STILLA - A PERFORMANCE
TOURS FROM TRONDHEIM IN THE SOUTH TO KIRKENES IN THE NORTH-EAST THIS AUTUMN!
about the performance
It's about places we love. About standing and listening while the ice settles on the river. About walking on a path your feet already know. About fjord fishing and pike cakes.
It's about the sadness when the places we love are destroyed. About monster masts, wind turbines and mining sludge. About human rights and what is really naive.
Through dialogue, music and collective sharing, the performance offers knowledge, and hopefully, courage and comfort. Performers, guests and audience share and experience common experiences.
The performance is a collaboration between NOOR Productions and Ferske Scener.
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Stilla - a performance premiered on June 22nd at the Northern Norway Festival in Davvi Scene. This fall they will embark on a long tour. See the tour itinerary below!
Stilla will be on tour in Northern Norway, Northern Sweden and in the Southern Sami district. This is in collaboration with Festspillene i Nord-Norge, Giron Sámi Teahter and Åarjelhsaemien Teatere.
You can read about the project and follow the tour on Noor Productions' Blog.
In parallel, Noor Produksjoner is creating the map project Storm/Stilla, a map-based website for further conversation and reflection, where audiences from different performances can meet. The map will be continuously developed during the performance period, through workshop work and external contributions. In this way, loss of place in the north will be documented, but also memories and experiences.
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You can access the Facebook event and find ticket information for each venue by clicking on the links below.
21 AUGUST at 19:00 - TOUR PREMIERE AT RØROS @ Kunst og kaos
23 AUGUST at 19:00 - BLEKSTAD @ Galleri Hans
AUGUST 25 at 7:00 PM - SNÅSA @ Saemien Sijte
AUGUST 28th at 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM - TRONDHEIM @ The Lobby at Verkstedhallen
SEPTEMBER 2 at 7:00 PM - VARDØ @ Sentrum pier
SEPTEMBER 4th at 7:00 PM - VADSØ @ Vadsø Art Association
08 SEPT at 19:00 - TANA @ Galleri Martin
12 SEPT at 19:00 - KAUTOKEINO @ Beaivváš Sámi Našunálateáhter
15.SEPT at 7:00 PM - KJØLLEFJORD @ Kjøllefjord Library
17.SEPT at 19:00 - SALMON RIVER @ Wild Caribu
SEPT 20 - ALTA - location TBA!
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Trond Peter Stamsø Munch - Performer and co-creator
Bernt Bjørn - Performer and co-creator
Ivar Beddari - Performer and co-creator
Tale Næss - Playwright and co-creator
Kristina Junttila - Consultant audience participation
Vegard Krane - Producer
Lawrence Malstaff - Visual Consultant
Magdalena Haggärde - Development and implementation of the map project
Isak Wang Gustavsen - Producer for the map project
Kristin Bjørn Ferske Scener contributed as a consultant on direction early in the project phase. Marianne Siljuberg and Eva Svaneblom contributed to production and marketing.
SAYING ABOUT STILLA-EI PERFORMANCE
“The audience gradually lets themselves be drawn in and comes up with small, improvised stories about places that hold special memories for them. The performance is successful in its simplicity and reflects a high level of craftsmanship when it comes to dialogic and interactive community theatre” - Knut Ove Arntzen for Norsk Sheakspearetidsskrift after the premiere at the Festival of Northern Norway
“The style is leisurely and informal, but the direction is tight enough that I get the feeling that every word counts. The three performers talk about their connection to places like Pasvikdalen and the fear that species will become extinct and that a place's uniqueness will be destroyed through industry and development. The performers speak from a Sami perspective, but the love they show for their places is not difficult to recognize. Several in the audience also have close relationships with selected places. We are asked to write the names of these places on our coffee cups, which starts several conversations. The setting is quiet, but it is about individual, relational and ecological crises. The performance convinces that the destruction of natural areas can be experienced as an existential threat. Here, nature is so strong that it almost becomes sacred, not only as an expression of a greater ecological harmony, but also for the individual. Nature is also "common" in the sense that we and most of what surrounds us are nature. In this sense, the performance can be seen in light of the festival theme, while adding a touch of urgency to the idea of the sacred. (….)
In some cases, the crisis theme gives the festival a precarious feel, such as in Stilla and Å leve videre, and then it also becomes socially relevant in a way that gives the impression that the festival wants something" - Eline Bjerkan for Scenekunst.no after the premiere at the Festival of Northern Norway with the theme "Common Things Made Holy".
