Ei forestilling om Læstadius* (A performance about Læstadius)

Ei forestilling om Læstadius* (A performance about Læstadius)(1996) was a theatre production produced by Totalteatret in 1996.

Kristin Eriksen Bjørn wrote the text and directed it. It was based on the texts by Lars Levi Læstadius himself.

Ei forestilling om Læstadius* (A performance about Læstadius) by Totalteatret was nominated for The Hedda Award 1998 in the open category.

*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning. The Norwegian "forestilling" has a double meaning; it can mean "performance" as well as "idea".

Information

(Objekt ID 32644)
Object type Production
Premiere 1996
Produced by Totalteatret
In collaboration with The Norwegian Touring Theatre (Riksteatret)
Audience Adults
Language Norwegian
Keywords Theatre
Running period 1996  —  1998
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The production existed in two version; one full-length opening in 1996 and one one-act produced in 1998. The latter toured with The Norwegian Touring Theatre.

Sources:

Ferske Scener, CV Kristin Bjørn, www.ferskescener.no, 17.11.2012, http://www.ferskescener.no/cv_kristin_e__bjoern

Sceneweb on The Hedda Award 1998, www.sceneweb.no, 16.11.2012, http://www.sceneweb.no/en/awarding/23943/The_Hedda_Award_1998-1998

*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning. The Norwegian "forestilling" has a double meaning; it can mean "performance" as well as "idea".

Contributors (15)
Name Role
Kristin Eriksen Bjørn – Playwright
Kristin Eriksen Bjørn – Direction
Carl Michael Bellman – Music
Mari Boine – Music
Alf Hamble – Music
Geir Tore Holm – Stage design
Knut Steinlien – Lighting design
Bernt Bjørn – Actor
Stein Bjørn – Actor
Inger Kathrine Hansen – Actor
Marianne Sørheim – Photo
Mari Boine – Consultant
Mette Brantzeg – Consultant
Lilly-Anne Ø. Elgvin – Consultant
Marianne Sørheim – Production assistant
Performance dates
1998Riksteatret, The Norwegian Touring Theatre (Riksteatret) Tour Premiere
1996 Worldwide premiere
Awards - Nominations (1)