Bergen International Festival 2015 English catalogue | Page 70

070 BE RGE N INTE RN AT I ON AL FE STIVAL 2015 Mies Julie t 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 07 1 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. t 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 070 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 07 1