Vår vesle* (Our little one)

Vår vesle* (Our little one) (2018) was a theatre production by The Norwegian Theatre, the world premiere of a play by Kristin Auestad Danielsen. The production was performed in the theatre's venue Scene 3.

Victoria Meirik directed it.

Kaia Varjord played the role of Mari.

*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.

Information

(Objekt ID 85560)
Object type Production
Premiere September 5, 2018
Produced by The Norwegian Theatre
In collaboration with Norwegian Centre for New Playwriting (NCNP)
Based on Vår vesle* (Our little one) by Kristin Auestad Danielsen
Audience Adults
Audience size 1950
Number of events 24
Language Norwegian Nynorsk
Keywords Theatre
Running period September 5, 2018  
Website Det Norske Teatret
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In a press release from The Norwegian Theatre the following, among other things, is written about Vår vesle* (Our little one):

"Scene 3 opens with a newly written text by Kristin Auestad Danielsen about a situation experienced by an increasing number of young adults. Mari has actually done well in most things, and yet she has moved back into her old room at her parents', overwhelmed by life and unable to handle it."

At the webpage of The Norwegian Theatre the following, among other things, is written about Vår vesle:

"Mari is a young woman whose ducks are in a row. Still, she lies quiet in her childhood room, back home with her parents, exhausted and overwhelmed.

She has just completed a master's degree in Stockholm, her family background is solid, she is economically secured and stems from a rural society in which her network is good. And yet she has capitulated. It all feels too much for her.

We sense an undercurrent of something. Is she depressed, and what really went wrong? Is it about her relationship to her parents, did anything happen in her relationship with her ex in Sweden, or is she grieving an event too heavy to carry?

In Vår vesle, playwright Kristin Auestad Danielsen writes about a condition that has become more widespread in recent years. Young people who should not apparently be in difficult positions, feel completely overwhelmed by life and are unable to get on. A condition that has scientists debate, and that is given more attention in literature. When scales tip, is the reason lack of time, the strive for the perfect, or a lack of ability to find the balance? In Vår vesle, the young woman is who has once again become a passenger in the lives of her parents."

SOURCES:

Press release from The Norwegian Theatre 10.04.2018, www.mynewsdesk.com, 11.04.2018, http://www.mynewsdesk.com/no/det-norske-teatret/pressreleases/teaterhausten-paa-det-norske-teatret-er-klar-2472451

The Norwegian Theatre, www.detnorsketeatret.no, 11.04.2018, https://www.detnorsketeatret.no/framsyningar/var-vesle/

*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.

Contributors (14)
Name Role
Kristin Auestad Danielsen – Playwright
Victoria H. Meirik – Adapted by
Victoria H. Meirik – Direction
Carl Morten Amundsen – Dramaturge
Anders Hasmo – Dramaturge
Ivar Smedstad – Visual design
Ivar Smedstad – Video/Film
Kyrre Hellum – Actor (Håvard, gift med Karen)
Svein Roger Karlsen – Actor (Sverre, far til Mari)
Hilde Olausson – Actor (Monica, mor til Mari)
Thomas Bipin Olsen – Actor (Leif, lærling i firmaet til Håvard)
Kaia Varjord – Actor (Mari)
Ellen Birgitte Winther – Actor (Karen, gift med Håvard)
Dag Jenssen – Photo
Performance dates
September 5, 2018Scene 3 (tidligere Prøvesalen), The Norwegian Theatre Worldwide premiere