Potatoes Have No Wings (2008)
Premiere :
January 5, 2008
On stage : Ellen Zahl Jonassen, Bernt Bjørn, Klaus Løkholm Bergli, Håkon Vassvik (from May 2009)
Narrator and technician : Jon Kristian Gaare Blix
Script : Christina Veronika Mauer
Director : Kristin E. Bjørn
Scenography and costumes : Hege Pålsrud
Music : Gaute Barlindhaug
Lighting : Nicolas Horne
The performance was created in collaboration with KulturHuset in Tromsø. The script was further developed by Ferske Scener in collaboration with the scriptwriter.
STATEMENTS
Potatoes have no wings review in Northern Lights
Potatoes have no wings
review in iTromsø
[quote]- Outstanding!… Potatoes Have No Wings has become a performance that lifts us out of the often gray and sad days of everyday life, to a life that gives hope and comfort. [source]BHL, Nordlys[/source][/quote]
[quote]- Successful balance... Fell headfirst into the potato. At the same time, Bernt Bjørn's brilliant interpretation provides a hysterically funny experience for both adults and children. [source]Inger P. Thuen, Bladet Tromsø[/source][/quote]
[quote]- The world's most charming potato. [source]Kjell Knudsen, Future in the North[/source][/quote]
By Christina Mauer
A potato on the run from becoming mashed potatoes and a couple who have lost their child meet. Living with grief, or being afraid, is experienced the same whether you are a child or an adult. Sometimes adults have a better language to convey such feelings, but not always. The theater experience provides some keys to talking about the topic in a way that both children and adults understand.
A performance about the encounter between a desperate potato on the run from a mashed potato factory and a married couple stuck in grief after the loss of their daughter Lela. "Potatoes Have No Wings" is a simple story about how difficult it can be to move on. It is a story about the joy that comes when grief finally lets go.
The performance is for children and adults. The form is a mixture of puppet theater and acrobatic acting.
The script was developed in collaboration with Ferske Scener.
