Calm and silent

Calm and Silent was a one-act play by Marit Solbu which had its world wide premiere in The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) during The Contemporary Stage Festival 2001.

Information

(Objekt ID 8514)
Object type Production
Premiere August 30, 2001
Produced by The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater)
Based on Calm and silent by Marit Solbu
Audience Adults, Youth
Language Norwegian
Keywords Theatre
Running period August 30, 2001  
Website Det Åpne Teater

Requirements to venue

Blackout No
Contributors (9)
Name Role
Marit Solbu – Playwright
Marit Solbu – Direction
Inger Astri Kobbevik Stephens – Stage design
Kari Bunæs – Performer
Siri Forsberg – Performer
Kjell Moberg – Performer
Mai Lise Rasmussen – Performer
Inger Astri Kobbevik Stephens – Performer
Siv Svendsen – Performer
Performance dates
Festivals (1)
Press coverage

"A drama lesson with Marit Solbu could one call this humorous one-act play which had its world wide premiere during The National Theatre of Norway’s Contemporary Stage Festival this autumn. The production seems to be more than a little inspired by Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author. With stage design also placed onstage (and outside) we count six. Playwright and instructor have developed the performance in close collaboration with the actors. She playfully examines the options for dialogue with the audience with a queer, humorous outlook on theatre and the art of acting. (...) The production turns out to be unpredictable, powerfully visual in all its costume richness, and, like I said, impeccably humorous. Here are confused actors standing stuck, with no clue what they are doing. They test the text in different ways, to declare that nothing works. A near imaginary examination of a text which doesn’t exist beyond small sequences and singular lines, demands much of the actors who almost wordlessly communicate with the audience."

Ellen Pollestad. Nordlys