| Title (2) | File type | Publiseringsdato | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Festival program for Oslo International Theater Festival2016. | 2016 | Download | |
| Season program Black Box Teater the autumn of 2015 | August 2015 | Download |
Pink Cloud Effect
Pink Cloud Effect is a production by Kjersti Aas Stenby (NO), Marit Sirgmets (EST) and Simona Bieksaite (LT), in co-production with Black Box Teater.
Pink Cloud Effect is inspired by pop-cultural TV series, reality show and soap operas.
Kjersti Aas Stenby, Marit Sirgmets and Simona Bieksaite have shared responsibility for concept, development and presentation.
Information
(Objekt ID 50779)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | Navember 19, 2015 |
| Keywords | Theatre |
| Running period | Navember 19, 2015 |
| Website | Black Box Teater |
"The pink cloud effect is a term found in American alcohol abstention programmes in which the patient goes through 12 different stages. The phase often occurs early in the treatment process and is characterised by an intense feeling of happiness and faith in one's own ability to beat the addiction. However, the combination of euphoria and failure in reality understanding often leads to a relapse. The production's use of allegory and black humour is likely the closest one gets to the British in-yer-face theatre of the 1990es in 2016. All the text in Pink Cloud Effect has been sampled from soap series, reality TV, break-up forums and other dark corners of the internet. The production is presented as a paraphrase over addiction, the high and hangover from our collective need for affirmation.
Kjersti Aas Stenby (NO), Marit Sirgmets (EST) and Simona Bieksaite (LT) all have performing arts background from The Norwegian Theatre Academy in Fredrikstad (Østfold College University). Together they examine the balance between the humorous and the grotesque, and experiment with performance expressions, audience relation and visual landscapes."
The production was part of Oslo International Theatre Festival 2016.
SOURCES:
Black Box Teater, blackbox.no, 29.09.2015, http://www.blackbox.no/tittel/pink-cloud-effect/
Black Box Teater, blackbox.no, 15.03.2016, http://www.blackbox.no/tittel/pink-cloud-effect-2/
Import from the Scenekunst.no list of openings 29.09.2015
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Marit Sirgmets | – Concept/Idea |
| Simona Bieksaite | – Concept/Idea |
| Kjersti Aas Stenby | – Concept/Idea |
| Marit Sirgmets | – Performer |
| Simona Bieksaite | – Performer |
| Kjersti Aas Stenby | – Performer |
| Ida Marie Sandvik | – Producer |
| Annalisa Dal Prá | – Advisor |
| Karmenlara Ely | – Advisor |
| March 18, 2016 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| March 17, 2016 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| March 15, 2016 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater (Oslo International Theatre Festival) | Show |
| March 14, 2016 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater (Oslo International Theatre Festival) | Show |
| Navember 22, 2015 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| Navember 21, 2015 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| Navember 20, 2015 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| Navember 19, 2015 19.00 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Worldwide premiere |
| Oslo International Theatre Festival | March 14, 2016 |
"All text has been found in soap operas, reality TV and discussion forums on the internet. American, all of it, if one is to judge from the language and the attitudes. The expression is light, airy, like the balloons scattered across the stage, but it is also angry and satiric. The satire mocks the light and airy as well as the angry- and what lies behind. Like the balloons (or are they inflated condoms?) Pink Cloud Effect eventually speeds up, lifts and soars."