TO LIVE ON - Rimfrost productions
In the monologue performance Å LEVE VIDERE we meet the sister who was on Utøya with her brother. She was 17, he was 23. Her brother never returned home. She lives on, but the experiences from the terrorist attack become traumas that affect every part of her life.
I feel like I'm going to die. Every time.
My heart is pounding, I can't breathe, I just have to get away.
Just because I see a man in a police uniform.
Breathe in, breathe out.
It's not dangerous. There you go, there you go.
It's going well.
Remember how you taught me to breathe like this?
At the same time, she witnesses Norwegian society becoming more polarized, and the perpetrator's extreme views gaining ground in more and more people. Her frustration grows and brings out feelings she has not previously been able to face. She is facing a reckoning.
Welcome to the difficult room. Å LEVE VIDERE is made by Rimfrost Produksjoner in collaboration with Kloden teater. The production is written and directed by Nina Wester based on conversations with a family from Northern Norway who lost one of their own on Utøya. The monologue reflects experiences after the terror, and experiences from the attack that happened on Utøya. The production is mainly made for a young audience without memories from July 22, 2011.
"I go through what happened over and over again for my brain to find a way to understand. Why did it happen? How is it possible? And why was it so quiet afterwards when we promised each other we would never stop shouting?"
Award-winning performance:
Å LEVE VIDERE won the Hedda Award in the category Best Performance for Youth 2024. During Oslo Fringe, the production won the award for best performance.
From a review in Norsk Shakespeare Tidsskrift:
"(...) Actor Christina Sleipnes creates a whole person who conveys the feeling that everyone who is different has, of constantly having to take everyone else into account so that we do not lose our grip on everyday life. That experience is universal, whether you're disabled, Sami, gay, transgender or whatever. Or a Utøya survivor."
From the review Young Voices in Periskop:
"(...) Regardless of the traumas and the endless thoughts of dying again, a girl who was only 17 years old when the terrorist attack on Utoeya took place, finds out after 12 years that it is worth living on. But it doesn't come for free. The 1 hour and 10 minute monologue from the perspective of a sister who lost her brother and was at Utøya herself, deals with the event itself, precious memories and not least how it is to live on. (...) After the performance, I can say that I felt like I knew the main character personally, at least her story, because of the vivid acting."
Target group: Youth
Venue: Pilotscenen
Duration: Approximately 70 minutes
Triggers: Description of terrorist incident and gunshot wounds
Cast:
Script and direction: Nina Wester
Actress: Christina Sleipnes
Set and costume design: Mari Lotherington
Sound designer: Andreas Wangsbro
Lighting designer: Øystein Heitmann
Project manager/dramaturge: Kristine Myhre Tunheim
Dramaturg: Kristin Bjørn
Technical liquidator: Kasper Becker Andersen
Sigh: Annie Dahr Nygaard
Producer: Neste Trinn v/ Siri Hallingby Børs-Lind
Artistic director Rimfrost productions: Kristine Myhre Tunheim
Communication Manager: Martha Møkkelgjerd
Seam: Hilde Skaffloth
Supported by: Norsk Kulturråd Fri Scenekunst Prosjekt, Scenekunstbruket, Fond for lyd og bilde, Tromsø Kommune, Dramatikkens Hus, Fritt Ord, Fond for frilansere, Rådstua Teaterhus, Davvi senter for scenekunst v/ Raske Penger and Artlab.
Å LEVE VIDERE is a production by Rimfrost in collaboration with Kloden teater, and premiered during the Showbox Festival 2023 in Oslo.
Sunday, October 27, 2024
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