Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday(2009) by Mari Hesjedal was a theatre performance about a birthday party, a relationship and a child. A couple tries to arrange a birthday party for their son, but are locked into a moment that seems to have no end. How to celebrate life when life as they know it is being turned on its head?
Happy Birthday by Mari Hesjedal was supported by Arts Council Norway and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/MFA (travel grant/performing arts).
Information
(Objekt ID 11494)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | August 19, 2009 |
| Produced by | Mari Hesjedal |
| Audience | Adults |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre, Video, Multidisciplinary, Physical theatre |
| Running period | August 19, 2009 |
| Website | MellomRom |
More
Source:
NOTAM, notam02.no, 23.03.2011, http://www.notam02.no/web/2009/08/happy-birthday-2/?lang=en
Contributors (13)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Mari Hesjedal | – Concept/Idea |
| Mari Hesjedal | – Direction |
| Tine Valavuo Tyldum | – Direction |
| Tine Valavuo Tyldum | – Choreography |
| Leiv Reed | – Composition |
| Ingvill Fossheim | – Stage design |
| Fotini Kalle | – Stage design |
| Reija Stenius | – Stage design |
| Alessandra Zago | – Stage design |
| Mari Hesjedal | – Video/Film (Kameraføring) |
| Svein Inge Neergård | – Lighting design |
| Anders Gaarder Karterudseter | – Actor |
| Janne Beate Starup Bønes | – Actor |
Performance dates
| August 21, 2009 – Kanonhallen, Løren, Kanonhallen, Oslo | Show |
| August 20, 2009 – Kanonhallen, Løren, Kanonhallen, Oslo | Show |
| August 19, 2009 – Kanonhallen, Løren, Kanonhallen, Oslo | Worldwide premiere |