Ritsj
Ritsj (2019) was a puppetry production by Katma in collaboration with Nordland Visual Theatre, based on a concept by Katrine M. E. Strøm. The production had its premiere during Arctic Arts Festival 2019.
Katrine M. E. Strøm directed it.
Ritsj won The Hedda Award 2020 in the best production for children category.
Information
(Objekt ID 97589)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | June 25, 2019 |
| Produced by | Katma |
| Coproducers | Nordland Visual Theatre, Arctic Arts Festival |
| Audience | Young children, Children (from 1 to 4) |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Puppetry, Performance for children, Theatre, Object theatre, Dance theatre |
| Running period | June 25, 2019 |
| Website | KATMA |
The Hedda Jury gave the following reason for the award to Ritsj:
"Combining tempo, silent moments, action and room for the audience's own examinations, is a demanding task. The winner has made it. In an exciting, varied stage design, involving several rooms and landscapes, we are brought into a strange world, in part recognisable and in part surprising. This is a performance that accepts small people's need to be involved without being invaded. To be led further and further into imagination and the game, while being allowed to participate for themselves.
Almost without words, but filled with body language and movement, the ensemble bring sus along on a little more than half an hour's journey, switching between the sensuousness of dance and the narrative art of theatre, all of it clad in an exquisite visual and auditive whole, in which large amounts of sticky, crackling and twisty tape makes up an important ingredient."
SOURCES:
Nordland Visual Theatre's repertoire archive, 13.02.2020
The Hedda Award, www.heddaprisen.no, 16.07.20, https://www.heddaprisen.no/nominerte/2020
The Hedda Award, heddaprisen.no, 21.09.2020, https://www.heddaprisen.no/vinnere/2020
Katma, katma.no, 22.09.2020, http://www.katma.no/performances/ritsj
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Katrine Strøm | – Concept/Idea |
| Katrine Strøm | – Direction |
| Tore Bruvoll | – Composer |
| Ingunn Sønsteby | – Stage design |
| Ingunn Sønsteby | – Costume |
| Alexander Rydland Hansen | – Sound design |
| Alexander Rydland Hansen | – Light |
| Karianne Andreassen | – Dancer |
| Mari Bø | – Dancer |
| Lise Damsgård | – Dancer |
| Åsne Storli | – Dancer |
| Nina Erdahl | – Makeup |
| Nina Erdahl | – Hair |
| Cecelia Broadbridge | – Tailoring |
| Eva Hodnefjell | – Tailoring |
| Jack Markussen | – Tailoring |
| Anna Karoline Løseth Bjelvin | – Stage manager |
| Elisabeth Gjerde | – Photo |
| Tone Anita Karlsen | – Photo |
| Mariell Amelie Lind-Hansen | – Photo |
| Anna Karoline Løseth Bjelvin | – Stage Manager |
| Anna Karoline Løseth Bjelvin | – Tour manager |
| Hege Holte Østbye | – Consultant (koreografi) |
| Svein Spjelkavik | – Administration |
| May 8, 2022 11:00 – Rommen Scene, The Norwegian Theatre | Show |
| May 8, 2022 12:30 – Rommen Scene, The Norwegian Theatre | Show |
| May 8, 2022 14:00 – Rommen Scene, The Norwegian Theatre | Show |
| May 7, 2022 13:00 – Rommen Scene, The Norwegian Theatre | Show |
| May 7, 2022 14:30 – Rommen Scene, The Norwegian Theatre | Show |
| May 7, 2022 16:00 – Rommen Scene, The Norwegian Theatre | Show |
| April 23, 2022 10:00 – Foajéscenen, Bærum Kulturhus | Show |
| April 23, 2022 14:00 – Foajéscenen, Bærum Kulturhus | Show |
| April 22, 2022 10:00 – Foajéscenen, Bærum Kulturhus | Show |
| April 22, 2022 14:00 – Foajéscenen, Bærum Kulturhus | Show |
| December 2019 | Show |
| December 2019 – Sentralen | Show |
| June 25, 2019 – Figurteateret i Nordland, Nordland Visual Theatre | Opening night |
| Showbox | December 2019 |
| Arctic Arts Festival | June 25, 2019 |