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Faust for kids
Classics for kids
Faust for kids (2012) was a theatre production by Kristinsdottir/Willyson, based on the play by Goethe. It was the first production in the theatre trilogy Classics for kids.
Hildur Kristinsdottir directed it.
Faust for kids was nominated for The Hedda Award 2013 in the best production for children and youth category.
Classics for kids was a theatre trilogy for children aged ten years or more. Among the aims were making chosen classics available, topical and to discuss them. The artists behind the project wanted to inspire children, and they found that through the right dissemination no issue would be too scary, too embarrassing or too difficult.
Information
(Objekt ID 34790)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | October 19, 2012 |
| Produced by | |
| Coproducers | Black Box Teater |
| Residency | SEANSE – centre for art production |
| Based on | Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
| Audience | Children, Families (from 10) |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Performance for children, Theatre |
| Running period | October 19, 2012 |
| Duration | 45 minutes |
| Website | Black Box Teater, Klassikere for Kids, SEANSE - senter for kunstproduksjon |
"Faust is eager to get to know all there is to know about all there is, he tries to solve the mysteries of the universe. Faust reads and reads, he keeps becoming wiser and wiser, but he also keeps becoming older. The more he learns, the more his frustration in all things he doesn't know grows.
Faust is already an old man and now his time on earth nears its end, and still there are many things he has not had the time to examine. This is when the crooked devil Mephisto sees his chance to trap Faust. Mephisto promises that Faust will have all his wishes on earth fulfilled. But in return Faust has to promise the devil his soul for eternity, when he dies.
But what is a soul, really? And how long does all eternity last? Faust so strongly wants to find the answers to his questions he gives in to temptation and accepts the devil's deal.
In Faust for kids the actors Maria, Tora and Anders take us along on the journey through Goethe's Faust. Goethe is one of the most well-known European writers throughout the ages. And just this story is considered his masterpiece. The performance is suitable for children aged ten years or more, whether they meet the story for the first time, or know it and need a refreshed perspective on Goethe."
Supported by: Arts Council Norway, Kunstløftet, The Fund for Performing Artists and Seanse.
SOURCES:
Black Box Teater, blackbox.no, 21.05.2012, http://www.blackbox.no/content/titlePresentation.php?tid=2169&displayNav=false
The Hedda Award, heddaprisen.no, 10.06.2013, http://www.heddaprisen.no/pub/heddaprisen/main/?aid=1176
Classics for kids, www.klassikereforkids.no,22.09.2017, http://www.klassikereforkids.no/faust/
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | – Author |
| Matilde Holdhus | – Concept/Idea |
| Hildur Kristinsdottir | – Concept/Idea |
| Hildur Kristinsdottir | – Direction |
| Matilde Holdhus | – Dramaturge |
| Hreinn Gudlaugsson | – Visual design (Plakat) |
| Petter Alstad | – Stage design |
| Bård Vaag Stangnes | – Stage design |
| Stine Janvin Motland | – Sound design |
| Gyrid Nordal Kaldestad | – Sound design |
| Norunn Standal | – Lighting design |
| Josephine Kylén Collins | – Actor |
| Maria Dommersnes Ramvi | – Actor (Mefisto) |
| Anders Høgli | – Actor (Faust) |
| Hildur Kristinsdottir | – Actor |
| Anne-Lise Tora Berit Nilsen | – Actor (Gretchen) |
| Kristinn Gudlaugsson | – Photo |
| Hildur Kristinsdottir | – Producer |
| Mona Larsen | – Producer |
| September 22, 2017 18:00 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| September 21, 2017 18:00 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| Navember 28, 2014 19.00 – Studio USF, USF Verftet | Show |
| Navember 27, 2014 19.00 – Studio USF, USF Verftet | Show |
| Navember 11, 2012 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| Navember 10, 2012 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| Navember 9, 2012 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| Navember 8, 2012 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| October 21, 2012 – Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) | Show |
| October 21, 2012 – Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) | Show |
| October 20, 2012 – Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) | Show |
| October 19, 2012 – Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) | Opening night |
Karen Frøsland Nystøyl, Gledelig ambisiøst barneteater (literally: Delightfully ambitious theatre for children), 23.10.2012, NRK [Oslo]:
"Classics for kids dares to pose the difficult and interesting questions, and they dare to take the children along on a journey they should be fully capable to find delight in."
Anna Valberg, Faust som Halloween-grøsser (literally: Faust as a Halloween horror story), 23.10.2012, Scenekunst.no [Oslo]:
"In Faust for kids sound and lighting are disturbing, Halloween-like, in switching between warm and white, with the sounds of bees and birds and love songs, to haggard, dirty light and hard techno music. The sound image of the performance is beautiful, dark and rich in detail."