4:48 Psychosis
4:48 Psychosis (2010) was a theatre production by Franzisca Aarflot Productions and Teater Manu, based on the play by Sarah Kane. The production was performed on tour.
Franzisca Aarflot directed it.
In the performance sign language, speech and written/projected text are combined with a distinct physical expression, so that 4:48 Psychosis puts a deaf and a hearing actor on equal footing and let them both talk for themselves.
Information
(Objekt ID 326)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | March 2, 2011 |
| Produced by | Franzisca Aarflot Productions, Teater Manu |
| Based on | 4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane |
| Audience | Youth, Adults (from 15) |
| Language | Norwegian and Sign language (Norwegian) |
| Keywords | Theatre, Sign-language Theatre, Drama |
| Running period | March 2, 2011 |
| Duration | One hour |
| Website | Franzisca Aarflot Produksjoner |
Teater Manu and Franzisca Aarflot Productions gave the following information about 4:48 Psychosis:
The production 4:48 Psychosis by Franzisca Aarflot is a project examining the options within an expression in which sign language and speech is equal, and where projected text and physical expression is integrated fully with the two languages to form a unified aesthetic.
The watch on the nightstand displays 4:48. Everybody else is asleep. In the text 4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane we join the nightly psychosis - a voyage through memories from stays in psychiatric institutions, lost love, writer’s block, the search for meaning and direction - all felt by the same split self.
Sarah Kane's text, which was written shortly before the playwright killed herself, is already a modern classic. The play doesn't just tell the story about a tormented mind, but reflects moods and thoughts most people at one time or another will be able to recognise.
Supported by: The Freedom of Expression Foundation Fritt Ord, The Audio Visual Fund, The Fund for Performing Artists, the municipality of Oslo.
SOURCES:
Performing Arts Hub Norway, 08.12.2010, http://www.danseogteatersentrum.no/sck/members.shtml?lang=nor&sam=&cat=&gen=&cou=&cri=Franzisca%20Aarflot&aid=2224&prid=5&act=prod
Einar Dahl's private archive, donated by Einar Dahl, 2014.12.10
Underskog, 08.12.2010, http://underskog.no/kalender/64432_tablaa-teater-viser-psykose-4-48-av-sarah-kane/forestilling/93820
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Sarah Kane | – Playwright |
| Jon Fosse | – Translation |
| Franzisca Aarflot | – Direction |
| Franzisca Aarflot | – Stage design |
| Marianne Thallaug Wedset | – Lighting design |
| Idun Losnegård | – Actor |
| Ipek Dedeoglu Mehlum | – Actor |
| Dag Jenssen | – Photo |
| Silje Honningdal | – Producer |
| Sølvi Zuckermann | – Consultant (Tegnspråkkonsulent) |
| March 2, 2011 – Teater Manus scene | Opening night |
Ida Lou Larsen, Klassekampen, March 7 2011:
"Franzisca Aarflot has chosen a very special division of roles: Idun Losnegård performs the text while Ipek D. Mehlum interprets it in sign language. The productions of the sign language theatre Manu always addresses the not hearing as well as the hearing, but until now the actors have used sign language as the performing language, while a speaking actor has 'interpreted' the text without taking part in what plays out onstage. Not so this time. Idun Losnegård and Ipek D. Mehlum are as strongly physically present, and in many ways their different stage expressions complete each other. In addition Franzisca Aarflot has chosen to project parts of the text on the backdrop wall. It is an interesting solution and it has become a coherent performance in which body language and mimics are precise, controlled and alive."