| Title | File type | Publiseringsdato | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season program Black Box Teater the spring of 2010 | 2010 | Download |
Assassins
Assassins is a theatre production by Random Scream (USA/Belgium), based on the musical by Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) and John Weidman (book).
Davis Freeman directed it.
Originally the musical Assassins was staged Off Broadway in 1990, but it was taken off after the Iraq invasion the same year. Ironically it was also attempted revived in 2001 shortly before September 11. In 2004 the play won four Tony Awards.
Assassins is a dark, disturbing black comedy based on the musical by Stephen Sondheim about the presidential assassinations in the US and the reverse side of the American Dream.
Information
(Objekt ID 2857)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | March 14, 2010 |
| Produced by | Random Scream |
| Coproducers | , Kunstencentrum BUDA, , |
| Based on | Assassins by Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman, Stephen Sondheim |
| Audience | Adults |
| Language | English |
| Keywords | Musical, Theatre, Musical theatre |
| Duration | 90 minutes |
| Website | Random Scream |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | No |
Assassins is a about the men and women who have, with varying degrees of success, tried to assassinate the American president, and it provides a dark and comical outlook at life, love and the will of the nine known presidential assassins and the dark undercurrents of The American Dream.
The setting is a press conference in which all presidential assassins are played by actors liking to sing rather than professional vibrato singers. We meet strong individualists with strong wishes to change the world. The big question in Assassins is whether they have succeeded and whether there is room for them within the American Dream? As the 44th President in the United States, Barack Obama has received more death threats than all other presidents together. Assassins is more up-to-date than it has ever been.
The musical Assassins offers juicy American satire in sober Belgian packing. Musicals aren't programmed on the European contemporary theatre stage every day. This version of Assassins is a result of the American actor and director Davis Freeman's wish to make the Arch-American musical genre attractive for a selective European art audience.
Freeman has formerly worked with internationally renowned companies such as British Forced Entertainment, Meg Stuart, Superamas and several others. In 2001 he started the company Random Scream with Lilia Mestre.
Assassins was supported by Monty, Work Space Brussels, Theatre Garonne, Bains::Connective and Visual Kitchen
Sources:
BIT Teatergarasjen spring program 2010. 04.08.2010: http://www.bit-teatergarasjen.no/article/300
Spring program 2010, Teaterhuset Avant Garden.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Stephen Sondheim | – Author (Sangtekster) |
| Davis Freeman | – Text |
| John Weidman | – Text |
| Davis Freeman | – Direction |
| Stephen Sondheim | – Music |
| Dianne Weller | – Music |
| Sam Vanoverschelde | – Video/Film |
| Vincent Malstaf | – Lighting design |
| Caroline Daish | – Actor |
| Bernard Eylenbosch | – Actor |
| Adrian Fisher | – Actor |
| Davis Freeman | – Actor |
| Karim Gharbi | – Actor |
| Bernd Maier | – Actor |
| Alejandro Petrasso | – Actor |
| Dianne Weller | – Actor |
| Mohamad Yamani | – Actor |
| Alejandro Petrasso | – Musical Instructor |
| March 18, 2010 – Verkstedhallen, Svartlamon & Co | Show |
| March 17, 2010 – Verkstedhallen, Svartlamon & Co | Show |
| March 15, 2010 – Studio Bergen, Carte Blanche | Show |
| March 14, 2010 – Studio Bergen, Carte Blanche | National premiere, Norway |
"The main argument against the performance which to begin with is original, funny and has a good text, is that it from time to time becomes unnuanced."
Charlotte Myrbråten, review in scenekunst.no, 04.08.2010: http://www2.scenekunst.no/egenkritikk_6975.nml