Lulu
Pandora's Box - a monster tragedy
Lulu. Pandora's Box - a monster tragedy was a theatre production by The National Theatre, produced in 2013, and based on the play by Frank Wedekind.
Victoria Meirik directed it.
Mariann Hole won The Hedda Award 2014 in the best leading actress category for the role of Lulu.
The Hedda Jury gave the following reason:
"Some find that the best performances are dependent on what is called charisma. A better term is energy, the visible energy onstage. The performances of all the nominated for the best leading actress award are characterised by such energy, and the control of it.
The theatre mirrors society. Leading female roles are often about defining one's own identity in a world where men are way too willing to do it for you. To be an actor is also about being seen. The character is created by the actor, but can only be read in the glance of the audience.
This year's Hedda Award winner made just this play into art. Her character doesn't just act on her attractiveness, she acts on her consciousness of her role as desired. She creates an identity based on the glance of men and of the audience. She explores her freedom through insisting on it.
It is not herself she undresses. It is us, as she forces us to become conscious of our defining eye.
The best leading actress award of the year goes to Mariann Hole."
Information
(Objekt ID 36147)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | August 29, 2013 |
| Produced by | The National Theatre |
| Based on | Lulu - Pandora's Box by Frank Wedekind |
| Audience | Adults |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre, Tragedy |
| Running period | August 29, 2013 |
| Website | NATIONALTHEATRET |
SOURCES:
Import from the Scenekunst.no list of openings 11/09-2013
The National Theatre, 19.05.2014, http://forest.nationaltheatret.no/Productions/Details/889e1df9-0a70-4c4e-903d-c181a3ed73af
The Hedda Award, heddaprisen.no, 19.05.2014, http://www.heddaprisen.no/pub/heddaprisen/main/?aid=1215
The Hedda Award 2014, www.heddaprisen.no, 16.06.2014, http://www.heddaprisen.no/pub/heddaprisen/main/?aid=1266
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Frank Wedekind | – Playwright |
| Victoria H. Meirik | – Direction |
| Mari Vatne Kjeldstadli | – Dramaturge |
| Gerd Stahl | – Dramaturge |
| Ingrid Tønder | – Stage design |
| Katja Ebbel | – Costume design |
| Balz Baumgartner | – Video/Film |
| Klaus K Kottmann | – Video/Film |
| Sven Erga | – Sound design |
| Sven Erga | – Sound |
| Hanne Marte Fuglseth | – Lighting design (Lysdesignassistent) |
| Ingrid Tønder | – Lighting design |
| Bjørn Floberg | – Actor (Schigolch) |
| Mariann Hole | – Actor (Lulu) |
| Anne Marit Jacobsen | – Actor (Madelaine de Marelle) |
| Elvira Cranner von der Lippe | – Actor (Kadéga - alternerte med Rosa Røger) |
| Anders Mordal | – Actor (Goll / Casti Piani / Mr. Hopkins) |
| Igor Necemer | – Actor (Rodrigo Quast / Jack) |
| Håkon Ramstad | – Actor (Franz Schoning / K. Putin) |
| Torgeir Reiten | – Actor (Eduard Schwarz / Puntschurch / Hilti) |
| Rosa Røger | – Actor (Kadéga - alternerte med Elvira Cranner von der Lippe) |
| Hermann Sabado | – Actor (Alwa Schoning) |
| Trine Wiggen | – Actor (Martha Geschwitz) |
| Hege Ramstad | – Mask design |
| Arne Henrik Møller | – Props |
| Knut Børresen | – Stage manager |
| Hans R. Jarn | – Stage Manager |
| Ryan Bourne | – Lighting supervisor |
| Hanne Marte Fuglseth | – Lighting supervisor |
| Maria Ducasse | – Assistant Stage Designer |
| Ingvil E. Toft | – Costume production supervisor |
| Lise Roesen | – Prompter |
| Margrethe Aaby | – Producer |
| Torbjørn Haugen | – Administration (Informasjonsansvarlig) |
| Kari N. Svendsby | – Administration (Salgsansvarlig) |
| August 29, 2013 – Amfiscenen, Nationaltheatret, The National Theatre | Opening night |