Birgit Strøms Minnepris (The Memorial Award of Birgit Strøm) 2008

"Birgit Strøms minnepris (The Memorial Award of Birgit Strøm) for 2008 goes to a production which has, with simple effects, introduced for us a grand and dangerous universe, in which the good luckily wins at the end. The production is visually coherent, with rhythm and precise timing. It communicates with its audience and makes us continue using our own imaginations, creating the imaginary world the production is about. The mindset of the production is thoroughly conceptual, while being surprising. The relation between the roles of the storyteller, the actor and the puppeteer is balanced and the switches are performed with a great degree of self-depreciation. All these roles the puppeteer master on his own, and at the same time, the award goes to a full flock: Fendelhorgens flokk* (The Flock of Fendelhorgen)", the jury says.

The jury consisted of the leader for the Danish Dramatikervæksthus, dramaturge Jane Rasch, the daily manager of Nordic Black Express, actress Ann-Magritt Børresen, and the leader of UNIMA-Norway, assistant professor Svein Gundersen.

*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.

"Birgit Strøms minnepris (The Memorial Award of Birgit Strøm) for 2008 goes to a production which has, with simple effects, introduced for us a grand and dangerous universe, in which the good luckily wins at the end. The production is visually coherent, with rhythm and precise timing. It communicates with its audience and makes us continue using our own imaginations, creating the imaginary world the production is about. The mindset of the production is thoroughly conceptual, while being surprising. The relation between the roles of the storyteller, the actor and the puppeteer is balanced and the switches are performed with a great degree of self-depreciation. All these roles the puppeteer master on his own, and at the same time, the award goes to a full flock: Fendelhorgens flokk* (The Flock of Fendelhorgen)", the jury says.

The jury consisted of the leader for the Danish Dramatikervæksthus, dramaturge Jane Rasch, the daily manager of Nordic Black Express, actress Ann-Magritt Børresen, and the leader of UNIMA-Norway, assistant professor Svein Gundersen.

*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.

"Birgit Strøms minnepris (The Memorial Award of Birgit Strøm) for 2008 goes to a production which has, with simple effects, introduced for us a grand and dangerous universe, in which the good luckily wins at the end. The production is visually coherent, with rhythm and precise timing. It communicates with its audience and makes us continue using our own imaginations, creating the imaginary world the production is about. The mindset of the production is thoroughly conceptual, while being surprising. The relation between the roles of the storyteller, the actor and the puppeteer is balanced and the switches are performed with a great degree of self-depreciation. All these roles the puppeteer master on his own, and at the same time, the award goes to a full flock: Fendelhorgens flokk* (The Flock of Fendelhorgen)", the jury says.

The jury consisted of the leader for the Danish Dramatikervæksthus, dramaturge Jane Rasch, the daily manager of Nordic Black Express, actress Ann-Magritt Børresen, and the leader of UNIMA-Norway, assistant professor Svein Gundersen.

*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.