| Title | File type | Publiseringsdato | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program for Oslo Internasjonale Teaters lesning Fem dagar i mars (2012) | 2012 | Download |
Five Days in March
Five Days in March (2012) was a staged reading by Oslo International Theatre in collaboration with The Norwegian Theatre, with a play by Japanese Toshiki Okada as its foundation.
About Five Days in March Okada has said that he wanted to react to the (most recent) war in Iraq, without leaving the mundane. In the play the youth Yukki and Minobe meet randomly. They shut themselves into a hotel room in five days in March 2003; while USA invades Iraq and anti-war demonstrations fill the streets they focus on alcohol and unlimited sex. They escape the outer world and are finally free, but for how long can one be free? For how long can one be with another person? Can one relate to global events and conflicts, or is it just as well just moving to March?
Toshiki Okada, born in Yokohama in 1973, founded the theatre company chelfitsch in 1997, and has written and directed a number of productions for the company since then. In particular he is known for his use of hyper-realists Japanese mundane speech. Five Days in March won Kishida Drama Award in 2005, and the same year Okada received the Japanese Yokohama Award for Art and Cultural Encouragement.
Source:
E-mail from Oslo International Theatre, 07.06.2012
Information
(Objekt ID 29190)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | June 14, 2012 |
| Produced by | Oslo International Theatre |
| In collaboration with | The Norwegian Theatre |
| Based on | Five Days in March by Toshiki Okada |
| Audience | Adults |
| Number of events | 3 |
| Language | Norwegian Nynorsk |
| Keywords | Reading |
| Running period | June 14, 2012 — June 16, 2012 |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Toshiki Okada | – Playwright |
| Anne Lande Peters | – Translation |
| Øystein Ulsberg Brager | – Direction |
| Philip Thorne | – Direction |
| Otto Homlung | – Dramaturge |
| Yngve Berven | – Actor |
| Huy Le Vo | – Actor |
| Rune Storsæther Løding | – Actor |
| Ida Løken Valkeapää | – Actor |
| Espen Løvås | – Actor |
| Sveinung Oppegaard | – Actor |
| Kirsti Refseth | – Actor |
| Espen Hjort | – Director’s assistant |
| June 16, 2012 – Scene 3 (tidligere Prøvesalen), The Norwegian Theatre | Reading |
| June 15, 2012 – Scene 3 (tidligere Prøvesalen), The Norwegian Theatre | Reading |
| June 14, 2012 – Scene 3 (tidligere Prøvesalen), The Norwegian Theatre | National premiere, Norway |