Neighbour-Neighbour
Neighbour-Neighbour by Bing og Bang Produksjoner is about Gudrun Bing and Gerd Bang, who are neighbours in the same high-rise in the suburb of Helsfyr, Oslo. Two very different souls, alone in each their apartment, during Christmas Eve itself. Bang is long and strict and to begin with, she thinks she manages just fine without any friend. Bing is kind and jolly and far more active in the search for someone to share coffee and cookies with.
Information
(Objekt ID 2245)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | 2002 |
| Produced by | Bing og Bang Produksjoner, Gorgon Productions |
| Audience | Children (from 6 to 10) |
| Number of events | 42 |
| Keywords | Theatre, Performance for children, Physical theatre, Clownery, Circus, Movie, Multidisciplinary, Multimedia |
| Running period | 2002 |
| Website | Gorgon Prouksjoner |
Requirements to venue
| Minimum stage width | 6m |
| Maximum stage width | 6m |
| Minimum stage depth | 7m |
| Maximum stage depth | 7m |
| Blackout | Yes |
| Rigging time | 120 minutes |
| Downrigging time | 60 minutes |
| Audience | 100 |
Neighbour-Neighbour by Bing og Bang Produksjoner is directed by the French theatre clown Meriem Menant, and the performance balance between the involuntary comedy of the clown and a surprising, beautiful aesthetic. The classical clown is put into a modern expression in which video animation, among other things, is being used. There is no conventional text and the performance bring along a silence contrasting the actors’ precise bodily rhythmic.
Neighbour-Neighbour is a different performance for children, in which the actors tell the story without using words.
Source: The Norwegian Association of Performing Arts/NAPA, www.danseogteatersentrum.no, 05.09.2010, http://www.danseogteatersentrum.no/sck/members.shtmllang=nor&sam=&cat=&gen=&cou=&cri=nabo&aid=17&prid=3&act=prod
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Meriem Menant | – Direction |
| Ebba Johansson | – Costume design |
| Boya Bøckman | – Video/Film |
| Peter Kristoffersen | – Video/Film |
| Thomas Hildebrand | – Sound |
| Kristin Hestad | – Actor |
| Nina Ossavy | – Actor |
| Nina Ossavy | – Production manager |
| Marius Kolbenstvedt | – Other |
| June 19, 2003 | Show |
| June 18, 2003 | Show |
| March 8, 2003 17:00 – Torshovteatret - Hovedsalen | Show |
| March 7, 2003 18:00 – Torshovteatret - Hovedsalen | Show |
| March 6, 2003 18:00 – Torshovteatret - Hovedsalen | Show |
| 2003 (Porsgrunn International Theatre Festival) | Show |
| 2002 (Markedet for scenekunst) | Worldwide premiere |
"While the adults laughed at the aspects too advanced for the children, the kids yelled out and made loud suggestions by the situations rising when Bing repeatedly approached the sour Band in the neighbouring apartment. They have made a sweet, funny and charming story (...) Neighbour-Neighbour is a simple, but beautiful little story (...)"
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