Prais for NOOR productions Tale Næss "Sweatshop-Aleppo"

Read the review of the staged reading of the play during Dramatikkfestivalen here.
The review is in Norwegian:
https://teaterungdom.blogg.no/heddadagene-2019-sweatshop-aleppo.html

NOOR productions and Dramatikkfestivalen

 

NOOR Productions Tale Næss` play "Sweatshop - Aleppo" had a staged reading at Vega Scene on the 15th of June 2019.
The play was picked out by a jury for Norsk Dramatikkfestival, as one of the most interesting reasont plays for children and young.
The play portrays the situation for young people on the run from the Syrian war, and the reading was performed by young actors from the project Vega Ung.

Vega Scene is now producing the play. This will be a Production with professional actors. The opening performance will be on the 14th of September.

Here you can hear Tale Næss talk about her writing and her play: https://vimeo.com/341780088

Poem for the solidarity consert with Palestine on the 8th of May 2019 titled "three roads"

This poem was performed in Olafshallen in Trondheim, in solidarity With the Palestinian people and the situation for all the inhabitants of Jerusalem right now.
The text is in Norwegian.

 

Mai på tempelhøyden

der byen vokser vilt

til suset fra pinjeskoger

                                             er lyset mildt

reiser vi gjennom tida

Tre veier fører hit

En fra tida før tid

                            smal og dyp

Et

                   NÅ

            med flokker av flyktninger, kjerrer, busser, biler

Et barn strekker seg på tå, det har en hund etter seg

Den er blind på begge øyne

En gammel kone bærer en krukke fylt med jord

I den vokser det

                                   Et oliventre

 

Den siste veien begynner ved

               

"Sweatshop - Aleppo" - one of the chosen plays for the Festival of Norwegian Drama 2019

NOOR Productions Tale Næss` play "Sweatshop - Aleppo" has been chosen by the jury for the Festival of New Norwegian Drama, to be one of the three most interesting plays for children and youth in Norway in 2019.
It will be performed at the festival in 2019.
The play handleds the situation among young refugees from Syria, and has been developed through NOOR Productions with the support from the Norwegian Culture Counsil.
We thank all the actors and dancers that have participated in workshoping the text, and Oslo National Academy of the Arts for being a part of the process, as the play is a part of Næss` PHD in playwriting there.
Read more about the festival and the play here: http://dramatikkfestivalen.no/?page_id=807

 

NOORs Tale Næss commissioned to write for the anual NRK-fundraiser TV-aksjonen

On comission NOOR produksjoners Tale Næss has written a poem for this concert that takes Place in Trondheim on the 5th of October to rise money for the fundraiser "Less alone together" in support for Bymisjonen.
Næss` poem is called "Ute" and takles the situation of being pushed away to the edges of society. Weather as a homeless, an addict or a refugee.
You can read the poem in Norwegian here:


                         UTE

Du har en hvit stein

i lomma

du har et frø i hjerte

et bitt i kinnet

Ingen følger deg hjem

 

Du står i krysset og venter

på de som ikke kommer

på å smette handa ned

                     i ei varm bukselomme

Bålet tenner du

                     i tanken

Veien

er stedet du tråkker opp for å få

                   dagene til å møtes

 

Jeg er ikke hjemløs sier du

drar jakka over hodet

finner et busskur, et kratt, en trapp å sitte på

Her

         kan man også være

 

Du teller ikke år

                  du teller dagene

                                             du kan holde igjen - Denne dagen

er ikke den siste

heller ikke denne natta

                 skal spise deg levende

Angsten er et sted å bebo

Navnet et plagg å kle på seg

 

Hver morgen sier du ditt eget navn om igjen og om igjen

til det dekker deg helt - så ensomheten ikke skal finne veien inn

           gjennom huden

            gjennom munnen

            gjennom øret

            gjennom sprekken i tankene

 

Du er ikke fremmed

              du er fremme

Her sier du

kjenner dere meg igjen?

 

Stå da

og se inn i de lysende stuene

Stå da

                      i deg selv

og vent

bare litt til

til vi ser at du er der

Til vi lukker deg inn

 

Performing "the Blessed" - Thank you Trondheim

We are happy to report about a full house and a happy audience after the performance of "the Blessed" in Trondheim on Sunday the 16th.
  Here are some of the feedback from the audience:

- A wonderful performance. A beautiful and gripping text performed beautifully.

- This play moved me to tears. What a wonderful text!

- An important play about loss of civil rights and moral dilemmas. About people torn between their individual needs, the State, and political movements. A fantastic play! It`s great that friends of Palestine also shed light on ordinary people lives and destinys -

- Thanks for a fantastic performance!! It was really good!! Me and my friend were both overwhelmed. Strong and increadably well written.


- Thanks for a wonderful performance. Fantastic text and a nice actor. The audience loved it... I thought the text had such beauty and at the same time it managed to produce a beleavable character that made us identify with him. This also thanks to the actors fine work. 

- Congratulations - really good performance. A full house and the audience was so excited.

The photo is from the converastion between Peder Martin Lysestøl, author of several books on the palestinian question and Israely economics, and the director Trond Peter Stamsø Munch from NOOR produksjoner.
  The conversation took place after the performance.

 

Actor and director hard at work in Trondheim

The rehearsals are now on their way before the performance of "the Blessed" in Trondheim. The actor Fredrik Hermansen and the director Trond Peter Stamsø Munch are hard at work at Prropellen Theaters rehearsalspace at Bispehaugen.
  Through this the text is back where it was developed - together With Propellen Teater, and we are looking forward to it meeting the audience in this sunday.
  Photo: Trond Peter Stamsø Munch.

"the Blessed " is ready for Trondheim

In Collaboration with the Palestine Commity in Trondheim we will perform "the Blessed" at Kulturtorget at Trondheim Folkebibliotek at 19.00 on the 16th of September.
   After the performance, Peder Martin Lysestøl, will present the latest news on Israely lageslations and the impact it has on the people living in East- Jerusalem.
  This spring the performance drew a full house and warm ovations at Rådstua Teaterhus in Tromsø.
 The Picture is of the houses that the conflict this performance centres around. Two Israely settlements on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. The Picture is taken by Lisen Lie the autumn of 2017.
  All though the performance "the Blessed" is fiction i fiction, it is inspired and partly based on a real murder that took Place in Jericho in 2006.
  After this - the performance will travel to Oslo and the festival MOTforestillinger where it will be performed this spring.

Full house and ovations at the opening night of "the Blessed"

The house was sold out and the ovations was warm for the first showing of "the Blessed" at Rådstua Teaterhus in Tromsø.
  The performance was followed by an introduction into the situation in Jerusalem at the moment, and a conversation between the NOOR Production team, represented by playwright Tale Næss and director Trond Peter Stamsø Munch.
  The next performance will take place in Trondheim in September.
  Lots of thanks to Our wonderful audience, to Rådstua Teaterhus and to our co-producers, Vennskapsforeningen Gaza-Tromsø.
  In Trondheim we will collaborate With the Palestine Comitee. We are looking forward to the collaboration.

You can read Knut Boruds talk about the situation in Jerusalem here. His speech was in Norwegian.

Hvem eier Jerusalem – Hvordan er situasjonen i dag?

Til innledning av samtale etter «Den Velsignede» 6. april 2018.

Tickets available for "the Blessed"

 

 

You can now buy Your tickets for the performance "the Blessed" in Tromsø at 18.00 - on the 6th of April at Rådstua in Tromsø.

Use this link:http://www.raadstua.no/arrangementer/den-velsignede

There is a limited amount of tickets.

Photo from the rehearsels by Sabina Jacobsson.


With reasent support from the Norwegian organization supporting freedom of speech

- Fritt Ord and the arts fund Fond for Lyd og Bilde, - is NOOR produksjoner now fast apraoching the first stages of production of the monologue "the Blessed".
  The opening night will be in Tromsø on the 6th of April, during the anual Gaza week.
  Fredrik Hermansen will act the part, and the scenographer, video designer and artist Sabina Jacobsson will be respondible for the visuals.
  The photo in this post is hers`.
  For more see: http://www.sabina.no/

Today NOOR produksjoner joins the protest against Trumps recogition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in Trondheim

NOOR produksjoners Tale Næss has written this poem, here in a rough English translation. And it was read at a protest gathering in Tordenskjoldparken today, at 13.30 in Trondheim by NOOR produksjoners Trond Peter Stamsø Munch.

JERUSALEM

 

There is no claim to ownership

for that who belong to us all

If your walls tumble

Jerusalem
prayers will raise from the ground in Aramaic

in Arabic

in German and French

Poem protesting Trumps recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel

JERUSALEM

 

Ingen kan eie deg

Om murene faller

vil bønner skyte opp fra grunnen

på tysk, på arabisk og arameisk

 

After three days of intense workshopping and a sensitive and strong reading at Oslo National Academy of the Arts yesterday on the 8th of November in Oslo - the festival MOTforestillinger writes (in Norwegian): "Tusen takk til alle involverte for en nydelig og sterk lesning og samtale på KHiO i går! Vi gleder oss til lesningen fra tekstene dramatikerne har skrevet i løpet av Collective Workshop på førstkommende lørdag kl.14.15, Egal teater i Munkedamsveien 80.
   We in NOOR produksjoner feels priveledge for once more to be able to collaborate With MOTforestillinger - and for the opportunity to hoste this artistic meetingplace and think-tank between Palestinian and Norwegian writers. Thanks also to the actors for joining us on the last day for the reading
  We will post extracts from this texts on this blog - and if anyone are interested in Reading more, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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MOTforestillinger

Yet again NOOR productions collaborate with the festival MOTforestillinger that will take place in Oslo on the weekend of the 11th and 12th of November.
Today the poster for the festival is ready.
It is made by Chris Reddy

The festival will take place at Egal Teater, Munkedamsveien 80.
It offer readings, performances and NOOR will be arranging a collective writing workshop for Palestinian and Norwegian playwrightes at Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
  The workshop will be lead by NOOR productions Tale Næss.

New production on the way for NOOR productions

Today we are one step closer to making our next production "the Blessed" a reality. With support from Fond for Lyd og Bilde and Tromsø City Counsil, we hope to be able to have our opening night this winter. The production is a monologue based on true events: A murder of a palestinian man from east Jerusalem that took place in Jericho in 2006. The murder happened after he sold his land on the Olive Mount to Jewish settlers. How could he sell this land? Why was he murdered? And why did he go to Jericho when he knew this could mean danger? Even a treath on his life?
The monologue is written by NOOR productions playwright Tale Næss (picture to the left) and is about family roots, love and betrayal.

The team will consist of Fredrik Hermansen (picture to the right) who will play the title role. Visuals will be handled by Sabrina Jacobsson, and NOOR productions Trond Peter Stamsø Munch will direct the play.

The play will be produced in collaboration with Gaza Week Tromsø and the festival MOTforestillinger, and we hope to be able to perform in Tromsø, Oslo and Trondheim

So far the production has been financed by Fond for Lyd og Bilde and Tromsø City Counsil.

Poems with settings from the Middle Eastern conflict on stage in Bogota

From the 3rd til the 9th of May NOOR productions Tale Næss was one of two guests at the specially focused edition of Bogota International Poetry Festival.
  The focus followed to strands. One was the topic of peace - and the other on contemporary norwegian poetry.
  Næss`poetry was written after several journeys in the Middle East and reflects the conflict there and the strain it lies on the individuals sovereignty over her own life and her abillity to express herself.
  Underneath is an interview by Næss, written for the festivals web page and magazine. The interview is en spanish and english.

Which relationships do you think there are between poetry and peace?

I consider peace the foundation that all public life. It`s what free citicenship is built upon.
Considero que la paz es la fundación de toda vida pública. Sobre la paz está construída la libertad ciudadana.
It’s the space from where freedom can be built. The freedom to feel, to raise ones
La paz es el espacio desde el cual la libertad puede ser construída. La libertad de sentir, de expresar la opinion de cada uno, de expresar los sentimientos de uno artísticamente en tiempos de Guerra d

Tromsø Counsil supports NOOR productions

Tromsø Counsil supports NOOR productions projects "Sweatshop" and "the Blessed".
  We hope to raise enough fonds to start rehearsels next spring.
  Sabrina Jacobsen is now a part of the team on "the Blessed" as a light designer and scenographer. Fredrik Hermansen will play the main part and we are cooporating with Gaza week in Tromsø and the anual festival MOTforestillinger.
  The photograph is from the garden of getshemane in Jerusalem.
 

14th of december and a 1000 lights

On the 14th of December 2016 people all over Norway took to the streets to show their support for refugees all over the world. In Tromsø Amnesty and Redd Barna was two of the organizers and they asked NOOR productions Tale Næss to write a text for the occation.
  The text was read by the actor Marius Lien.
 

 

"Sweatshop" - a fruitful workshop at KHiO

This autumn the project "Sweatshop" received funding for project development.
  The project is based on true events.
  On the 6th of january the english newspaper Guardian wrote :
Turkish police have uncovered a factory producing fake lifejackets, shining a light on a booming cottage industry that has emerged as a byproduct of the refugee crisis and heightened the risks for those hoping to reach Europe by sea.
Police allegedly seized 1,263 lifejackets filled with non-buoyant materials from an illegal workshop in Izmir that employed two Syrian children, according to Agence France-Presse and Dogan news agencies.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/06/refugee-crisis-turkish-police-find-factory-making-fake-lifejackets-izmir
  Since then NOOR productions dramatist Tale Næss has been working on a script telling the story about the life wests and the girl producing them.
  Næss is a Research Fellow at Oslo National Academy of the Arts the Theatre Department, and this november a workshop was held on the text she is developing inspired by the events in Izmir.
  Three dancers, a director and three actors took part in the workshop that explored the meetingpoint between theatre and dance, storytelling and situations, playacting and recitation.