Rust

Rust by Katma: Forgotten stories, childhood memories, black blood, the smell of oranges, toyguns, scars about to heal and the longing for being a beloved child.

The script was written with a desire to say something about things that can not be said. It was a performance for adults played by children. As theatre it is meant to be somewhere on the borderline between pain and entertainment.

Information

(Objekt ID 481)
Object type Production
Premiere June 27, 2008
Produced by Katma, Teater Klubb '81
Audience Youth, Adults (from 14)
Keywords Theatre
Running period June 27, 2008  
Website Katma
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Rust by Katma showed how children look at their surroundings with open eyes, and therefore can be a victim of exploitation in the fragile transaction between games and real life.

Rust by Katma was supported by the Arts Festival of North Norway and Nordland Visual Theatre.

Source: Katma, katma.no, 01.08.2010, http://www.katma.no/performances/index.php?todo=prefomances&id=25

Contributors (20)
Name Role
Katrine Strøm – Concept/Idea
Zoe Christiansen – Direction
Ola Granli – Direction
Katrine Strøm – Direction
Zoe Christiansen – Instruction
Ola Granli – Instruction
Katrine Strøm – Instruction
Alexander Rydland Hansen – Composer
Tord Lind-Hansen – Composer
Anne Kari Spjelkavik – Costume
Ingunn Sønsteby – Costume
Alexander Rydland Hansen – Sound design
Tord Lind-Hansen – Sound design
Thomas Bendiksen – Lighting design
Nikoline J. Spjelkavik – Actor
Mathilde Spjelkavik – Actor
Mette Spjelkavik Enoksen – Actor
Steve Nilsen – Photo
Alexander Rydland Hansen – Technician
Svein Spjelkavik – Administration (markedsføring)
Performance dates
February 25, 2009 Show
Navember 12, 2008Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) Show
June 27, 2008 Worldwide premiere
Festivals (3)
Vinterlys February 25, 2009
Showbox Navember 12, 2008
Arctic Arts Festival June 27, 2008
Press coverage

"Holy Father. I use the expression Holy Father, because I do not have other words. What an achievement, what a force! Katrine Strøm produces theatre in a genre of her own. The art created in Dverberg holds an international level." Hege I. Hansen. Nordlys

"Must-see theatre. Rust must be some of the very strongest I have seen." Tom Inge Andersen. Harstad Tidende

"This is the first press preview I have ever attended in which the journalists rise and applaud for five minutes after the viewing. The children have treated us brutally, they have yelled and cried, been angry and desperate, nude with their clothes on. The next time I meet Katrine M. E. Strøm I will thank her for the strongest cultural experience I have ever had." Lasse Jangås. Editor of culture, Nordlys

"In a swarm of world artists from 20 nations, it is remarkable how Katrine Maria Eponine Strøm and her young actors of Andøya have been those rewarded with most of the six pips on the dice-ratings in this newspaper as well as in Nordlys, and whom has attracted the most attention by Norwegian Broadcasting." Bård Michalsen. editor in Harstad Tidende.