Langerleverlivet* (Dealer Leading Life)
Langerleverlivet* (Dealer Leading Life) by Kari F. Brænne directed by Kari Koksvik had its world wide premiere in The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) the spring of 2003. Langerleverlivet was a comedy about youth and drugs. What do you do when your mother is addicted to ecstasy, your last brain cell commits suicide and you keep having to drag around the dead body of Stein? The play is about 17 year old Jens who happens to be a drug dealer.
Sources:
Siri Narverud Moen / Torunn P. Westerfjell, 28.02.2003, Moro med narko, nrk.no/nyheter/kultur, 12.11.2010, http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/kultur/2575696.html
The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater), archive, playbill Langerleverlivet
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
Information
(Objekt ID 8886)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | February 27, 2003 |
| Coproducers | The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) |
| Based on | Langerleverlivet* (Dealer Leading Life) by Kari Fredrikke Brænne |
| Audience | Youth |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre, Comedy, Performance for youth, Conversation(s), Debate |
| Running period | February 27, 2003 |
| Duration | 70 minutes |
| Website | Det Åpne Teater |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | No |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Kari Fredrikke Brænne | – Playwright |
| Kari Klæboe Koksvik | – Direction |
| Monica Borg Fure | – Actor |
| Rune Hekkelstrand | – Actor |
| Terje Ranes | – Actor |
| March 3, 2003 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| March 2, 2003 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| March 1, 2003 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| February 28, 2003 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| February 27, 2003 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Worldwide premiere |
"Langerleverlivet* (Dealer Leading Life) in a fresh, energetic way tells the story about how the young boy finds bad friends, how little help he gets from home, how he tempts others and how he is caught in his own net. Debate and school theatre of this kind tend to become tiresome moralist theatre, pointing fingers. But Kari F. Brænne does not fall into that trap. (...) The play is serious enough, but still a liberating long way from boring, social-realist drama for the sake of usefulness."
Aftenposten, Elisabeth Rygg. Review titled Friskt om ungdom og dop (Fresh about youth and drugs).
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.