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 |
"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."
"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.
| 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 |
| September 5, 2018 – Scene 3 (tidligere Prøvesalen), Det Norske Teatret, The Norwegian Theatre | Worldwide premiere |