Ibsen in March
How can contemporary Norwegian drama be promoted internationally? (on the international stage?) Join a conversation with Kathrine Nedrejord, Fredrik Brattberg and Gina Winje about Norwegian drama, global visibility, and how the legacy of Ibsen and Fosse continues to influence the present – and the way forward for theatre and literature on the international stage. The Nobel Prize in Literature to Jon Fosse in 2023 contributes to increased interest in Norwegian literature and the performing arts. The Center for Norwegian Performing Arts will promote the legacy of Henrik Ibsen and strengthen the visibility of new Norwegian drama outside Norway. What does it take to establish long-term international collaborations for Norwegian playwrights? As part of this project, playwrights Fredrik Brattberg, Kathrine Nedrejord and Fosse's literary agent, Gina Winje, will participate in a drama seminar in New York in January 2025. Fredrik Brattberg is one of Norway's most performed playwrights internationally, his works are translated into many languages and performed worldwide, but his plays are rarely performed on Norwegian stages. Why is this so and we ask whether an international success can be transferred back to Norwegian theatre stages. Kathrine Nedrejord, winner of the Brage Prize 2024, has been a resident playwright at both the National Theatre and the Norwegian Dramatic Society, and has an important place in the Norwegian theatre world as a Sámi-Norwegian playwright. Can her perspectives contribute to a more inclusive and diverse stage, both in Norway and internationally?
Fredrik Brattberg (b. 1978) is a playwright and composer. Brattberg's literary works have been translated into 20 languages and have had about 70 productions worldwide. ?The plays have been performed at some of the leading theaters in France and Germany, such as Schauspiel Frankfurt, Theatre du Rond Point and Theatre de la Cité. Brattberg has won several awards, including the Ibsen Prize and the Ferdinand Vanek Prize. Kathrine Nedrejord (b. 1987) is an author, playwright and performing artist. Nedrejord is Sami with roots in Kjøllefjord in Finnmark, but has lived in Paris since 2011. She debuted in 2010 with the novel Transitt, and in 2014 her second novel, Trengsel, was published. For the novel Forvandlinga (2018), she was awarded the Havmann Prize. From 2018 to 2020, Kathrine Nedrejord was playwright-in-residence at the National Theatre. She has also written a number of critically acclaimed children's and youth books. Nedrejord was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2023 for the novel Forbryter og straff (2022) and in 2024 she won the Brage Prize for the novel The Same Problem. Gina Winje (b. 1959) is a literary agent and runs her own agency, Winje Agency, which represents and sells rights abroad for authors such as Nobel Prize winner Jon Fosse, Danish Helle Helle, Ruth Lillegraven and Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, to name a few. Gina lives in Porsgrunn, but has the whole world as her field of work. She has worked for years in the Norwegian publishing industry, and has been director of NORLA, the office for Norwegian literature abroad. Early in her career she worked at several Norwegian theaters, including Telemark Teater.
Organizer: House of Literature in Skien
Photo (Nedrejord, K.): Fartein Rudjord Photo (Brattberg, F.): Solum Bokvennen Photo (Winje, G.): Morten Bjerk
Ticket prices: Regular: 250 Members of the Literary House in Skien: 200 Students: 150
Book sale at Arkaden Norli
