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The Road to Mecca

The Road to Mecca is a theatre production by Teatret Vårt (Our Theatre), produced in 2014 and based on the play by Athol Fugard.

Jon Tombre directed it.

The production was also performed as a visiting performance at The National Stage in Bergen.

Information

(Objekt ID 38197)
Object type Production
Premiere March 7, 2014
Produced by Teatret Vårt (Our Theatre)
In collaboration with The National Stage
Based on The Road to Mecca by Athol Fugard
Audience Adults
Language Norwegian
Keywords Drama, Theatre
Running period March 7, 2014  
Website Teatret Vårt
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At the webpage of Teatret Vårt (Our Theatre) the following, among other things, is written about The Road to Mecca:

"Actress Kirsten Hofseth returns to Teatret Vårt (Our Theatre), after a long acting career in Norwegian theatre and film.

Hofseth was part of the group establishing Teatret Vårt (Our Theatre) in 1972, and now she performs her farewell performance at exactly Teatret Vårt (Our Theatre). With her are dear colleagues from The National Stage; Helle Haugsgjerd and Karl Bomann-Larsen. The text was written in 1984 by Athol Fugard and is characterised as one of his "most empathic and personal plays".  The direction is by Jon Tombre, one of Norway's most experienced and distinct directors within contemporary drama.

The Road to Mecca tells the story of Helen, an eccentric elderly artist who is under pressure to give up her independent life. There has been a fire in the house where Helen lives. The church council finds that the best is for her to give up on her art and to move into a church-run nursing home. In desperation Helen calls for her friend Elsa, a radical young woman on the quest for liberty. When the pastor, Marius, comes to persuade Helen to move, there are intense confrontations between the three of them. A struggle between liberty and independence on one side versus the safe and conform on the other, is fought. How alone do we dare to stand? How strong is the faith in oneself when the norms of the community cause the pressure? How many choices does one have, when life enters the last phase?"

Sources:

Teatret Vårt (Our Theatre), www.teatretvart.no, 28.03.2014, http://www.teatretvart.no/forestillinger/veien-til-mekka

Import from the Scenekunst.no list of openings 19/01-2014

Contributors (13)
Name Role
Athol Fugard – Author
Grete Kleppen – Translation
Jon Tombre – Direction
Grete Kleppen – Dramaturge
Thomas Bjørnager – Stage design
Thomas Bjørnager – Costume design
Finn Landsperg – Lighting design
Kirsten Hofseth – Actor (Miss Helen)
Karl Bomann-Larsen – Actor (Marius Byleveld)
Helle H. Haugsgjerd – Actor (Elisa)
Georgina Alexander – Stage manager
Torunn Bomann-Larsen – Prompter
Arild Moen – Producer
Performance dates
March 25, 2014 20:00 – Småscenen, now Teaterkjelleren, The National Stage visiting performance
March 7, 2014 19:30 – Plassen, Teatret Vårt, Teatret Vårt (Our Theatre) Opening night