Dei ugudelege* (The Godless)

Dei ugudelege* (The Godless) was a collaboration production by The rooster that was sacrificed to the Greek God of healing and medicine and The Norwegian Theatre, produced in 2014.

Caroline McSweeney directed it. The text used in Dei ugudelege was devised by the company.

*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.

Information

(Objekt ID 37812)
Object type Production
Premiere January 25, 2014
Produced by The Norwegian Theatre, The rooster that was sacrificed to the Greek God of healing & medicine
Audience Adults, Youth
Audience size 891
Number of events 11
Language Norwegian Nynorsk
Keywords Theatre, Drama
Running period January 25, 2014  
Website Det Norske Teatret
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At the webpage of The Norwegian Theatre the following, among other things, is written about Dei ugudelege* (The Godless):

"Jon is a perfectly ordinary man, living in a society where believing in something went out of fashion several generations ago. When his son dies in a fishing accident, there is no room for a personal mourning process. The urn must be sunk before lunch.

(...)

Caroline McSweeney is an Irish director based in Copenhagen, where she devises performances within the field of physical theatre. She is the artistic director of Locus Theatre Company; an independent performance art company, and with Jens August Wille she was the artistic director of Teater Momentum in Odense in Denmark 2011/12.
Dei ugudelege is a collaboration production, made byThe rooster that was sacrificed to the Greek God of healing & medicine and The Norwegian Theatre. Supported by Arts Council Norway, The Fund for Performing Artists and The Norwegian Actors' Equity Association's fund for freelancers."

Sources:

The Norwegian Theatre, www.detnorsketeatret.no, 06.03.2014, http://www.detnorsketeatret.no/index.php?option=com_play&view=play&playid=414

Import from the Scenekunst.no list of openings 26/11-2013

*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.

Contributors (18)
Name Role
Caroline McSweeney – Direction
Stian Danielsen – Choreography
Even Børsum – Stage design
Even Børsum – Costume design
Tove Svartsund – Costume (Kostymekoordinator)
Vibeke Blydt-Hansen – Sound design
Kaja Glenne Lund – Lighting design
Herman Bernhoft – Actor
Marie Blokhus – Actor
Janne Heltberg – Actor
Sigurd Myhre – Actor
Marius Næss – Actor
Ingeborg Sundrehagen Raustøl – Actor
Tonje Reksten – Mask design
Mariann Rostad – Props
Hedda Haaland – Stage manager
Yngvar Kollstrøm – Stage Manager
Ole Randers – Lighting supervisor
Performance dates
January 25, 2014 19:30 – Scene 2, Det Norske Teatret, The Norwegian Theatre Worldwide premiere