General twilight

Ordinary Twilight is a scenic encounter between text, voice and live drawing. The starting point is a series of short texts and monologues written by Ron Røstad, read by Bernt Bjørn and accompanied by Elin Fagertun's drawings that emerge in real time.

The texts revolve around the character Emil – a son of a craftsman father from North Troms, part of a generation that grew up in the city and gained a sense of the dreamy and useless. Emil returns to Tromsø after many years in Oslo, and through his gaze questions of belonging, homecoming and standing between expectations and one's own choices are explored.

The title refers to twilight – the brightest time of day during the dark ages – and becomes an image of an intermediate state: between places, between generations and between phases of life.

The performance is a quiet reflection on place, identity and belonging. Instead of grand narratives about the north and the center, it examines everyday experiences and feelings related to coming home – and discovering that one's hometown has also changed.

In Ordinary Twilight, Ferske Scener continues its work of exploring scenic expressions where literature meets visual and musical scenic expressions.