Hanna & Heinz – NIE

The performance is based on the story of Hanna Mothes, a young Norwegian woman who married a German soldier during World War II. 

After the war, she, like thousands of other Norwegian women in the same situation, was forcibly sent out of the country and stripped of her Norwegian citizenship. Based on this true story, NIE has created a performance filled with music, humor and vitality. 

This is a story about survival, love, loss of identity and hope. About how human identity is affected when one cannot visit the geographical area to which this identity is linked. It is also a performance about fighting for justice, and about how much it is worth enduring for the one and only great love.

There is no country in Europe that punished its war brides as harshly as Norway. 

The story of Hanna and Heinz is the story of a woman who never gave up. Because she was born in Norway, she believed she had the right to return home. It took almost 60 years. Her great love was dead, and one could travel as one wanted without a passport throughout Europe before she could get her Norwegian passport back.

Erna Solberg made an official apology to Norwegian women who lost their citizenship because of love in 2019, while she was Prime Minister. 74 years after World War II.

Target group : From 13 years old

Venue: Pilotscenen

Duration : 55 minutes

Cast:

Performers: Helder Deploige and Hanne Gjerstad Henrichsen

Direction/concept: Kjell Moberg   

Scenography and costumes: Katja Ebbel Frederiksen

Lighting design: Simon Koci       

Music: Helder Deploige

Producer: Iva Moberg

Lighting technician: Vaclav Kalivoda 

The performance is supported by the Norwegian Arts Council.

Thursday, March 19

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