It's quite true

A musical story about H. C. Andersen and his fairytales.

The life and experience of H. C. Andersen have multiple expressions in his works. He shares the destiny of the ugly duckling that becomes a beautiful swan, and he has himself experienced what it is like to stand outside the castle and just being able to dream about what it's like to live as a princess.
The story of H. C. Andersen’s life is woven in to the fairytales in this play; It’s Quite True, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Princess and the Pea, The Ugly Duckling and The Woman with the Eggs. Our story starts in Andersen’s birth town Odense in Denmark and takes the audience on a journey through the world of fairytales ending back in Odense.

On stage we meet the ugly duckling (who is always worried about his hairdo) and a miniature H.C. Andersen. A part of the stage is a magical puppet show which transforms from H.C. Andersen’s childhood home into an enchanted forest, a woven chair and the castle of the princess on the pea. We also get acquainted with a musician who accompanies the storyteller through song and music.

This will be a funny reunion with the well-known fairytales, and not the least a golden opportunity to meet a soaking wet princess!
This performance premiered in Tromsø, Norway autumn 2005, jubilee year of HC Andersen’s birth, and has received great reviews.

Recommended age: 4 yrs and above

By: Lisbeth Linblad Knopper
Translated by: Ragnar Olsen
Director: Marianne Andreasen
Scenography/costumes/dolls: Niels Secher
Music: Jan Møller
With: Linda W. Gathu and Inge Kolsvik

Ghosts

A landscape of illusion, lies and forbidden love.

When the young painter Oslvald Alving returns home to his childhood home a lot of ghosts appear. What should have been a tribute to his father develop into a confrontation with infidelity, lies and unhappy love. 

When Henrik Ibsen wrote the book Ghosts in 1881 it caused a lot of commotion. The book was considered a source of moral fall and nihilism. The ruling class through all of Northern Europe hated the book. That is why it premiered in Chicago in 1882.

In 2007 the piece still carries a lot of punch, describing family life built on half-truths and self-deception. 

By: Henrik Ibsen
Translated to North-Norwegian by: Ragnar Olsen
Director: Øyvind Osmo Eriksen
Scenography and costumes: Nora Furuholmen
Lighting design: Joakim Moe Røisland
Masks and hair: John Einar Hagen
With: Guri Johnson, Jørn-Bjørn Fuller-Gee, Kristian Figenschow, Ketil Høegh and Kristine Henriksen.

Performances Ghosts:
Monday 26th of March 7.30 p.m. Hammerfest Cinema.

Performances It's quite true:
Baksalen School, Thursday 22nd of March 10.30 a.m. and 12 noon
Reindalen School, Friday 23rd of March 12 noon
Fjortun Grendehus, Monday 26th of March 11 a.m. og 12.15 p.m.
Forsøl School, Tuesday 27th of March 11.45 a.m.
Fuglenes School, Wednesday 28th of March 11.20 a.m. and 12.30 p.m.
Kvalsund School, Thursday 29th of March 11.45 a.m.