The Norwegian Ibsen Award AKA The Ibsen Prize 2020

The Norwegian Ibsen Award AKA The Ibsen Prize 2020

SOURCE:

Press release from the municipality of Skien 03.03.2020

Winners
  • Lisa Charlotte Baudouin Lie

    The winner of The Norwegian Ibsen Award 2020 is Lisa Lie, for the theatre text Mare.

    The jury gave the following reason:

    "Mare by Lisa Lie is a subtle and intelligent weave of references, characterised by musicality, originality and warmth. Springing out from Euripides' Medea, Lie spins forth a rich dramatic landscape in the range between classical tragedy and modern life view. The mythological, near archaic understanding of Medea is turned around, given a contemporary and intelligent perspective. The mythical is connected to our own time and age through ancient and contemporary references, and it becomes a journey into a mythical landscape, where the end stop is inside ourselves. The range between the post-dramatic structure, in which the stage design takes the place of a driving dramaturgical element, and monologues bringing the reader close to the main character, brings the drama close. As Medea says:

    All we do against the defenceless. Without being able to see that it happens. Beneath our streets. Inside the houses. The missing children. Those who disappear. Those who have none to defend them. The betrayal from those who claim they defend them. And there I am. I mirror you. The darkness in you.

    (Translated by Lillian Bikset for this Sceneweb entry. The original text is not translated into the English, and it sounds as follows: Alt det vi gjer mot dei forsvarslause. Utan at vi klarer å sjå at det skjer. Under gatene våre. Inne i husa. Dei sakna barna. Dei som forsvinn. Dei som ikkje har nokon til å forsvare seg. Svikta av dei som påstår forsvare dei. Og der har du meg.
    Eg speglar deg. Mørket i deg.)"

    Mare had its world premiere in January 2019. It was produced by The Norwegian Theatre.

    SOURCE:

    The municipality of Skien, skien.kommune.no, 02.04.2020, https://www.skien.kommune.no/aktuelt/ibsenprisen-2020/?fbclid=IwAR0Bc93i7Rj4u3Dm_kYlTNQ1ACQUiyPIDump6XuZt8Bmdfw-8bjF-DVj2uQ

  • Mare

    The winner of The Norwegian Ibsen Award 2020 is Lisa Lie, for the theatre text Mare.

    The jury gave the following reason:

    "Mare by Lisa Lie is a subtle and intelligent weave of references, characterised by musicality, originality and warmth. Springing out from Euripides' Medea, Lie spins forth a rich dramatic landscape in the range between classical tragedy and modern life view. The mythological, near archaic understanding of Medea is turned around, given a contemporary and intelligent perspective. The mythical is connected to our own time and age through ancient and contemporary references, and it becomes a journey into a mythical landscape, where the end stop is inside ourselves. The range between the post-dramatic structure, in which the stage design takes the place of a driving dramaturgical element, and monologues bringing the reader close to the main character, brings the drama close. As Medea says:

    All we do against the defenceless. Without being able to see that it happens. Beneath our streets. Inside the houses. The missing children. Those who disappear. Those who have none to defend them. The betrayal from those who claim they defend them. And there I am. I mirror you. The darkness in you.

    (Translated by Lillian Bikset for this Sceneweb entry. The original text is not translated into the English, and it sounds as follows: Alt det vi gjer mot dei forsvarslause. Utan at vi klarer å sjå at det skjer. Under gatene våre. Inne i husa. Dei sakna barna. Dei som forsvinn. Dei som ikkje har nokon til å forsvare seg. Svikta av dei som påstår forsvare dei. Og der har du meg.
    Eg speglar deg. Mørket i deg.)"

    Mare had its world premiere in January 2019. It was produced by The Norwegian Theatre.

    SOURCE:

    The municipality of Skien, skien.kommune.no, 02.04.2020, https://www.skien.kommune.no/aktuelt/ibsenprisen-2020/?fbclid=IwAR0Bc93i7Rj4u3Dm_kYlTNQ1ACQUiyPIDump6XuZt8Bmdfw-8bjF-DVj2uQ

Nominated (3)
  • Arne Lygre

    Lygre was nominated for his play Me Near. World premiere in March 2019. Produced by The National Theatre.

    "Me Near is a linguistic examination of closeness and distance. The characters exist in an existential room, where emotions are tested, relations are put against each other, and decisions have to be made. This way, a complex and nuanced text about social and relational discomfort is created, about the fear of and the need to be alone. Lygre's use of language and form creates a paradoxical relationship to closeness. The distance that arises, shows how existential closeness is. Through Lygre's exploration of the theatre's language and its different perspectives, words are transformed into events. The characters place themselves in a finely tuned and precise way, through language and action, and through this, they challenge each other's balance points."

    SOURCE:

    The municipality of Skien, press release 03.03.2020

  • Lisa Charlotte Baudouin Lie

    Lie was nominated for her play Mare. World premiere in January 2019. Produced by The Norwegian Theatre.

    "Mare is a subtle and intelligent weave of references. Springing out from Euripides' Medea, Lie spins forth a rich dramatic landscape in the range between classical tragedy and modern life view. The mythical is connected to our own time and age through ancient and contemporary references, and it becomes a journey into a mythical landscape, where the end stop is inside ourselves. The range between the post-dramatic structure, in which the stage design takes the place of a driving dramaturgical element, and monologues bringing the reader close to the main character, brings the drama close. When the modern is put against classical drama, new meaning arises."

    SOURCE:

    The municipality of Skien, press release. 03.03.2020

  • Goksøyr & Martens

    Goksøyr & Martens were nominated for their play Dottera* (The Daughter)World premiere at The Norwegian Theatre in February 2019. Produced by The Norwegian Theatre. 

    "As an attractive, theatrical script, Dottera provides a credible presentation of daily life. Through a simultaneous, precise and thoroughly developed form, Goksøyr & Martens points at challenges in modern family life with your children, my children and our children. The retrospective style is combined with a contemporary expression, where things happen in parallel, and outside the control of the characters. Goksøyr & Martens' staged oeuvre has a strong literary dimension. Dottera is a drama that lets a secret gradually unfold. This structure, with a clear switch of focus midway into the text, creates a parallelism similar to life."

    SOURCE:

    The municipality of Skien, press release 03.03.2020

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