Come Back, Liza

Come back, Liza (2020) was a theatre production by The Norwegian Theatre, based on a text by Terje Nordby. The production was performed in the theatre's venue Scene 3.

Terje Nordby and Lasse Kolsrud directed it.

The production was performed for a limited number of spectators, due to Coronavirus prevention measures.

The world premiere of Come Back, Liza took place at the jazz club Belleville in Oslo in 1997. Later the same year, a radio theatre version was broadcast by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's radio drama division in 1997, and The Norwegian Theatre produced its first stage version in 1999. Lasse Kolsrud acted in all three productions. Berit Hedemann directed the radio theatre version and Terje Nordby the theatre version.

Information

(Objekt ID 102999)
Object type Production
Premiere October 2, 2020
Produced by The Norwegian Theatre
Based on Come Back, Liza by Terje Nordby
Audience Adults
Audience size 226
Number of events 10
Language Norwegian Nynorsk
Keywords Musical theatre, Drama, Corona-production
Running period October 2, 2020  
Website Det Norske Teatret
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At the webpage of The Norwegian Theatre, the following, among other things, is written about Come Back, Liza:

"Lauritz Moe is to introduce the old Harry Belafonte hit Come Back, Liza. But today, he has not just been left by his girlfriend, he has also just gotten to know that his father's body has been identified in Eastern Africa. It is difficult to concentrate on what he is to say, and digressions push through. While his thoughts fly, he brings us on a journey to a landscape in which myths and reality merge. The core theme is a man's longing for his father.

A generation of sailors

In the mid-1970es, almost a third of all Norwegian men in working age had been working at sea for shorter or longer periods of time. Actor Lasse Kolsrud was one of them. His experiences with the dog watch, scraping rust, cheap spirits for Christmas, and not least his relationship to his father, who was a sailor all his life, have made up one of the foundations for the story of the former sailor Lauritz Moe. The production was made in collaboration with Terje Nordby and was first performed in 1997. When they now revive it, they want to find out how Lauritz Moe is now, 20 years later."

SOURCES:

The Norwegian Theatre, detnorsketeatret.no, 12.08.2020, https://www.detnorsketeatret.no/framsyningar/come-back-liza, https://www.detnorsketeatret.no/bakgrunnsartiklar/evig-sjomann-og-kjaerleik

Import from the Scenekunst.no list of openings 12.08.2020

Contributors (7)
Name Role
Terje Nordby – Playwright
Lasse Kolsrud – Direction
Terje Nordby – Direction
Anders Hasmo – Dramaturge
Unni Walstad – Visual design
Lasse Kolsrud – Actor
Espen Leite – Musician
Performance dates
October 2, 2020 18:30 – Scene 3 (tidligere Prøvesalen), The Norwegian Theatre Opening night