Abraham's Children
Digital version
Abraham's Children. Digital version (2020) was a theatre production by The Norwegian Theatre. Abraham's Children. Digital version was based on a text by Svein Tindberg, springing out from historical and religious texts. The digital version was a recording of the theatre production Abraham's Children from 2011. It was made available through The Norwegian Theatre's Facebook page during The Corona crisis the spring of 2020.
Kjetil Bang-Hansen directed it.
Svein Tindberg performed the monologue.
The stage version of Abraham's Children won The Hedda Award 2012 in the production of the year category.
Information
(Objekt ID 99720)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | April 10, 2020 |
| Produced by | The Norwegian Theatre |
| Based on | Abraham's Children by Svein Tindberg |
| Audience | Adults, Youth |
| Language | Norwegian Nynorsk |
| Keywords | Corona-production, Theatre, Monologue |
| Running period | April 10, 2020 |
| Duration | 1 hour 52:39 minutes |
| Website | DET NORSKE TEATRET |
"The coexistence between Abraham's children has been filled with conflict. But the story about Jews, Christians and Muslims is much more. It is also the story of a fruitful cultural, intellectual and spiritual exchange, in which the three religions have grown richer due to close cohabitation.
Over the past 30 years, Tindberg has worked on theatrical plays with religious themes. In Abraham's Children, he promotes the values embracing and uniting the three world religions: Judaism, Islam and Christianity. The Norwegian Theatre thinks there is still time to get together in the interest for cultural conflicts, parallels, long lines of thinking and an introduction to religions we may not have known had that much in common. Svein Tindberg's art of storytelling has given more than 90 000 the joy of finding community in a world where polarisation between religions keeps growing stronger."
SOURCES:
The Norwegian Theatre, detnorsketeatret.no, 11.05.2020, https://www.detnorsketeatret.no/framsyningar/abrahamsbarn
The Hedda Award, 29.05.2012, http://heddaprisen.no/pub/heddaprisen/main/?&mid=1031&aid=1030
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Ola E. Bø | – Translation |
| Kjetil Bang-Hansen | – Direction |
| Ola E. Bø | – Dramaturge |
| John Kristian Alsaker | – Stage design |
| Ola Bråten | – Lighting design |
| Svein Tindberg | – Actor |
| April 10, 2020 – The Norwegian Theatre, digital offering | Opening night |