Turning into saints
19.-23. October, Black Box Teater, Oslo
26.-27. October, BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen
Erik Ehn. Birgitte Erikson. Sigurd. Karl Flyman. Stine Janvin Motland. Christina Henriksen. Kate Pendry. Øystein Johansen. Susanne Irene Fjørtoft. Karina Nielsen. Audun Skau Hansen. Ingvild Refsum. Lisa Eikrann. Grith Ea Jensen. Ingrid Rusten. Claudio Forlini. Javier Tvihaug. Supported by: Arts Council Norway, Bergen City Council, The Fund for Performing Artists and Moving Art. Co-production: BIT Teatergarasjen and Black Box Teater. Thanks to Elin Furubotn, Kjetil Holm Klavenes, Camilla Sivesind Tokvam, Wrap, Ewa Molik and to Rebecca Pike (sunnybrook1) for her realistic wing tutorial.
Photos: Unfortunately I'm missing documentation of this piece.
Can the conjuring of religious myths stand the light of day?
In the intersection between life and death, hope and suffering, redemption and loss, a theatrical journey opens up - rewriting the historical lives of the holy in a modern landscape. Past and present is staged through a selection from the one-act cycle “The Saint Plays” by Erik Ehn.
This is the re-told story of three legendary saints: Saint Barbara who was decapitated by her father, the Virgin Mary with her immaculate conception, and Saint Eulalia who was tortured with her hair aflame.
This is placed in a landscape that generates contemporary connotations through cultural references in different patterns, where puppetry, physical visual theater and text based sound-theater meet as partners in a waltz.
This is three meetings with a saint, a pattern and a prayer.
The trinity culminates in a song and you are invited to project yourself onto the saints’ meta-historical rebellion in the border-land between empathy and faith.
26.-27. October, BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen
Erik Ehn. Birgitte Erikson. Sigurd. Karl Flyman. Stine Janvin Motland. Christina Henriksen. Kate Pendry. Øystein Johansen. Susanne Irene Fjørtoft. Karina Nielsen. Audun Skau Hansen. Ingvild Refsum. Lisa Eikrann. Grith Ea Jensen. Ingrid Rusten. Claudio Forlini. Javier Tvihaug. Supported by: Arts Council Norway, Bergen City Council, The Fund for Performing Artists and Moving Art. Co-production: BIT Teatergarasjen and Black Box Teater. Thanks to Elin Furubotn, Kjetil Holm Klavenes, Camilla Sivesind Tokvam, Wrap, Ewa Molik and to Rebecca Pike (sunnybrook1) for her realistic wing tutorial.
Photos: Unfortunately I'm missing documentation of this piece.
Can the conjuring of religious myths stand the light of day?
In the intersection between life and death, hope and suffering, redemption and loss, a theatrical journey opens up - rewriting the historical lives of the holy in a modern landscape. Past and present is staged through a selection from the one-act cycle “The Saint Plays” by Erik Ehn.
This is the re-told story of three legendary saints: Saint Barbara who was decapitated by her father, the Virgin Mary with her immaculate conception, and Saint Eulalia who was tortured with her hair aflame.
This is placed in a landscape that generates contemporary connotations through cultural references in different patterns, where puppetry, physical visual theater and text based sound-theater meet as partners in a waltz.
This is three meetings with a saint, a pattern and a prayer.
The trinity culminates in a song and you are invited to project yourself onto the saints’ meta-historical rebellion in the border-land between empathy and faith.