Oslo International Theatre presents the Norwegian premiere of
Attempts on Her Life
by Martin Crimp
a rehearsed reading at Vardeteatret in Oslo
Translated by: Katharina Gellein Viken
Directed by: Øystein Ulsberg Brager
With: Katharina Gellein Viken, Christoffer Hag Maure, Robert Rustad Amundsen og Torgny G. Aanderaa
Produced by: Michael H. Sciarrone
Thursday 11th March at 7pm at Vardeteatret, Rådhusgt. 19 in Oslo, Norway
Tickets can be reservered via oslointernasjonaleteater@gmail.com
Attempts on Her Life is a modern masterpiece by British dramatist Martin Crimp.
When it burst onto stage in 1997 at London’s Royal Court theatre it created both immense excitement and considerable bafflement. It’s the work of a freewheeling imagination in which seventeen scenarios collide to create the portrait of a highly ambiguous character called ‘Anne’. With each scenario we are presented with a different facet of her enigma. Is she a porn star, an international terrorist, a victim of aliens, a physicist or indeed a make of car? Martin Crimp presents us with all these options in this virtuosic tour de force of a play which is by turns funny, shocking, entertaining and sad. More than a decade after its’ premiere Attempts on Her Life has become an established modern classic and a major influence on young writers the world over. OIT is proud to present the first reading of this extraordinary piece in Norway in a brand new translation by Katharina Gellein Viken.
Welcome to Attempts on Her Life!
Philip Thorne
Joint artistic director of Imploding Fictions and dramaturg for Oslo International Teater
About Crimp and Attempts on Her Life:
The most radically interrogative play in western mainstream theatre since Beckett.
Mary Luckhurst
The piece has a kaleidoscopic vigour … It is driven by a radical contempt for the new global capitalism and its attempt to turn us all into peripatetic, depersonalised consumers … He may have dispensed with plot and characters, but he has proved that the act of theatre can still survive if it is propelled by moral fervour.
Michael Billington, Guardian
This is what the brave new theatre of the 21st Century will look like – both on stage and on the page.
Nicholas de Jongh
[Crimp] has an extraordinary fastidiousness about language … He displays the formal bravura of one who delights in his craft.
Independent on Sunday (om Crimps The Country)
Martin Crimp is one of the hottest properties in Europe.
Guardian
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http://oslointernasjonaleteater.wordpress.com
Oslo International Theatre is a project run by Imploding Fictions:
www.implodingfictions.com
Attempts on her Life by Martin Crimp was first presented by the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre.
Publisher: Nordiska ApS
Photo from OITs reading of Seven Other Children by Richard Stirling. From the left: Sveinung Oppegaard and Torgny G. Aanderaa. Copyright: Michael H. Sciarrone
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