The Master Cat
The Master Cat (2005) is a production by Torgunn Productions. The Master Cat is based on the Brothers Grimm's fairytale The Master Cat AKA The Puss in Boots.
The production is Torgunn Productions' most performed production.
Information
(Objekt ID 1404)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | 2005 |
| Produced by | Torgunn Productions |
| Based on | Katten med støvlene by Brødrene Grimm |
| Audience | Children (from 5 to 12) |
| Audience size | 50000 |
| Number of events | 470 |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre, Performance for children, Comedy |
| Running period | 2005 |
| Duration | 40 minutes |
| Website | Torgunn Produksjoner |
Requirements to venue
| Minimum stage width | 4m |
| Minimum stage depth | 4m |
| Minimum stage height | 3m |
| Blackout | No |
| Rigging time | 60 minutes |
| Downrigging time | 30 minutes |
| Audience | 120 |
At the webpage of Torgunn Productions the following, among other things, is written about The Master Cat:
"Meet the puss in boots, the delighted king, the evil sorcerer and the simpleton guardians Andersson and Olsson. Meet horses, lions, mice and rapping partridges. These characters and many more you meet in the performance about the poor miller's son who became a rich count!
The Master Cat is the production by Torgunn Productions that is the most performed. After opening at Folkets hus in Gustavsfors in Sweden in 2005, it has been performed more than 470 times in front of almost 50 000 spectators in Norway and Sweden. In 2008 The Master Cat became the second-most performed theatre and dance production for children and youth in Norway. The production is based on the fairytale The Puss in Boots, and is a character comedy using effects such as bande mime, an expression we have carried with us from the theatre schoolÉcole Jacques Lecoq."
Through The National Touring Network for Performing The Master Cat has been on tour in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Source:
Torgunn Productions, torgunnproduksjoner.no, 14.08.2012, http://torgunnproduksjoner.com/produksjoner/masterkatten/
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Torgunn Wold Platzack | – Direction |
| Hege Haagenrud | – Costume |
| Henriette Blakstad | – Actor |
| Gunnar Brøntveit | – Actor |
| Jan-Egil Engnes | – Actor |
| Pia Eriksson | – Actor |
| Sindre-Benedict Hendrichs | – Actor |
| Bo Platzack | – Actor |
| Anders Sanzén | – Actor |
| 2005 | Opening night |
Mats Linstrøm, 09.07.2008, Dala-Demokraten [Sweden]:
"[..] –mime, sing, rap, dance; all in an acrobat-like quick pace, using involvement and imagination. They practically fly onstage. And they do it all: King, wizard, guardians, horses, lion, mice and the main character, the proudest, smartest and perhaps vilest of them all: The master cat in his boots. But the superior trio doesn't stop there. They are the props too: Doors, roofs, the castle of the king. Only three jesters are onstage, but they create a whole world with exterior and interior imagination. This is physical theatre at its best."