Før vi dør* (Before we die)

Før vi dør* (Before we die) (2019) was a theatre production by Antiteateret. The script was written by Even Standal Vesterhus, Even Torgan, Fanny Vaager and Tine Skjold in collaboration with the performers.

The production was directed by Even Standal Vesterhus and Even Torgan.

Før vi dør won The Hedda Award 2020 in the best production for youth category. The production was also nominated in the production of the year category, and Even Standal Vesterhus, Even Torgan, Fanny Vaager and Tine Skjold, in collaboration with the performers, were nominated in the best text for the stage category.

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

Information

(Objekt ID 101197)
Object type Production
Premiere 2019
Produced by
Based on Før vi dør* (Before we die) by Even Standal Vesterhus, Even Torgan, Fanny Vaager, Tine Skjold
Audience Youth
Language Norwegian
Keywords Theatre, Performance for youth
Running period 2019  
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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.

Contributors (8)
Name Role
Tine Skjold – Script
Even Torgan – Script
Even Standal Vesterhus – Script
Fanny Vaager – Script
Even Torgan – Direction
Even Standal Vesterhus – Direction
Sjur Vatne Brean – Actor
Rebekka Robinson Jynge – Actor
Performance dates
2019 Opening night