In late January/early February 2010 I will co-direct a play at Chateau Neuf in Oslo. The other director and I are currently in the fase of looking for a play to stage but that isn’t very easy. Here are some of my visions and requirements for this project.
- The play has to be a comedy or farce
- The language of the script must be Norwegian, we don’t have the time to do translations now
- I’d like a rather modern play, not seen so often
- I want to stage a play with many characters, perhaps 10 or 15
- Maximum playtime: 2 hours
- It must be very, very funny, no bad jokes like “Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?”
- It must to a certain degree have an appeal to young people and students, so our performances will be visited.
At the moment we are discussing several possibilities:
- Shear Madness (En glad saks) by Paul Pörtner
- It runs in the family (Det går i familien) og Two into one (I pose og smekk) by Ray Cooney
- Cash on delivery (Rett i Lomma) by Michael Cooney
- Noises off (Panikk i Kulissene) av Michael Frayn
- Karusell by Alex Brinchmann
- The importance of being Earnest (Hvem er Ernest?) by Oscar Wilde
- The Nerd (Nerden) by Larry Shue