Brown

In the nomination text, The Hedda Jury described Brown as follows:

"Rune and his grandfather used to be great friends. But now, grandfather is dead, and Rune, his mother and his father feel sad. It doesn't improve when he and his friends Atle and Aase are bothered by the bad boys. Something must be done, and when the grown-ups don't pay attention, Rune decides to turn into a superhero - Brown. The theatre production Brown is based on a book for children written by Håkon Øvreås and illustrated by Øyvind Torseter. The book was given Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize in 2014."

The Hedda Jury gave the following reason for the best production for children award to Brown:

"The essence of all theatrical art is the theatrical transformation in which events, objects and performers are presented in a new and different way, to give life to an alternative reality. In this, the theatre is closely related to the creative powers of the child, as a source for unworried play and as a place to seek refuge when the world of reality doesn't quite seem to be how it should be. This year's best production for children underlines and celebrates this relation in a precise and at the same time playful direction in which the actors shine as transformation artists with great energy. Effortlessly they switch between different toles, and together they give physical form to a series of stage design effects and props. The language is typical for its age, and credible, in an adaption of the award-winning Norwegian book for children by the same title, published in 2013."

SOURCES:

Teater Joker, teaterjoker.no, 10.05.2016, http://www.teaterjoker.no/

The Hedda Award, heddaprisen.no, 19.06.2017, https://www.heddaprisen.no/vinnere/2017

The Hedda Award, www.heddaprisen.no, https://www.heddaprisen.no/nominerte/2017

• The Hedda Award 2017 - Best production for children

• The Hedda Award 2017 - Best production for children