A Doll's House (NO)
The production from Den Nationale Scene moves Nora out of the bourgeois parlours and puts her, very credibly, in the modern surroundings of a livingroom in the Norwegian city of Bergen anno 2003.
Directed by Yngve Sundvor / Den Nationale Scene
The back wall, a silver screen, shows Nora’s ideal world in which the marvelous takes place: Helmer, the knight in full armour, goes into battle for his Nora and devotes himself to her. The production is almost totally modernised, but not radically to the degree that we lose Ibsen’s words and intentions. This is Ibsen’s play, but still one that sticks to the central questions about how we get caught up by the expectations of others, of the price of liberty, of our illusions about ourselves and others – and of the difference between genders.
Adapted by Yngve Sundvor and Terje Lindberg.
On stage: Nora - Reny Marie Gaassand Folgerø, Torvald - Gard Skagestad, Dr. Rank - Øyvind Gran, Mrs Linde - Birgitte Johannessen, Krogstad - Endre Hellestveit, The children - Nora, Elida and Isak Våge
Direction and concept: Yngve Sundvor. Lighting: Torkel Skjærven. Sound and video: Eirik Jørstad. Make-up: Mette Noodt. Dramaturg: Terje Lindberg. Assistant to the director: Martha Orten. Stage fights: Thomas Nyløken. Stage manager: Sebastian van der Pas. Props: Cecilie de Lange/Cathrine Hopstock. Prompter: Astrid Myhren. Film directors: Kjell Hammerø and Yngve Sundvor.