Kryss* (Cross)

Kryss* (Cross) by The Stage Company encourages participation from the children. Through games and seriousness, song and music Kryss shapes the attitudes of small pedestrians. The production Kryss has been performed more than 800 times all over Norway.

The actors Ole Tellefsen and Leif Fjelldal both have taken part in themed productions for children for years – in all parts of Norway. Both have experience from musical productions for children inviting the children to participate.

A bit about Kryss by The Stage Company: Through song, dance, music, puppetry, games and crazy clowneries, Finken and Felix take the children into the world of traffic – a world filled with dangers, but also blinking traffic lights and gnus in ditches. Finken is a braggart who drives fast when he wants to seem tough, which is most of the time. Felix is not tough at all, but he operates the traffic lights and decides when they are to show red, yellow or green. The gnu in the ditch is a mix between elk and cow, an animal living at the edge of the road, painting white stripes using his tail as a brush. The children repeatedly have to intervene in the performance to show Finken how to act in traffic.

Sources:

The Norwegian Actors’ Equity Association’s fund for freelancers, 26.11.2010, http://www.danseogteatersentrum.no/sck/members.shtml?lang=nor&sam=&cat=&gen=&cou=&cri=Scenekompaniet&aid=208&prid=1&act=prod

The Stage Company, 26.11.2010, http://www.scenekompaniet.no/

*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.

"Catchy musical theatre about traffic. (...) Some of the best we have experienced"

Oppland Arbeiderblad, Trude Grevstad Dale, 28.09.2001

"With rhythmic song and funny verses Leif Fjelldal and Ole Tellefsen managed in capturing interest from the first cross with traffic lights."

Bladet Harstad, Unn Yttervik, 24.11.1999