National Test

National Test (2018) is a planned theatre production by Sogn og Fjordane Theatre, based on the play by Maria Tryti Vennerød.

Jeff Pedersen directs it.

The production is performed on tour in collaboration with The Cultural Rucksack in the county of Sogn og Fjordane.

Information

(Objekt ID 81329)
Object type Production
Premiere Navember 2, 2018
Produced by Teater Vestland
Based on National Test by Maria Tryti Vennerød
Audience Youth
Language Norwegian dialect
Keywords Theatre, Performance for youth
Running period Navember 2, 2018  
Website Sogn og Fjordane Teater
More

At the webpage of Sogn og Fjordane Theatre the following, among other things, is written about National Test:

"Everything is about a boy who isn't here. His desk is empty, like an open mouth in the classroom. Vidar is the problem pupil who has been transferred to another school, but his absence makes more of a noise than his presence did.

The class is gathered for a national test, but none of them can concentrate. They all talk about the absent one. Some are sad, and some pretend to be sad. With Vidar, things are complicated. In one moment, he can be nice and cool, in another nasty and threatening. And then the news of a threat of shooting at his new school come in.

This is where it gets truly uncomfortable. What National Test tests isn't the pupils' skills in reading and math, but we, as a nation. What should we do with those who do not fit in, the most vulnerable of all? Will Vidar shoot? Who created the terrorist, the school system, the teachers, and eventually the fellow pupils?"

SOURCE:

Sogn og Fjordane Theatre, www.softeater.no, 20.12.2017, https://www.softeater.no/framsyningsliste/2018/nasjonalprove

Contributors (7)
Name Role
Maria Tryti Vennerød – Playwright
Jeff Pedersen – Direction
Jeff Pedersen – Visual design
Atle Øydvin – Lighting design
Reidun Melvær Berge – Actor
Vibeke Isabel Oskal – Actor (Lærer)
Wilhelm Støylen – Actor
Performance dates
Navember 2, 2018 Opening night