Streams (2006)
Premiere :
November 2006, Culture House Tromsø
The Open Theatre, Oslo 7th – 9th February 2007
Stamsund International Theatre Festival May 28, 2007
On stage : Bernt Bjørn, Maja Bohne Johnsen, Pernille Dahl Johnsen, Tommy Henriksen, Gøran Østerbøl, Ingeborg Sætra, Lene Steinvik, Sofie Emaus, Hilde Østvik Kaspersen, Lydia Reibo
Playwright : Tale Næss
Instructor : Kristin E.Bjørn
Set/costume designer : Hege Pålsrud
Composer : Gaute Barlindhaug
Lighting design : Nicolas Horne
Choreographer : Marianne Nordnes
Production Manager : Mette-Marith Aspmo
Graphic design : Ulf Carlsson, Geir Tore Holm
Managing Director/Scenography Assistant : Anita B. Bjørnstad
Technician : Isak E. Bjørn
The performance received one of the largest grants for performing arts from the Norwegian Cultural Foundation in 2006.
The performance is a collaboration with Ferske Scener, Tromsdalen Kulturhus and KulturHuset.
STATEMENTS
“A piece of theater you never get rid of,” - Nordlys 24.11.06
INFOINFOINFO
Single father Finn Strømmer dreams of the good life with his daughter. But there's always something that gets in the way.
About single father Finn Strømmer, and his daughter, Tea (7), who suddenly and inexplicably disappears. A search operation is launched, but she is nowhere to be found.
Strømmer is both a crime mystery and a reflection on our time's paradoxical relationship with closeness. Finn Strømmer dreams of a life with good friends and a happy and cheerful Tea. But he is unable to be present. He slips away, finds himself more in his own head than in the company of those he wants to be close to.
Absence in the presence. The tragedy of our time, playwright Tale Næss calls it.
With an expression that mixes pathos and stylized distance, it opens up for surprises, from the hilarious to the deeply tragic. There are ten actors on stage, five of whom are children.
The script was developed in collaboration with Ferske Scener.
