| Title | File type | Publiseringsdato | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season program catalog Black Box Theater the autumn of 2010. | August 2010 | Download |
The Exception and the Rule
The Exception and the Rule (2010) was a musical theatre production by Fabula Rasa, based on Bertolt Brecht's text, in German called Die Ausnahme und die Regel, and newly composed music by Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred. It was performed using the Norwegian title Unntak og regel.
Marius Kolbenstvedt directed it.
The performance opened with performing the learning play, for then to enter directly into an open conversation with selected expert guests.
Information
(Objekt ID 7007)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | Navember 24, 2010 |
| Produced by | Fabula Rasa |
| Coproducers | Black Box Teater |
| Based on | The Exception and the Rule by Bertolt Brecht |
| Audience | Adults, Youth |
| Number of events | 5 |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre, Apprentice play, Musical theatre, Conversation(s), Documentary |
| Running period | Navember 24, 2010 — Navember 28, 2010 |
| Website | Fabula Rasa: Unntak og Regel |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | Yes |
The thematic foundation for the performance The Exception and the Rule by Fabula Rasa is oil enterprise. Fabula Rasa writes in the program magazine of Black Box Teater about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, about the Norwegian oil drilling industry in a historic and societal perspective and about the Norwegian offshore diver union going to court against the Norwegian government after searching for oil in the Northern Sea. According to the program, Brecht’s text The Exception and the Rule can be used to highlight all these issues.
Fabula Rasa also refers to three newer non-fiction works about the Oil Nation of Norway. The three have been the main inspiration for the work. The books are Fever by Gudmund Skjeldal and Unni Berge, Til siste dråpe* (To the last drop) by Helge Ryggvik and Petromania* (Petromania, a constructed word of Petroleum and mania) by Simen Sætre.
In the program of Black Box Teater, Fabula Rasa has chosen to describe its different angles to the production. The whole text can be read (in Norwegian only) here.
In this production, Fabula Rasa works with documentary material, using the text of Bertolt Brecht to illuminate the issues. To emphasise the contemporary relevance of the production the company chooses to continue the performance with the abovementioned open conversation.
The project was supported by spenn.no, Arts Council Norway, The Audio Visual Fund and The Fund for Performing Artists.
SOURCE:
Fabula Rasa - Scenekunst for barn og unge, http://www.fabularasa.no/, 06.10.2010, http://www.fabularasa.no/teater/no/forestillinger/unntak-regel-brecht/
*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Bertolt Brecht | – Playwright |
| Emil Burri | – Text |
| Elisabeth Hauptmann | – Text |
| Georg Johannesen | – Translation |
| Marius Kolbenstvedt | – Direction |
| Nina Ossavy | – Direction (Co-regissør) |
| Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred | – Composition (Musikk av Paul Dessau i ny komposisjon ) |
| Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred | – Music |
| Alexander Olai Korsnes | – Video/Film |
| Ingar Hunskaar | – Sound |
| Svein Inge Neergård | – Light |
| Tine Asmundsen | – Performer |
| Thomas Hildebrand | – Performer |
| Kjell Olav Jørgensen | – Performer |
| Runhild Olsen | – Performer |
| Nina Ossavy | – Performer |
| Stian Torstenson | – Performer |
| Jan Warloe | – Performer (Videoaktør) |
| Live Maria Roggen | – Song Instruction |
| Per Amund Riseng | – Consultant |
| Navember 28, 2010 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| Navember 27, 2010 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| Navember 26, 2010 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| Navember 25, 2010 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| Navember 24, 2010 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Worldwide premiere |
Larsen, IdaLou (02.12.2010). Review titled Brecht og Nordsjødykkerne (literally: Brecht and the divers in the North Sea). IdaLou Larsen, idalou.no, 08.12.2010, http://www.idalou.no/pub/idalou/kritikker/?aid=1468:
"But Brecht demands much from the actors who are to interpret him, and Fabula Rasa's ensemble doesn't quite meet the expectations. They do their very best and attempt to perform their roles with distance as well as rapport. But the result is limping, and the text often drowns in too expressive physical theatre – as in the eternally long scene in which the guide flogs the kuli. The music is freshly composed by Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred, and often brings thoughts to the typically rough sounds of Paul Dessau. But the actors aren’t able to pay justice to the text and tunes."