Andromache
Andromache was a theatre production by The Norwegian Theatre, produced in 2009. The production was based on the play by Jean Racine, in a Norwegian version by Jon Fosse.
Eirik Stubø directed it and won Norwegian Critics' Award for theatre for his effort.
"This year's Norwegian Critics' Award for theatre goes to a director who to an increasing degree has cultivated the corporal presence of actors onstage, for two productions which - despite their tragic content - have lifted us so that we can still feel it in our bodies. I am talking about Eirik Stubø, and the productions of Ibsen's Rosmersholm at The National Theatre's main stage during The Ibsen Festival 2008, and about Racine's Andromache in a version by Jon Fosse, at The Norwegian Theatre's Scene 2 the spring of 2009. At both occasions the performances are held in measured, minimalist expression, contributing to the violent pressure the texts room."
Read the speech in full (Norwegian only) here.
Information
(Objekt ID 28954)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | March 24, 2009 |
| Produced by | The Norwegian Theatre |
| Based on | Andromache by Jean Racine |
| Audience | Adults |
| Audience size | 1691 |
| Number of events | 22 |
| Language | Norwegian Nynorsk |
| Keywords | Tragedy, Theatre |
| Running period | March 24, 2009 |
Kirsti Stubø won The Hedda Award in the category of best supporting actress for the role of Hermione.
The Hedda jury reasoned as follows:
"After completing her education at The National Academy of Theatre, this year's winner has, in two important theatres, given stage life to very different female characters, and she has also found the time to become a prize-awarded movie actress. She gets the award for her interpretation of a basically self-assured and aggressive young woman, who is, during a few fateful meetings, brought to the verge of a nervous breakdown. Brilliantly the award winner creates a live, credible psychological portrait of a passionate young woman in despair, the very eye of the storm in an otherwise downplayed and cool performance.
The best supporting actress award goes to Kirsti Stubø for the role of Hermione in Andromache at The Norwegian Theatre the spring of 2009."
Sources:
Sceneweb on The Hedda Award, http://www.sceneweb.no/en/awarding/17951/The_Hedda_Award_2009-2009
The Norwegian Theatre, http://www.detnorsketeatret.no/index.php?option=com_play&view=play&playid=35
Norwegian Critics' Association, kritikerlaget.no, 29.09.2011, http://www.kritikerlaget.no/pages/nor/411-regissoer_eirik_stuboe_fikk_kritikerprisen
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Jean Racine | – Playwright |
| Jon Fosse | – Adaption |
| Eirik Stubø | – Direction |
| Cecilia Ölveczky | – Dramaturge |
| Kari Gravklev | – Stage design |
| Kari Gravklev | – Costume design |
| Christopher Woxholtt | – Sound design |
| Ellen Ruge | – Lighting design |
| Sverre Bentzen | – Actor (Fønix) |
| Torbjørn Eriksen | – Actor (Orestes) |
| Stine Mari Fyrileiv | – Actor (Kleone) |
| Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen | – Actor (Pylades) |
| Britt Langlie | – Actor (Kefeia) |
| Ellen Dorrit Petersen | – Actor (Andromake) |
| Kirsti Refseth | – Actor (Hermione) |
| Trond Espen Seim | – Actor (Pyrrhos) |
| Stig Wedvik | – Mask design |
| Erik Berg | – Photo |
| March 24, 2009 – Scene 2, Det Norske Teatret, The Norwegian Theatre | Opening night |