Mitt liv som Elsa* (My Life as Elsa)

Mitt liv som Elsa* (My Life as Elsa) is a production by and with Elsa Lystad, in which she, accompanied by Petter Anthon Næss, sums up her life onstage and offstage.

The production was produced and directed by Peter Brandt.

Mitt liv som Elsa opened three days prior to the main character's 82nd birthday the summer of 2012.

*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.

Information

(Objekt ID 29615)
Object type Production
Premiere July 6, 2012
Coproducers The Touring Theatre of Trøndelag
Audience Adults
Language Norwegian
Keywords Biographical theatre, Comedy, Solo
Running period July 6, 2012  
Website Turnéteatret i Trøndelag
Contributors (4)
Name Role
Elsa Lystad – Playwright
Peter Brandt – Direction
Elsa Lystad – Actor (Som seg selv)
Petter Anthon Næss – Musician
Performance dates
February 24, 2016Gamle Scene, Trøndelag Teater New opening
May 10, 2015Kirsten Flagstad salen, Hamar Kulturhus Show
May 9, 2015Kulturhuset Banken, Lillehammer Show
April 22, 2015Aulaen, Verdal Show
April 21, 2015Stjørdal kino Show
April 16, 2015Inderøy Kulturhus Show
April 15, 2015Dampsaga Kulturhus, Steinkjer Show
April 14, 2015Konsertsalen, Namsos Kulturhus New opening
September 18, 2013Hovedscenen (The Main Stage), Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre) New opening
January 19, 2013Oslo Nye Centralteatret extra performance
January 10, 2013Oslo Nye Centralteatret extra performance
July 6, 2012 Worldwide premiere
Press coverage

Lillian Bikset, Lyspunktet Lystad (the title can mean The Spotlight of Lystad as well as The Good Thing about Lystad), Dagbladet, 07.07.2012:

"Petter Anthon Næss, who functions as a musical partner and a textual anchor may be who describes it the best: 'She talks like a wheel of fortune'. That's right. As a wheel of fortune the woman onstage is unpredictable and quick to change directions. One never knows exactly where she is to stop or in what direction she will next go off. Mitt liv som Elsa* (My Life as Elsa) is a show filled with digressions, ideas and sudden switches. But even more than a wheel of fortune, Elsa Lystad is a bringer of good fortune. (...) Generosity is the most important keyword. Generosity towards those she talks about, generosity towards those she talks to. That she also is the owner of an ironic intellect definitely doesn't puncture this generosity, it underlines it."

*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.