Martyr

Martyr (2014) was a theatre production by The Arctic Theatre, based on the play by Marius von Mayenburg.

Kjersti Horn directed it.

Gunnar Eiriksson acted in the leading role of Benjamin.

Information

(Objekt ID 38117)
Object type Production
Premiere January 25, 2014
Produced by The Arctic Theatre
Based on Martyr by Marius von Mayenburg
Audience Adults
Language Norwegian dialect
Keywords Theatre, Drama
Running period January 25, 2014  
Website Hålogaland Teater
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At the website of The Arctic Theatre the following, among other things, is written about Martyr:

«15-year-old Benjamin has declared war. War against licentiousness. War against immorality. He provokes and manipulates, scares and fascinates the people surrounding him. In a play full of mordant comedy, and in the middle of the chaos of prohibitions, moral, scapegoats and absolute truths the question is raised: Who of us really are the martyrs in Benjamin's war?

Benjamin is a seemingly ordinary boy in an ordinary town anywhere in the country. He lives with Mother, who work night shifts, and Father has mostly been absent. He seeks to The Bible and lets himself be seduced by Old Testament thinking and ideas. Gradually he becomes obsessed by revenge, purity and licentiousness. How do adults meet a young person about the become radicalised, what is faith and what is fear, and how are children to find the way if parents' and teachers' tolerance becomes an excuse not to act responsibly?"

SOURCES:

Import from the Scenekunst.no list of openings 09.01.2014

The Arctic Theatre, www.ht.tr.no, 16.04.16 http://ht.tr.no/index.php/theatre/showview?iShowID=423

Contributors (12)
Name Role
Marius von Mayenburg – Playwright
Kjersti Horn – Direction
Erik Hedin – Music
Katja Ebbel – Stage design
Katja Ebbel – Costume design
Erik Hedin – Sound design
Norunn Standal – Lighting design
Gunnar Eiriksson – Actor (Benjamin)
Huy Le Vo – Actor
Julie Ibenfeldt Lindvik – Actor
Asta Busingye Lydersen – Actor
Trond Peter Stamsø Munch – Actor
Performance dates
February 18, 2014 Tour Premiere
January 25, 2014 18.00 – Scene Øst, Hålogaland Teater, The Arctic Theatre National premiere, Norway