Above the Town

Above the Town (1983) was a production by CabaretgruppenAbove the Town was a Norwegian-Yiddish cabaret with its world wide premiere at Det Gamle Raadhus (Oslo) in October 1983. The production was performed at Det Gamle Raadhus for two weeks. Later it was performed again in Oslo, for schools, among other things, and as a visiting performance in Trondheim, Stockholm and Aarhus.

Information

(Objekt ID 31715)
Object type Production
Premiere October 1983
Produced by
Based on Above the Town by Julian Garner
Audience Adults
Language Norwegian and Yiddish
Keywords Cabaret
Running period October 1983  
Website BENTE KAHAN
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Above the Town was Bente Kahan's first professional appearance in Norway, as well as her first Yiddish performance. It was called a Norwegian-Yiddish cabaret with Yiddish songs and folktales as well as new texts written by the English playwright Julian Garner. 

Sources:

E-mail from Bente Kahan, 14.11.2008

Teater Dybbuk, bentelahan.eu. 12.10.2012, http://www.bentekahan.eu/p_above_the_town.php

Contributors (6)
Name Role
Julian Garner – Playwright
Rita Abrahamsen – Direction
Bente Kahan – Actor
Michaela Spandow – Actor
Tom Karlsrud – Musician (Accordeon)
Georg Michael Reiss – Musician (Klarinett)
Performance dates
October 1983Rådhussalen / Gamle Raadhus Scene, Oslo Worldwide premiere