Ibsen in Norway: Experience Ibsen's Brand in Fjæreheia amphitheater near Grimstad

In Grimstad this summer you can experience Brand with a magnificent ensemble led by Kristoffer Olsen. The production is directed by Vidar Magnussen. He is best known to many as an actor and comedian, but in recent years has been very successful as a director both in the theater and in the Norwegian Opera.

"Brand's faith is trying to move mountains (the wall) in Fjæreheia, all accompanied by a gospel choir with music banging against the wall, this will be something completely different!"

Vidar Magnussen

Fjæreheia amphitheater is a quarry converted into a theatre, and over the years has shown performances in many different genres. The high walls and the dramatic landscape form a perfect frame around Ibsen's intense Brand. Bruddet is a short drive from Grimstad town.

Grimstad is the town where Henrik Ibsen lived in the years 1843–1850 and apprenticed to become a pharmacist's assistant. It was here that he wrote his first play Catilina.

Grimstad municipality, which is also preparing for the 200th anniversary of Henrik Ibsen's birth, owns the amphitheater and collaborates with Det norske Ibsenkompaniet on the Ibsen performance. Last year and the year before they played Peer Gynt.

Read more and buy tickets at fjerheia.no here ➚