Yellow Moon
the ballad of Leila and Lee
The Scandinavian opening of Yellow Moon – the ballad of Leila and Lee by David Greig directed by Franzisca Aarflot the autumn of 2008, was made in collaboration between The Norwegian Touring Theatre, Nordic Black Theatre and Det Åpne Teater (The Open Theatre) in connection to the festival Twist 08.
Leila is the silent teenager of the town, obsessed with celeb magazines. Lee Macalinden is the most lost teenager in the circle of ten kilometres. During their first coincidental meeting Lee becomes a murderer. Now they need someplace to hide.
Information
(Objekt ID 331)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | Navember 12, 2008 |
| Produced by | The Norwegian Touring Theatre (Riksteatret), Nordic Black Theatre, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) |
| Based on | Yellow Moon AKA Yellow Moon: The Ballad of Leila and Lee by David Greig |
| Audience | Youth |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre, Physical theatre, Performance for youth |
| Website | Det Åpne Teater, Riksteatret, Ms Innvik & Nordic Black Theatre, Twist festival 08 |
We live in a world of constructed truths. So-called reality TV flows from the TV channels promising insight in daily life, while post-Photoshop beauties coolly observe us from the pages in fashion magazines. A society so overflowed with media soon loses touch with reality.
Yellow Moon by David Greig (translated to Norwegian by Maria Ræder) explores what it means to live in a world being sickly obsessed with celebrities, and how this defines you as a person when you are only 17 years old.
Yellow Moon by David Greig was written for the TAG theatre in Glasgow, Scotland and had its world wide premiere in 2006. It became a great success and is counted among the best plays of Great Britain that year.
Yellow Moon was interpreted for the deaf November 12, 13 and 22.
Source:
Det Åpne Teater, detapneteater.no, 11.10.2010, http://www.detapneteater.no/pub/daat/forestillinger/?aid=789&cid=17&sac=all&viewall=1#daat
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| David Greig | – Playwright |
| Franzisca Aarflot | – Direction |
| Kim S. Falck-Jørgensen | – Actor |
| Ipek Dedeoglu Mehlum | – Actor |
| Isabell D. Sterling | – Actor |
| Rune Temte | – Actor |
| Navember 20, 2009 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| Navember 22, 2008 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| Navember 21, 2008 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| Navember 19, 2008 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| Navember 15, 2008 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| Navember 14, 2008 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| Navember 13, 2008 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| Navember 12, 2008 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) (Twist 08) | National premiere, Norway |
| Twist 08 | Navember 12, 2008 |
Ida Lou Larsen (2008, 03.11). Review titled Beautiful theatre ballad. Klassekampen. 11.10.2010, http://www.idalou.no/pub/idalou/kritikker/?aid=363:
"Yellow Moon is a moving ballad about two misguided youths’ way back to reality. (...) Intense and tight production with a strong dramatic drive."
Kjersti Juul (2008, 03.11). Vårt Land:
"An impressive different theatre experience."
Inger Merete Hobbelstad (2008, 01.11). Review titled Speed-filled flight. Dagbladet. 11.10.2010, http://www.dagbladet.no/tekstarkiv/artikkel.php?id=5001080086220&tag=item&words=gul%3Bm%E5ne:
"A rhythmic performance with intense, physical confrontations topping the curve of excitement."
Elisabeth Rygg (2008, 03.1). Aftenposten. 11.10.2010, http://oslopuls.aftenposten.no/kunst_scene/article96220.ece:
"Franzisca Aarflot has created her own universe (...) filling the stage with words, sign language, writing and drawing. She displays insight in the being of the young troubled ones. She does it with humour and sobriety (...) a thorough performance about people close to borderlines."