Life Machine
Life Machine (2005) was a collaboration production by House of Stories and Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre). The production was subtitled sax og kjærlighet (literally: Sax and Love).
At the webpage of House of Stories the following, among other things, is written about Life Machine:
"Throughout short film sequences we get to know Elisabeth and Magnus who are in love, Magnus'wife Vera who is unable to handle that she is left, Elisabeth's mother Eva whose live-in partner Joachim suffer after 25 years of unresolved separation from his ex-partners, and young Julie, daughter of Vera and Magnus, who wants to find her own way out of her mother's nest, with helpful assistance fromElisabeth's long-time friend and colleague Bjørn."
Information
(Objekt ID 21620)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | March 3, 2005 |
| Produced by | Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre), House of Stories |
| Based on | Life Machine by Lene Therese Teigen |
| Audience | Adults |
| Audience size | 2680 |
| Number of events | 21 |
| Language | Norwegian Bokmål |
| Keywords | Drama, Theatre |
| Running period | March 3, 2005 — April 9, 2005 |
| Duration | 2 hours including an interval |
| Website | House OF Stories |
In Life Machine produced by House of Stories and Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre) stage and costume designer Christine Lohre and Lene Therese Teigen collaborated about the visual concept. The basis was that all actors were to be present onstage all the time, and that they were to operate in different spaces at the same time. Because of this Christine Lohre made a space concept which were not meant to be realistic, but where the space alluded to the indoors and the outdoors at the same time – and where action could be ongoing at different levels.
The production was supported by Arts Council Norway and The Audio Visual Fund, and it was a co-production between House of Stories and Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre).
Source:
House of Stories, houseofstories.no, 01.08.2012, http://houseofstories.no/scenekunst/livsmaskin/
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Lene Therese Teigen | – Playwright |
| Lene Therese Teigen | – Direction |
| Hans Rønningen | – Music |
| Halldis Hoaas | – Dramaturge |
| Christine Lohre | – Stage design |
| Christine Lohre | – Costume design |
| Marianne Thallaug Wedset | – Lighting design |
| Trond Fausa Aurvåg | – Actor (Bjørn) |
| Bentine Holm | – Actor (Vera) |
| June Kristiansen | – Actor (Julie) |
| Hanne Lindbæk | – Actor (Elisabeth) |
| Eli Anne Linnestad | – Actor (Eva / Siv) |
| Hans Rønningen | – Actor (Magnus) |
| Gard Øyen | – Actor (Joachim) |
| Julie A. Clark | – Mask design |
| Julie A. Clark | – Wigmaking |
| Roger Fossum | – Stage manager |
| Pelle Gustavsen | – Stage manager |
| Bjarne Stensrud | – Stage manager |
| Atle Bye | – Photo |
| Christer Berg | – Technical director |
| Finn Lewin | – Technical director |
| Christina Veronika Mauer | – Director’s assistant |
| Marte Moen Danielsen | – Assistant Stage Designer |
| Didi Stig | – Prompter |
| Runi Sveen | – Production manager |
| Lene Therese Teigen | – Producer |
| March 3, 2005 – Oslo Nye Centralteatret | Worldwide premiere |