Helt på tuppa!

Helt på tuppa!* by Teater Grimsborken is a musical comedy of errors for children, with ukulele, banjo and accordion.

*Helt på tuppa! can't be translated directly to English. The title is a Norwegian idiom referring to being so stressed or so excited one is almost out of one's mind. It can also be used about people who are generally frantic. "On the edge" may be the English idiom closest to its meaning. At the same time, the last word of the idiom, "tuppa", can also mean "the hen", which is a reference to the farm environment in the play.

Information

(Objekt ID 1360)
Object type Production
Premiere 2007
Produced by Teater Grimsborken
In collaboration with Teater Vestland
Audience Children (from 4 to 12)
Language Norwegian
Keywords Musical theatre
Running period 2007  
Website Teater Grimsborken

Requirements to venue

Minimum stage width 5m
Minimum stage depth 7m
Minimum stage height 3m
Blackout No
Rigging time 60 minutes
Downrigging time 30 minutes
Audience 100
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Helt på tuppa! by Teater Grimsborken takes place at the farm of the peasant Bonden (Norwegian for Peasant) and his shepherdess Bente. At the farm the audience meets the cocks Kry and Klok (literally: Pride and Wise), plus the hen Klukkelill (a constructed word of the Norwegian word for Cluck, Klukke, and the female name Lill, which can also be used as a suffix signalling femininity). Happiness is complete when an egg sees daylight, but in the back of the set the fox Even sneaks around; he is a fox of dubious reputation and an urge for omelette.

Helt på tuppa! was produced in collaboration with Sogn og Fjordane Theatre.

A former edition of Roger Hilleren’s script was supported by Arts Council Norway and produced by Teater Joker.

Source: Teater Grimsborken, http://www.grimsborken.no, 24.11.2010

Contributors (12)
Name Role
Roger Hilleren – Text
Liv Anne Bjurgren – Direction
Liv Anne Bjurgren – Dramaturge
Cathrine Gåre Opstad – Stage design
Kristin Pedersen – Stage design
Cathrine Gåre Opstad – Costume design
Kristin Pedersen – Costume design
Iver Bjurgren – Sound design
Iver Bjurgren – Actor
Sara Norlin – Actor
Peder Opstad – Actor
Peder Opstad – Producer
Performance dates
2007 Opening night
Press coverage

"Towards the end laughter reverberated and the many children were captured by the drama. (…) Heilt på tuppa will likely become a hit in The Cultural Rucksack."
Arve Solbakken, Firdaposten, 17.04.07

"Teater Grimsborken performed the play Helt på tuppa to enthusiasm by the pupils of the school of Samkom. (...) Variation was good with music, funny rhymes and good acting."
Jan Inge Skeie, Vennesla Tidende, 02.02.07