Free as a bird
Free as a bird by and with Ibsen Theatre, directed by Morten Cranner and Jon Tombre: Due to the Ibsen Year 2006 Ibsen Theatre challenged playwrights to write short texts. The performance Free as a bird was compiled of the following texts: Per, Pål, Kari og Anne leker hele den lange dagen* (Per, Paal, Kari and Anne play all the long day) by Jesper Halle, The Bus by Gyrid Axe Øvsteng and Krokodillen* (The Crocodile) by Maria Tryti Vennerød.
The starting point for the playwrights was the end of Ibsen’s When We Dead Awaken - "I am free! I am free! I am free! No more life in the prison for me! I am free as a bird! I am free!"**
Information
(Objekt ID 8193)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | September 8, 2006 |
| Produced by | Ibsen Theatre |
| In collaboration with | The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) |
| Based on | Krokodillen* (The Crocodile) by Maria Tryti Vennerød; Per, Pål, Kari og Anne leker hele den lange dagen* (Per, Paal, Kari and Anne play all the long day) by Jesper Halle; The Bus by Gyrid Axe Øvsteng |
| Audience | Adults, Youth |
| Audience size | 680 |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre, One-act Play |
| Running period | September 8, 2006 |
| Website | Teater Ibsen |
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
**In English translation by William Archer.
Free as a bird visited The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) the autumn of 2006.
Sources:
Ibsen.net, ibsen.net, 03.11.2010, http://ibsen.net/index.gan?id=11143048
Teater Ibsen, teateribsen.no, 05.06.2014, http://www.teateribsen.no/index.php?page_id=1316&search_word=fri+som+fuglen&places_to_search%5B%5D=1317&places_to_search%5B%5D=1320
The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater), detapneteater.no, 03.11.2010, http://www.detapneteater.no/pub/daat/forestillinger/?aid=172&cid=17&sac=all&viewall=1#daat
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Jesper Halle | – Playwright |
| Maria Tryti Vennerød | – Playwright |
| Gyrid Axe Øvsteng | – Playwright |
| Morten Cranner | – Direction |
| Jon Tombre | – Direction |
| Ragnhild Mærli | – Dramaturge |
| Kathrine Tolo | – Stage design |
| Kathrine Tolo | – Costume design |
| Morten Cranner | – Sound design |
| Erik Spets Sandvik | – Lighting design |
| Tora Augestad | – Actor |
| Thomas Bye | – Actor |
| Jonatan Filip | – Actor |
| Anne E. Kokkin | – Actor |
| Ola Otnes | – Actor |
| Sylvia Salvesen | – Actor |
| Morten Berntsen | – Stage manager |
| Dag Jenssen | – Photo |
| September 22, 2006 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| September 21, 2006 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| September 8, 2006 – Store scene, Festiviteten i Skien, Ibsen Theatre | Worldwide premiere |