| Title | File type | Publiseringsdato | Download |
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| Forestillingsprogram for Rogaland Teaters produksjon Vanja og Sonja og Masha og Spike (2016). | February 2, 2016 | Download |
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2016) was a theatre production by Rogaland Theatre, the Norwegian premiere of the play by Christopher Durang. The production was performed in the theatre's venue Intimscenen.
Vegar Hoel directed it.
Information
(Objekt ID 52310)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | February 2, 2016 |
| Produced by | Rogaland Theatre |
| Based on | Vanja og Sonja og Masha og Spike by Christopher Durang |
| Audience | Adults |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre, Comedy |
| Running period | February 2, 2016 — March 18, 2016 |
| Website | Rogaland Teater |
"Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is an irresistible Chekhov inspired comedy, in which we meet the middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia. They live a quiet life in the house where they grew up. When their 'movie star' sister Masha comes on a surprise visit with her boytoy Spike dragged along, it is the start of an unforgettable weekend of rivalry, drama, complications and absurd situations."
SOURCES:
Rogaland Theatre, www.rogaland-teater.no, http://www.rogaland-teater.no/program/vanja-og-sonja-og-masha-og-spike
Import from the Scenekunst.no list of openings 05.01.2016
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Christopher Durang | – Playwright |
| Michael Evans | – Translation |
| Vegar Hoel | – Translation |
| Vegar Hoel | – Direction |
| Michael Evans | – Dramaturge |
| Vegar Hoel | – Stage design |
| Vegar Hoel | – Costume design |
| Thomas Bendiksen | – Lighting design |
| Mette Arnstad | – Actor (Cassandra) |
| Roar Kjølv Jenssen | – Actor (Spike) |
| Marko Kanic | – Actor (Vanja) |
| Ingrid Rusten | – Actor (Sonja) |
| Silje Salomonsen | – Actor (Nina) |
| Nina Ellen Ødegård | – Actor (Masha) |
| Jill Tonje Holter | – Mask design |
| Stig Håvard Dirdal | – Photo |
| February 2, 2016 19:00 – Intimscenen, Rogaland Teater, Rogaland Theatre | National premiere, Norway |
"The problems of theatricality are discussed, but theatricality also becomes a problem, in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Rogaland Theatre. (...) All the characters in Vanya and ... are theatrical persons. To dramatise oneself and one's feelings fall natural to them. Hoel has in his direction chosen an acting style that underlines this theatricality further, with emphasis on the unnatural. Posing is so very stated as phony, exclamations so very stated as artificial, that the characters' self-depreciation is weakened and the vulnerability beneath the wittiness is made insignificant. This is mixed with slapstick effects such as things falling over, people stumbling and losing things. One can suspect the director of underestimating the power of the text. It does not just exist in its witty one-liners, but also in its character development."