| Title (2) | File type | Publiseringsdato | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program for De Utvalgte's production Bang-Bang Club (2005) and the ten year anniversary folder for De Utvalgte | 2005 | Download | |
| Season program Black Box Teater the spring of 2015 | January 2015 | Download |
Bang-Bang Club
The Bang Bang Club (2005) by De Utvalgte was a club for therapeutic experiments. A meeting place for the materialisation of states of mind. Where the need to see and be seen enticed the participants to expose themselves.
The membership in Bang Bang Club offered a playpen for challenging loneliness. Here the self-pleasure competed with love for your fellow human beings, desire with betrayal.
Information
(Objekt ID 1811)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | March 18, 2004 |
| Produced by | De Utvalgte |
| Audience | Youth, Adults (from 15) |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Performance, Theatre, Biographical theatre, Documentary, Video, Post-dramatic theatre |
| Running period | March 18, 2004 — August 27, 2006 |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Website | De Utvalgte |
Requirements to venue
| Minimum stage width | 7m |
| Maximum stage width | 7m |
| Minimum stage depth | 7m |
| Maximum stage depth | 15m |
| Minimum stage height | 4m |
| Maximum stage height | 4m |
| Lights requirements | Brought with or otherwise agreed with the group |
| Audio requirements | Brought with or otherwise agreed with the group |
| Blackout | Yes |
| Rigging time | 180 minutes |
| Downrigging time | 90 minutes |
| Audience | 200 |
| Other | Due to the long rigging time we would prefer to play the production in the same space for several days. The performance is best suited for projection from behind, or with front projection: 7x7. We prefer performing on a flat floor rather than a stage. |
The Bang-Bang Club originally was a group of South-African photographers who exposed the brutality of the apartheid regime. Constantly witnessing human tragedy, they were driven by the dilemma: When do you stop reflecting reality and start to intervene?
Bang Bang Club was inspired by the Swedish anthology Freeze - the successful freezing of Mr. Fun. Documentary material was mixed with fiction, film and theatre in a performance in the intersection between theatre, performance and inner reflection. Seriousness was coupled with humour and the small private story was reflected in the large global.
In Bang Bang Club De Utvalgte asked questions such as: Is it at all possible to compare pain with pain? When is the political discourse just a tool to promote one’s own excellence? Is our so-called moral consciousness just individual cheating and empty bragging?
Texts used in the performance was developed by the troupe itself, as well as material provided by Eugène Ionesco and Flu Hartberg/Dongery.
Supported by: Arts Council Norway, The Audio Visual Fund.
Sources:
BIT Teatergarasjen, bit-teatergarasjen.no, "Høst 2006", 21.08.2010, http://www.bit-teatergarasjen.no/article/64
De Utvalgte, deutvalgte.no, 21.08.2010, http://www.deutvalgte.no /24.09.2021, https://www.deutvalgte.no/portfolio_page/bang-bang-club/
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Kari Holtan | – Idea |
| Kari Holtan | – Direction |
| Boya Bøckman | – Stage design |
| Kari Holtan | – Stage design |
| Boya Bøckman | – Video/Film |
| Kari Holtan | – Video/Film |
| John Birger Wormdahl | – Sound design |
| Boya Bøckman | – Lighting design |
| Torbjørn Davidsen | – Actor |
| Marius Kolbenstvedt | – Actor |
| Randi Rommetveit | – Actor |
| Vilde Wahl | – Actor |
| John Birger Wormdahl | – Actor |
| Kari Holtan | – Producer |
| Anne Holtan | – Consultant (Tekstkonsulent) |
| Pia Maria Roll | – Other (Produksjonsmedarbeider) |
| February 15, 2015 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| February 14, 2015 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| February 14, 2015 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| February 13, 2015 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | New opening |
| August 27, 2006 – BIT Teatergarasjen, Norsk Dramatikk | Show |
| August 26, 2006 – BIT Teatergarasjen, Norsk Dramatikk | Show |
| June 22, 2006 | Show |
| June 21, 2006 | Show |
| Navember 4, 2005 – Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) | Show |
| June 3, 2005 – Vaglebruket, Teater NOR | Show |
| March 3, 2005 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| March 2, 2005 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| March 21, 2004 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| March 20, 2004 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| March 19, 2004 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| March 18, 2004 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Worldwide premiere |
| Stamsund Teaterfestival | June 3, 2005 |
Anki Gerhardsen, En morsom og trist opplevelse (literally: A fun and sad experience), date unknown, Lofotposten:
"Hysterically funny, incredibly sad, harrowing, thought-provoking and insanely well played."
Therese Bjørneboe, Festival i puberteten?, Norsk Shakespeare-og teatertidsskrift Nr. 2/2005:
"It is about the difficult zone between the public and the private, the authentic and the acted. About peeping and observation of oneself, but Bang-Bang Club develops into a more complex and powerful performance than one could sense beforehand."