shared examination in a myriad of lived life, imagination and myths creating and being created by our lives. The angle that characterises the company, examining, challenging and without prejudice including, also makes it mark on this production. In a filmic expression the seemingly everyday is anchored in mythical material with room for the unpredictability of the human journey. In its deeply moving work this year's special artistic achievement award-winner embraces both hyper-realistic horror scenarios and spectacular beauty, and the whole of it is made with artistic fingerspitzgefühl, humility, authenticity and a level of ambition that is rare."

SOURCES:

The Hedda Award, www.heddaprisen.no, 16.10.19, https://www.heddaprisen.no/vinnere/2019

Sceneweb on The Hedda Award, www.sceneweb.no, 16.10.19, https://sceneweb.no/en/awarding/93019/The_Hedda_Award_2019-2019

• De Utvalgte - Administrative head
• De Utvalgte - Director

• The Hedda Award 2009 - Best direction