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BE RGE N INTE RN AT I ON AL
FE STIVAL 2015
Mies
Julie
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Scandinavian
premiere
D EN N AT I O NA LE
S C EN E
STO RE SC E NE
Saturday 06 June
at 18:00
Sunday 07 June
at 15:00
D U RAT IO N
1:30
L AN GUAGE
Performed in English
with Norwegian
translation available.
OT H ER
Meet the cast on
stage after the
performance on 05
June. The talk will
be held in English.
T IC KET *
*Full price: 290–390
Under 30: 150
*Festival card:
40 %–30 % discount
F RICT ION
B E RG E N IN T E RN AT ION A L
F E ST IVA L 2 01 5
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Yaël Farber script (based upon August
Strindberg’s Miss Julie), direction
Daniel and Matthew Pencer composition
Patrick Curtis set design, lighting design
Birrie Le Roux costume design
Tandiwe “Nofirst” Lungisa singer, musician
Hilda Cronjé, Bongile Mantsai and
Zoleka Helesi cast
DAT E/ T I M E
Friday 05 June
at 19:30
FR I CT I ON
Explosive version of Strindberg’s classic
set in modern day South Africa.
In a contemporary reworking of August
Strindberg's classic Miss Julie, Yaël Farber
has transposed this 1888 parable of class and
gender to a remote, bleak farm in modern day
South Africa's Cape Karoo semi-desert.
This explosive new version tackles the deeper
complexities of South African society head on,
creating a newly menacing, torridly passionate,
urgently relevant allegory for a post-apartheid
state in profound transition.
Against the pulsating, poignant backdrop of the
annual Freedom Day celebrations, Xhosa farm
labourer John and Mies Julie, the daughter of
his white Afrikaans master, embark on a ruinous
night, fuelled by drink, heat, generation-deep
resentments and earthy, brutal, primal passion.
In the sweltering heat of the kitchen, pots bubble
threateningly, a fan spins ineffectually, a tree grows
through the worn tiles – and the sexual tension
builds dangerously. Into the whole volatile brew
are thrown all the explosive, unresolved legacies
of the apartheid era: race, power, land restitution
and ancestral rights. The effect is shattering to all
who have witnessed this work.
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World
premiere
EROS
B E RG E N KJ ØT T
DAT E / T IME
Sunday 31 May
at 21:30
Monday 01 June
at 21:30
A choreographed
theatrical concert
Norwegian composers. The performance is
specially adapted for the venue Bergen Kjøtt,
a former meat factory rehabilitated as an arts
centre.
Tuesday 02 June
at 21:30
DU RAT ION
1:10
L A N G UAG E
Performed in
Norwegian.
English translation
available.
Since being the undisputed hit in its debut at
the 2012 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Mies Julie
has taken the theatrical world by storm, having
amassed over 40 international five-star reviews
and multiple theatre awards. The Guardian
named it amongst top 5 productions in London
2012 and the New York Times named it amongst
top 10 of 2012 in New York.
OT H E R
“Just sensational” – THE INDEPENDENT
How do we recognise sensuality?
The Norwegian actress Juni Dahr is known
for her portrayals of strong female characters,
such as Joan of Arc and Ibsen's women. She is
also the driving force behind Visjoner Teater
(Visions Theatre), a workshop where artists of
various kinds join forces to create new forms
of stage expression.
Juni Dahr idea and concept development,
director, actor
Henrik Hellstenius composition
Cecilie Lindeman Steen choreography
Hanne Ørstavik, Geir Gulliksen
and others text
Marianne Roland coordinator
Håkon Austbø piano
Lars Jacob Holm, Anja Sunniva Valseth
dance
*Festival card:
40 %–30 % discount
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W W W.FIB.N O
Talk with Juni Dahr
and others (in Norwegian) Monday
01 June at 16:30 at
the Bergen Public
Library.
T IC K E T *
Full price: 290
Under 30: 150
With a choreographer, dancers, writers, a composer and a pianist she has now focused on
sensuality, and presents the world premiere
EROS at the Bergen International Festival. Text
excerpts are woven together with choreography
and music by Ravel, Debussy, Chopin and
W W W.F IB.N O
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