The Norwegian Storytelling Festival 2008
The Future
Fortellerhuset and Albatrass invited to The Norwegian Storytelling Festival 2008 in The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater): "The Future" was the subject for The Norwegian Storytelling Festival 2008. The festival invited to a long weekend with storytelling experiences, performances, courses, professional symposium, seminar, national finals in Storyslam plus a debutante competition, professional stories, music, activities and performances for children and more.
Information
(Objekt ID 8008)| Object type | Production |
| Coproducers | Fortellerhuset, Albatrass |
| In collaboration with | The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater), FabelAkt, Norwegian Storytelling Association |
| Audience | All, Adults, Youth, Children, Families |
| Language | Norwegian and English |
| Keywords | Storytelling theatre, Lecture, Seminar, Music, Other, Performance for children, Dialogue seminar, Conversation(s), Workshop, Fairytale, Documentary |
| Running period | May 28, 2008 — June 1, 2008 |
| Website | Fortellerfestivalen, Fortellerhuset, Albatrass, Det Åpne Teater |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | No |
THE FESTIVAL PROGRAM May 28 – June 1 2008:
The Norwegian Storytelling Festival 2008 invited participants from Norway and abroad: Daniel Morden and Tuup came from UK, from Egypt came Chirine El Ansary. Several Norwegian storytellers were invited, among them Heidi Dahlsveen, Amir Mirzai and Anne Flugstad.
Mirzai, Flugstad and mk2 performed productions for children. The children could also partake in activities with FabelAkt. Elias Akselsen told stories and sung from his own life. Benedicte Hambro, the granddaughter of not unknown C. J. Hambro, gave a familiar meeting with Norwegian history in a performance in which the small things changed the future. Ragnhild Mørch performed her production Multidentitet (Multi identity).
The 2007 winner of the debutant competition Spranget (literally: The Leap) Eva Maria Aagaard told stories and Professional Stories were told, with among others Steven Wilson; an entertaining chemist with a PhD. The festival musicians of the year were percussionist Knut Lothe and trumpeter Per Willy Aaserud. The festival was opened by leader of the city council, Erling Lae, and as usual it opened and ended with specially made productions.
The Norwegian Storytelling Festival is arranged by Albatrass and Fortellerhuset, who both work to display the art of oral storytelling of high quality. On the festival board of 2008 sat Per Jostein Aarsand, Sara Birgitte Øfsti, Georgiana Keable, Tanja Steen, Ingunn Christensen and Marie Ulsberg.
The Norwegian Storytelling Festival 2008 was supported by Arts Council Norway, the freedom of expression foundation Fritt Ord, the municipality of Oslo and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via The Norwegian Association of Performing Arts.
Source: The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater), detapneteater.no, 30.10.2010, http://www.detapneteater.no/pub/daat/forestillinger/?aid=730&cid=17&sac=all&viewall=1#daat
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Knut Lothe | – Musician (trommer) |
| Per Willy Aaserud | – Musician (trompet) |
| Elias Akselsen | – Singer |
| Ingunn Christensen | – Other (festivalens styre 2008) |
| Georgiana Keable | – Other (festivalens styre 2008) |
| Sara Birgitte Øfsti Nesje | – Other (festivalens styre 2008) |
| Tanja Steen | – Other (festivalens styre 2008) |
| Marie Ulsberg | – Other (festivalens styre 2008) |
| Per Jostein Aarsand | – Other (festivalens styre 2008) |
| Elias Akselsen | – Storyteller |
| Heidi Dahlsveen | – Storyteller |
| Godfrey Duncan | – Storyteller |
| Chirine El Ansary | – Storyteller |
| Anne Persdotter Flugstad | – Storyteller |
| Hanne Benedicte Hambro | – Storyteller |
| Amir Masood Mirzai | – Storyteller |
| Daniel Morden | – Storyteller |
| Ragnhild Alette Mørch | – Storyteller («Multidentitet») |
| Eva Maria Aagaard | – Storyteller |
| June 1, 2008 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Other |
| June 1, 2008 – Prøvesalen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Other |
| May 31, 2008 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Other |
| May 31, 2008 – Prøvesalen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Other |
| May 30, 2008 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Other |
| May 30, 2008 – Prøvesalen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Other |
| May 29, 2008 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Other |
| May 29, 2008 – Prøvesalen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Other |
| May 28, 2008 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Other |
| May 28, 2008 – Prøvesalen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Other |