PEER GYNT RECHARGED

Based on 'Peer Gynt' by Henrik Ibsen
Adapted and directed by Terje Tveit
Set Design by Yana Valcheva

Ibsen Stage Company returns to London for a second time with its bold and brand new version of Ibsen's epic verse drama Peer Gynt.

Set in a fictitious town of gangsters, corruption and femme fatales, the production relates the adventures of Peer Gynt with a nod to 1930's America, striped suits, trilbies, charleston and with all the energy of a lively speakeasy.

The production was shortlisted for the Ibsen Stage Festival 2012 at the Norwegian National Theatre in Oslo, and was also invited to open and guest-perform at the Delhi Ibsen Festival '12 in India.

Opens Autumn 2013.

RECORDING HEDDA

Based on 'Hedda Gabler' by Henrik Ibsen
Adapted and directed by Terje Tveit
Music by Kaja Bjørntvedt

Recording Hedda is set in the confines of a recording studio, and gives a two-way mirror look at the psychological makeup of a modern-day woman in her late thirties, whose fictional character takes on her private persona.

The production draws on Ibsen's original play and is a collaborative project between composer Kaja Bjørntvedt and director Terje Tveit exploring the dynamic between text and sound.

The project is supported by The Norwegian Society of Composers.

Opens Autumn 2013.

TIN SOLDIERS

Devised by Momchil Alexiev,
Roza Grigorova and Terje Tveit

Approaching her 36th birthday, Veronika Jessop is hoping to publish her first novel. What is her chosen subject to be? Whose story is she to relate? Indeed, why is he writing a book in the first place?

Tin Soldiers is a light-hearted look at suffocating labels, a grandfather clock that stops, black mirrors, axiology, sparkling champagne, intrusive questions and a light-hearted look at modern existence when youth has reached the mid-thirties and everyone is supposed to have found their allocated seat in life - with and without lipstick.

The concept is based on Jaques Lacan’s philosophical writings merging text, sound and multi-media design. The production is a collaborative project between multi-media designer Momchil Alexiev, composer Kaja Bjørntvedt and Ibsen Stage Company's creative directors, Roza Grigorova and Terje Tveit.

Opens 2014

PAUL LANGE AND TORA PARSBERG

By Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Translated by Marie Wells

Paul Lange and Tora Parsberg is a political love story based on historical events in which a Norwegian politician shot himself following political and personal persecution from the establishment.

Paul Lange is stepping down from front line politics and comes under scrutiny from former political colleagues and loyal friends. Bjørnson's play examines how noble motives are undermined by political alliances nurtured by envy and mass-opinion.

The play presents striking parallels to recent events in British politics and the personal tragedies that follow once political events are personified and hitting the headlines.

Ibsen and Bjørnson were twin stars in the northern hemisphere. A writer of poetry, drama and prose, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson was also a cultural and political figurehead in Scandinavia and Europe. His championship of persecuted individuals and oppressed nations was much admired in his lifetime. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1903.

Ibsen Stage Company presents the UK premiere of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's drama in a brand new translation by Dr Marie Wells of UCL.

Opens 2014