THE CROWD

I hope that people look at you. That they look at you and are confused about what you’re doing. They don't know if I've said anything to you or not. You may just be going around in circles because you have nothing else to do.

“Jeg håper at folk ser på deg. At de ser på deg og blir forundret over hva du gjør. De vet jo ikke om jeg har sagt noe til deg eller ikke. Det kan jo hende at du går rundt i sirkel fordi ikke har noe annet å ta deg til.”

The Crowd explores how we navigate our positions in crowds. You’ll hear texts from different people about the loneliness and the joy they experience while being part of different groups of people. While listening, together the audience becomes a crowd.
This performance gives the audience possibilities they rarely get to experience in the theatre. The audience gets headphones they will wear throughout the performance and there will not be any seating. Maybe “The Crowd” can be compared to the theatre's version of silent disco?

Duration: 60 minutes

Performance

15th of June at Prague Quadrennial - Premiere!

Link to tickets: pq.cz

The Crowd handler om ensomheten og gleden i det å være en del av noe, et fellesskap, en folkemengde.  Forestillingen oppleves gjennom utdelte hodetelefoner, det er ingen sitteplasser og gir et mulighetsrom til publikum de sjelden får oppleve i teateret. Kanskje dette er teaterets svar på silent disco?

Forestillingen varer i 60 min.

Forestillinger:

29. august - Markedet for Scenekunst, Sandefjord kl 14.45

17. september - Dogyard kl. 14.00 og kl. 16.00 - link til FB

30. september - Sentralen, Oslo kl. 12.00 og kl. 14.00 - link til Sentralen

20.oktober - Ås kulturhus kl. 18.00 - link til FB

21. oktober Gamle Munch kl. 18.00 - link til FB

Written and directed by: Eva Rosemarijn og Lise Andrea

Music: Eva Rosemarijn

Scenography: Irene Nessa Bjørnevik

Dramaturg: Morten Cranner

Poster design: Andrea Ferkingstad

Filmfotographer: Eivind Bjørnevåg Helgeland

Voice acting: Irene Nessa Bjørnevik, Lise Andrea, Eva Rosemarijn, Sarah Kaurin Jonassen, Ingvild Håkonsdatter Sivertsen, Christian Grøver Bendiksen, Marie Kallevik Straume, Dona Kirikavi, Mathilde Hübert Ullum, Daniel Vassjø, Ida Sofie Straume, Andrea Ferkingstad, Kathrine Grooss Tendal, Agnes Stock, Ingvild Marie Glimsdal, Simon Søgnen Tveit, Christoffer Holm, Andreas Emil Lund, Sandra Bringsjord Pape, Anja Bibby, Pål Herman Ims, Salma Ali, Henrik Holm, Lotta Karlsson, Marije Nie.

Actors in the trailer: Daniel Vassjø, Caroline B. Salvesen, Maria Hoff, Rune Hoff, Andrea, Max, Lukas, Deepa Veronica Andersen

The performance is supported by: Danse- og teatersentrum, Dramatikkens hus, Grenland Friteater, BIT prøverommet i Bergen, Oslo Teatersenter, Assitej (teaterlørdag UNG), Bergersenstiftelsen, Dramatikerforbundet, 657 Oslo

“(…) I leave having had an intense experience. A shared experience with others with whom we originally had in common only that we just happened to be in the same theatre for a moment.” - Barbora Smoliková, PQ Student Witness

Read the full review here: TO BE ALONE, TO BE TOGETHER, TO BE A CROWD