Ashes to Ashes

Ashes to Ashes (2006) was a theatre production by Ferske Scener, based on the play by Harold Pinter. The production opened during the festival The Northern Lights Festival in Tromsø.

Kristin Eriksen Bjørn directed it.

Information

(Objekt ID 1465)
Object type Production
Premiere January 28, 2006
Produced by Ferske Scener
Based on Ashes to Ashes by Harold Pinter
Audience Youth, Adults (from 14)
Audience size 910
Number of events 13
Language Norwegian
Keywords Theatre, Drama
Running period January 28, 2006  —  February 9, 2006
Duration 60 minutes
Website Ferske Scener

Requirements to venue

Blackout Yes
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The way Pinter wrote it, Ashes to Ashes is a simple text asking complex questions: Who is guilty? Who is responsible? Who is indifferent? Who is innocent? Who is the victim? Who refuses to look into the eye of the world?

Supported by Arts Council Norway, The Audio Visual Fund, Nordnorsk Kulturråd and the municipality of Tromsø.

SOURCES:

Ferske Scener, ferskescener.no, 12.11.2010, http://www.ferskescener.no/ashes_to_ashes_/cms/18

Ferske Scener's archive, donated by Ferske Scener, 05.05.2009

Contributors (14)
Name Role
Harold Pinter – Playwright
Kristin Eriksen Bjørn – Direction
Marianne Nordnes – Choreography
Geir Tore Holm – Stage design
Erik Stifjell – Sound design
Nicolas Horne – Lighting design
Bernt Bjørn – Actor (Devlin)
Hege Aga Edelsteen – Actor (Rebekka)
Christina Andreassen – Musician (Trommeslager)
Ann Kathrine Brox – Musician (Trommeslager)
Sigrun Dahle – Musician (Trommeslager)
Christine Hanssen – Musician (Trommeslager)
Thea Holmberg Kristensen – Mask design
Eirik Bræin Gikling – Producer
Festivals (2)
Vinterlys February 10, 2006
Nordlysfestivalen January 28, 2006
Press coverage

Ruben Moi, Nordlys:

"Ferske Scener's staging of Pinter's drama hits the spectators as an uncomfortable reminder about conduct in the private sphere, cruelties in history and contemporary times and the (lack of) involvement in the public sphere"

Erling Steenstrup, Norwegian Broadcasting (radio):

"Hege Aga Rogstad and Bernt Bjørn do the main work; they are who give the text an understated, well-dressed intensity - even adding a little stroke of humour to the devilry. Director Kristin Eriksen Bjørn has given the details a finely tuned look. This play will be chewing on me for some while."