The Grand Final
How to survive Doomsday
The Grand Final by Teater Fusentast (Scatterbrain Theatre) is a theatre production about doomsday. When the Apocalypse hits the idyllic town Skjønnesund (literally: Beautystrait) and doomsday is a fact, not all the citizens are as prepared.
Information
(Objekt ID 7121)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | October 21, 2010 |
| Produced by | Teater Fusentast (Scatterbrain Theatre) |
| Coproducers | Rosendal Teater, Sus i serken |
| Audience | Adults, Youth (from 10) |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre |
| Running period | Navember 11, 2010 |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | Yes |
The Grand Final by Teater Fusentast (Scatterbrain Theatre) was the performance celebrating the company’s 20th anniversary.
Who will be sent to heaven? Who will go the opposite way? The main character, photographer Belcampo, is captured by acute panic thinking of his somewhat untidy life.
Beautiful projecting apparatuses and a very earthly story about the citizens of Skjønnesund the very last of days make up the theme for The Grand Final. The story is revealed the way of a phantasmagoria created through Laterna Magica apparatuses from the 1800s and early 1900s, classical slide projectors from the 1950es and live broadcast via video projectors from the 2000s. The projections are combined with pre-Christian shadow theatre, contemporary puppetry and real live actors. The Grand Final is based on the short story Het Grote geburen by the Dutch writer Belcampo. But the production is played as poetry (i.e. rhyming) in Norwegian.
For 20 years the prize-awarded Dutch-Norwegian Teater Fusentast (Scatterbrain Theatre) from Trondheim has toured Norway and several other countries. Through an expression in which half forgotten puppetry techniques from earlier times are connected with subjects of current interest, the company tells its stories.
The Grand Final by Teater Fusentast (Scatterbrain Theatre) was supported by Arts Council Norway, the children and youth art initiative Kunstløftet, The Audio Visual Fund, The Fund for Performing Artists, the Torstein Erbo fund, the municipality of Trondheim, the county of Sør-Trøndelag.
The company also wants to thank the Laterna Magica expert Annet Duller, Kristin Thallaug, Teater Musiscoop by Marie Raemakers, Rob Logister and Rop Severien.
Sources: Autumn program 2010, Avant Garden.
Teater Fusentast (Scatterbrain Theatre), 2010.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Coby Omvlee | – Script |
| Jaap den Hertog | – Concept/Idea |
| Elin Hassel Iversen | – Direction |
| Tor Einar Bekken | – Music |
| Elin Hassel Iversen | – Dramaturge |
| Camilla Lilleengen | – Stage design |
| Coby Omvlee | – Stage design |
| Nina Gjølgasæther | – Costume |
| Marianne Thallaug Wedset | – Lighting design |
| Jaap den Hertog | – Actor |
| Coby Omvlee | – Actor |
| Tor Einar Bekken | – Musician |
| Camilla Lilleengen | – Puppet maker |
| Jaap den Hertog | – Technician |
| Martin Waagø | – Technician |
| Jaap den Hertog | – Producer |
| Elin Hassel Iversen | – Producer |
| Coby Omvlee | – Producer |
| Kaisa Aglen | – Other |
| Stine Kvam | – Other |
| Janne Magnussen | – Other |
| October 27, 2013 – Oslo Nye Trikkestallen, Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre) (Fri Figur) | Show |
| October 20, 2013 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| October 19, 2013 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| October 18, 2013 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| October 17, 2013 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| October 28, 2010 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| October 27, 2010 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| October 26, 2010 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| October 24, 2010 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| October 23, 2010 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| October 22, 2010 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Show |
| October 21, 2010 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden | Worldwide premiere |
| Fri Figur | October 27, 2013 |
Amund Grimstad, 25.10.2010, Klassekampen, http://amund.info/2010/10/pa-dommens-dag/ 4/11-10:
"When they celebrate their anniversary they do it with the most ambitious production they have ever made, and that is not a small thing."