The Hedda Award 1999

Best direction

Best direction is to surpass other good directions through:

*choice of style and/or style elements and how this/these are executed and adjusted to the totality of the production

*how style and/or style elements are adjusted to and established in relation to the material the production discusses or is based on (the dramaturgy/reading)

*innovation in style.

Winners
  • Stein Winge

    Stein Winge won the award for the direction of Il Trittico by Puccini, The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet.

Nominated (3)
  • Alexander Mørk-Eidem

    Alexander Mørk-Eidem was nominated for the direction of The Hour of the Lynx by P. O. Enquist, The National Stage.

  • Yngve Sundvor

    Yngve Sundvor was nominated for the direction of Hunger after the novel by Knut Hamsun, a collaboration project between Oslo Moderne Teater (Oslo Modern Theatre) and The National Theatre.

  • Stein Winge

    Stein Winge was nominated for the direction of Il Trittico by Puccini, The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet.

Best production

Best production is to surpass other productions through:

*current interest.

*format.

*context/event.

Winners
  • Hunger

    Hunger after the novel by Knut Hamsun, a collaboration project between Oslo Moderne Teater (Oslo Modern Theatre) and The National Theatre, won the award.

Nominated (3)
  • Babette's Feast

    Babette's Feast by Karen Blixen, Hålogaland Theatre, was nominated.

  • Rent

    Rent by Jonathan Larson, Trøndelag Theatre, was nominated.

  • Hunger

    Hunger after the novel by Knut Hamsun, a collaboration project between Oslo Moderne Teater (Oslo Modern Theatre) and The National Theatre, was nominated.

Best visual design

The best visual design is to surpass other good works through:

*conceptual autonomy (that the stage design is an artistic work in itself) balanced with conceptual function (the dramaturgic dimensions of the room).

*relation to related art forms (visual art, design, architecture).

*innovation, in particular related to stage design/the profession of theatre and related art forms.

Winners
  • Iben Sandemose

    Iben Sandemose won the award for the stage design for Angel Fur by Iben Sandemose, Totalteatret.

Nominated (3)
  • Iben Sandemose

    Iben Sandemose was nominated for the stage design for Angel Fur by Iben Sandemose, Totalteatret.

  • Kari Gravklev

    Kari Gravklev was nominated for No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, The Norwegian Theatre.

  • John Kristian Alsaker

    John-Kristian Alsaker was nominated for Pinocchio, The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet.

Open category

Winners
  • Jo Strømgren

    Jo Strømgren won the award for the choreography for Bindingsverk for Carte Blanche and Ten Years Later for Jo Strømgren Kompani.

Nominated (3)
  • Halldis Hoaas

    Halldis Hoaas was nominated for the dramaturgy of Pinocchio for The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, Babette's Feast for The Arctic Theatre and Vardøger* (Warning spirits) for The Arctic Theatre in collaboration with The Sami National Theatre Beaivváš.

    *Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.

  • Jo Strømgren

    Jo Strømgren was nominated for the choreography for Bindingsverk for Carte Blanche and Ten Years Later for Jo Strømgren Kompani.

  • Øyvind Berg

    Øyvind Berg was nominated for his translation of Hamlet.

Particularly excellent performance

The particularly excellent performance is to surpass other good performances through:

*qualities of craft.

*artistic qualities.

*unpredictability.

Winners
  • Anne Krigsvoll

    Anne Krigsvoll won the award for the role of Idun Hov in Shame after the novel by Bergljot Hobæk Haff, The National Theatre.

Nominated (3)
  • Per Christian Ellefsen

    Per Chr. Ellefsen was nominated for the role of Elling in Elling & Kjell Bjarne by Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre).


  • Morten Espeland

    Morten Espeland was nominated for The Hour of the Lynx by P. O. Enquist, The National Stage.

  • Anne Krigsvoll

    Anne Krigsvoll was nominated for the role of Idun Hov in Shame after the novel by Bergljot Hobæk Haff, The National Theatre.