En vanlig dag i helvete* (An Ordinary Day in Hell)

En vanlig dag i helvete* (An Ordinary Day in Hell) was a theatre production by The National Theatre, based on texts by Tor Ulven, dramatised and directed by Ole Anders Tandberg.

Information

(Objekt ID 5745)
Object type Production
Premiere Navember 12, 2008
Produced by The National Theatre
Based on En vanlig dag i helvete* (An Ordinary Day in Hell) by Tor Ulven, Ole Anders Tandberg
Audience Adults
Language Norwegian
Keywords Theatre
Running period Navember 12, 2008  

Requirements to venue

Blackout No
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En vanlig dag i helvete* (An Ordinary Day in Hell) by The National Theatre won The Hedda Award 2009 in the category of production of the year.

The Hedda Jury gave the following reason:

"Adaptions or dramatisations have become a popular theatre genre. Traditionally novels have been given new life onstage, but lately several movies have also ended as theatre. This year's winner of the production of the year category also is an adaption, but of an entirely different character. Not a single book, but a full, distinctly poetic universe is against all odds transferred to the stage, and there it has become a unique, original and independent work of art. The director has done the adaption himself, which is the key to the force of the performance, but the stage designer, the lighting designer and not least the seven participating actors made it a complex experience, one of a kind.

The production of the year award goes to En vanlig dag i helvete* (An Ordinary Day in Hell) at The National Theatre."

Source:

Sceneweb on The Hedda Award 2009, www.sceneweb.no, 14.11.2012, http://www.sceneweb.no/en/awarding/17951/The_Hedda_Award_2009-2009

*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.

Performance dates
Navember 12, 2008Amfiscenen, Nationaltheatret, The National Theatre Worldwide premiere
Press coverage

Aftenposten:

"The feeling of being lonely, mortal and ephemeral as a human is approximate and strong throughout the two and a half hours En vanlig dag i helvete* (An Ordinary Day in Hell) lasts. It has become a deeply serious, but also humorous day in hell."

Klassekampen:

"Ole Anders Tandberg's playful and reflective Ulven production is theatre at a high level."

Vårt Land:

"The production is serious, but never sombre, it is advanced, but never difficult. And it is funny! Here, Ulven has been taken out of the melancholy and into open air, in a theatre production that will long be talked about."

*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.