Arabian Night

Arabian Night at The Norwegian Theatre got two Hedda Awards in 2008.

Morten Espeland won The Hedda Award 2008 in the category of best supporting actor for the role of Peter Karpati (or the man in the cognac bottle).

The Hedda Jury gave the following reason:

"Excellent ensemble acting all over, a number of strong actors' performances. But then there was one particular interpretation to remember, nearly becoming a symbol of the whole performance. And not a leading role, a supporting role, simply. So it is with the winner of the year, who with exuberant with and humour, an exquisite ability to convey his lines in pair with precise body language and live use of facial expressions, managed to break down the divide between imagination and reality, in a superior game with the theatrical illusion.

The best supporting actor award goes to Morten Espeland for the role of Peter Karpati - alias the man in the cognac bottle - in Arabian Night the autumn of 2007 at The Norwegian Theatre."

Ingrid Tønder won The Hedda Award 2008 in the category of best visual design for her visual concept to the production.

The Hedda Jury gave the following reason:

"A fruitful and inspiring collaboration is key to a successful performance. Naturally the playwright as well as the director and the actors share the honour of making this very production such a unique and fascinating one, and they too deserve recognition. But The Hedda Jury has chosen to give an award to the artist who, with a bubbling source of imagination, targeted precision and plenty of humour transformed a dead boring modern high-rise into an endlessly magical universe in which everything could and did happen.

The award goes to Ingrid Tønder for the visual concept to Arabian Night at The Norwegian Theatre the autumn of 2007."

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The Hedda Award