Ung, ny og naken i helvetes drittbygda* (Young, new and naked in the fucking shitty village)
I don't want my fucking future!
Ung, ny og naken i helvetes drittbygda* (Young, new and naked in the fucking shitty village) by Samovarteateret AKA The Samovar Theatre is based on a collective creating process shared by youth and professional performing artists, and the text is based on interviews with the youth. The script was written by Ingeborg Arvola.
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
Information
(Objekt ID 35)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | September 13, 2009 |
| Produced by | The Samovar Theatre |
| Audience | (from 13) |
| Audience size | 4727 |
| Number of events | 33 |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre |
| Running period | September 13, 2009 — October 6, 2010 |
| Website | Samovarteateret |
Requirements to venue
| Minimum stage width | 7m |
| Maximum stage width | 9m |
| Minimum stage depth | 6m |
| Maximum stage depth | 8m |
| Minimum stage height | 5m |
| Maximum stage height | 6m |
| Blackout | Yes |
| Rigging time | 180 minutes |
| Downrigging time | 60 minutes |
| Audience | 200 |
Ung, ny og naken i helvetes drittbygda* (Young, new and naked in the fucking shitty village) by Samovarteateret AKA The Samovar Theatre is an up-to-date production illuminating important questions gotten from the heads of the youth.
Vilma and Katinka are 18 years old and have just graduated from upper secondary school. Both are at crossroads in their lives. Vilma wants to leave the village and go someplace where nobody knows her. She feels as if she’s been misplaced and doesn’t understand why anyone would bother to live in a small shitty village. She dreams about playing concerts, launch a record and find a guy with more IQ than the village dorks. Life will be so much better in a metropolis!
Katinka, on the other hand, is sceptical to leaving her home village. She is afraid of disappearing in the masses of a larger town. In the cities nobody knows she is the fun Katinka. In the village everyone knows who she is, she is familiar to them. So why move? Why would life be so much better everywhere else? Why does one have to aim so high and why must so much be demanded?
And does one move away from the shitty village, or does one try to move from oneself?
Ingeborg Arvola writes rough texts for youth and has received several awards for her writing. She presents a vulnerable subject in a humorous manner. The production builds on conversations and interviews with youth.
«If I move somewhere else I’ll just be one of many. One of two hundred thousand people. Anyone. Here I am the Katinka who once had so much hairspray in her hair it caught fire when I walked past the smokers’ corner.»
«I am just so fed up with walking these streets. There must be something more?! Right! Something more than this! Sometimes I just want to puke when I wake up in the morning, thinking of being here and not anywhere else.»
Source: Samovarteateret, 15.12.2010, http://www.samovar.no/
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Ingeborg Arvola | – Script |
| Bente S. Andersen | – Direction |
| Nikolay Shchetnev | – Choreography |
| Bente S. Andersen | – Dramaturge |
| Odd Aune | – Stage design |
| Niels Aage Windberg Jensen | – Lighting design |
| Kathrine Kolgrov | – Actor |
| Anna Grønvik Randal | – Actor |
| Turid Skoglund | – Actor |
| Mari Dahl Sæther | – Actor |
| Lene Stavå | – Photo |
| Magnus Holm Slettebø | – Technician |
| Theresa Haabeth Holand | – Producer |
| Markus Ackermann | – Other |
| September 13, 2009 | Worldwide premiere |
"-Many leave once they get the chance to move. But will life be so much better, is one moving away from the shitty village, or is one really moving the most away from oneself, director Bente S. Andersen asks. Based on their own experiences youth show how it is to be young in a small community."
Finnmarken, journalist Kai Jacobsen