norway.today
norway.today is a modern two-person drama by Igor Bauersima , which was commissioned for the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus . Bauersima directed the premiere at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus in November 2000 . The radio play version of the piece ( DLR Berlin 2001) directed and edited by Norbert Schaeffer was named Radio Play of the Month in November 2001 .
Plot, background and implementation
Twenty-year-old Julie, tired of life, is looking for like-minded people online who want to go to her death with her. In a chat room , she meets nineteen-year-old August, where she finds such a liking. The two decide to put their lives together and make an end in itself to Norway from 600 meters high, snow- Pulpit Rock rocks on Lysefjord to jump to their deaths.
The piece is based on a true story that the author became aware of through a newspaper note in the mirror .
Igor Bauersima not only watches the young people chatting, but also looks deep inside. This is how the game stands before death: A video camera , which is supposed to deliver the last filmed messages to the living, enables both of them to deal with their reality and creates the trust that will have to prove itself in real life. norway.today is a play about the meaning and meaninglessness of life, a story that conveys the courage to face life, an initial ego trip that ultimately leads to opposites. The end remains open.
Reception and awards
norway.today was the most staged play on German stages in 2003 and 2004, it has been translated into more than 20 languages and has already been performed in over 100 theaters worldwide. The performances, which are often sold out, brought a predominantly young audience into the audience.
In 2001 the play received the public vote at the Mülheim Theater Days. Bauersima was selected as the young German author of the year 2001 in the critics' survey of the magazine Theater heute and was awarded the Bern Book Prize.
In the world premiere, Birgit Stöger played the role of Julie and Christoph Luser played the role of August. In 2001 they were awarded the Düsseldorf Prize for Performing Arts.
Text output
- Igor Bauersima : norway.today. 3 plays. 9th edition. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-596-16144-7 (original edition: published under the same title by the same publisher, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-596-16144-4 ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Spiegel Online: Internet: Blind date on suicide . February 23, 2000, accessed November 24, 2014.
- ^ Berliner Zeitung: Igor Bauersimas norway.today in Düsseldorf . Article dated November 18, 2000, accessed October 23, 2016.
- ↑ Promotion Prize for Performing Arts - State Capital Düsseldorf . Retrieved October 23, 2016.