The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden (2005) was a theatre production by Fabula Rasa, based on the book for children by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The production was performed at Ibsen Theatre in Skien.
Nina Ossavy directed it.
Information
(Objekt ID 1585)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | January 29, 2005 |
| Produced by | Fabula Rasa |
| Coproducers | Nordland Visual Theatre |
| In collaboration with | Ibsen Theatre |
| Based on | The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| Audience | Families, Children (from 6) |
| Number of events | 150 |
| Language | Norwegian, English and French |
| Keywords | Theatre, Multimedia, Video, Movie, Performance for children |
| Running period | January 29, 2005 |
| Duration | 50 minutes |
Requirements to venue
| Minimum stage width | 10m |
| Maximum stage width | 10m |
| Minimum stage depth | 8m |
| Maximum stage depth | 8m |
| Minimum stage height | 4m |
| Maximum stage height | 4m |
| Blackout | Yes |
| Rigging time | 360 minutes |
| Audience | 80 |
The book The Secret Garden was published for the first time in 1911, and has been adapted for the movies, made into a TV series and sent as a radio play. To Fabula Rasa's knowledge, this was the first time it has inspired a theatre performance. Fabula Rasa wrote a wholly new stage text and has removed all adult characters so that only the children remained when the story met the theatre.
The Secret Garden by Fabula Rasa was performed some 160 times through The Cultural Rucksack and at festivals and in theatres in Norway. The performance was nominated for Gullsekken (The Cultural Rucksack’s own award) in 2007. The performance was also translated into the French and visited festivals in France from 2009.
The Secret Garden by Fabula Rasa was supported by Arts Council Norway, The Cultural Rucksack, the Fund for Performing Artists, Norsk Scenekunstbruk and the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs/MFA (travel grant/performing arts).
SOURCES:
Fabula Rasa, fabularasa.no, 10.08.2010, http://www.fabularasa.no/teater/no/forestillinger/en-hemmelig-hage/
Runhild Olsen, www.runhild.com, 29.08.2018, http://www.runhild.com/cv/teater/en-hemmelig-hage/
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Frances Hodgson Burnett | – Author |
| Marius Kolbenstvedt | – Script |
| Nina Ossavy | – Script |
| Nina Ossavy | – Idea |
| Nina Ossavy | – Direction |
| Ola Fløttum | – Composer |
| Silje Steinsvik | – Stage design |
| Boya Bøckman | – Video/Film |
| Nina Ossavy | – Video/Film |
| Boya Bøckman | – Lighting design |
| Øystein Helle | – Lighting design |
| Alexander Kjær | – Lighting design |
| Maki Uyeama | – Lighting design |
| Monica Borg Fure | – Actor |
| Thomas Hildebrand | – Actor |
| Marius Kolbenstvedt | – Actor |
| Runhild Olsen | – Actor |
| Ola Fløttum | – Musician |
| Aina Griffin | – Musician |
| Nelly Ebbesen | – Co-producer |
| Runhild Olsen | – Producer |
| March 17, 2010 – Espace Culturel de Vendenheim, Frankrike | Show |
| March 15, 2009 – Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) | Show |
| March 14, 2009 – Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) | Show |
| February 8, 2006 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| June 16, 2005 – Gamle Posten, Porsgrunn International Theatre Festival | Show |
| June 15, 2005 – Gamle Posten, Porsgrunn International Theatre Festival | Show |
| January 29, 2005 – Store scene, Festiviteten i Skien, Ibsen Theatre | National premiere, Norway |
"Splendid. Everything happens on the children’s terms. The performance is magical." (2005, 30.01). Telemarksavisa