| Title | File type | Publiseringsdato | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalogue of the projects of Passage Nord Project in the period 1986-1996 | 1996 | Download |
Twin
Has anybody seen me in another place
Twin (1994) was a production by Passage Nord Project/Kjetil Skøien.
All of life the human seeks to find and confirm its identity. Twin was about this - all the attempts the human does to win an ever so small confirmation of its own existence. In friendship and love we search for somebody like us. We search for our twins - in another, or in ourselves.
Information
(Objekt ID 33260)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | October 15, 1994 |
| Produced by | Passage Nord Project, , Black Box Teater |
| Coproducers | The Norwegian Touring Theatre (Riksteatret), Concerts Norway |
| Audience | Adults |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre |
| Running period | October 15, 1994 |
In the Passage Nord catalogue the following is written about Twin by Passage Nord/Kjetil Skøien:
"The life of two twins, women, are revealed through a number of independent scenes and actions. One of them becomes a photographer, the other finds a man, and this creates jealousy and problems in their relationship.
A man is searching for his twin, through other channels, radio, TV, newspapers. He studies the behaviour of two male twins, who are physical performers, dancers.
Onstage there is also a real twin couple, performing actions with objects within a performance expression. A female singer is the link and a commenter of the twins' body language and expression.
All the visual elements are double, geometric objects, such as two tent-like cages, two thrones, two five meter large circles. A number of objects, by Kjetil Skøien, make a contrast with the pure white stage design: red tea kettles, a red metal skirt, woollen slippers, quadratic plastic plates, woollen rings, leg prophesises, apples, knives and glass plates.
Simple clichés are broken with sincerity, the trivial and secret create a game about identity and loneliness. This is about being two, about the ambiguity of the self."
Sources:
Buresund, Inger and Anne-Britt Gran (1996): Frie grupper og Black Box Teater. 1970-1995 (literally: Independent companies and Black Box Teater. 1970-1995), adNotam Gyldendal, Oslo
Catalogue, PASSAGE NORD 1986-1996. Kjetil Skøien, performance, installation. Donated by: Kjetil Skøien, May 2010.Translation: Ruth Waaler.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Beate Grimsrud | – Text |
| Kjetil Skøien | – Direction |
| Bjørn Kruse | – Music |
| Per Formo | – Stage design |
| Henning Winger | – Lighting design |
| Petronella Barker | – Performer |
| Lene Bragli | – Performer |
| Torbjørn Davidsen | – Performer |
| Lars Bonnevie Hjort | – Performer |
| Marius Kolbenstvedt | – Performer |
| Heidi Rognskog | – Performer |
| Hilde Rognskog | – Performer |
| Øystein Røger | – Performer |
| Linda Øvrebø | – Performer |
| September 1995 (Kairo International Theatrefestival) | Show |
| August 25, 1995 – Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater | Show |
| August 24, 1995 – Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater | Show |
| August 23, 1995 – Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater | Show |
| 1995 – Hovedscenen, Rogaland Teater | Show |
| October 20, 1994 – Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater | Show |
| October 19, 1994 – Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater | Show |
| October 18, 1994 – Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater | Show |
| October 17, 1994 – Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater | Show |
| October 16, 1994 – Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater | Show |
| October 15, 1994 – Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater (Ultima) | Worldwide premiere |
| Kairo International Theatrefestival | September 1995 |
| Ultima | October 15, 1994 |
Writer and date unknown, Dagbladet [Oslo]:
"The multimedia artist and director Kjetil Skøien has with med Beate Grimsrud's ironic and repetitive text, Bjørn Kruse's rhythmic sound images and Per Formo's symmetric duplicate stage design created something one may can call a theatrical twin theme in post-modern wrapping."
Writer and date unknown, Morgenbladet [Oslo]:
"The pop art irony freezes to the point where the still images make us hold our breaths. The clichés are broken in fine tune with the earnestness. And the elegant style, the dancers' echo-like twin dance over the white boxes et cetera, is never stilted. This is really successful. This fully non-Ibsenian role play theatre is liberatingly free of psychological sincerity- instead the earnestness is created through playful interaction with the clichés, given new life in the right contexts."
Writer and date unknown, Stavanger Aftenblad [Stavanger]:
"Particularly successful was the multi theatre piece Twin at Black Box this Saturday. The meagre text by Beate Grimsrud unfolded a game with identities, traumas and identity creation in cohabitation with Bjørn Kruse's music, Kjetil Skøien's direction and Per Formo's beautiful, pure stage image. A promising pioneer project in Black Box' first year of collaboration."