Karma for Birds
What is it?: A startling, beautiful, humorous and polemic first play by two young women about the consequences of violence. Perhaps, Elsa is a seventeen year old girl on sale, perhaps she is a middle-aged prostitute, or a homeless old woman, maybe she is a 130 year old Buddist nun. Perhaps Karma for birds is happening right here and now, maybe it happens in all times everywhere…
Name:
Karma for birds
Created by:
Kristín Eiríksdóttir and Kari Ósk Grétudóttir
Icelandic title:
Karma fyrir fugla
Director:
Kristín Jóhannesdóttir
Set design:
Anna Rún Tryggvadóttir
Costume design:
Anna Rún Tryggvadóttir
Music:
Guðlaug Mía Eyþórsdóttir, Helgi Þórsson, Steinunn Harðardóttir
Lighting design:
Halldór Örn Óskarsson
Performers: Kristbjörg Kjeld, Maríanna Clara Lúthersdóttir, Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir, Þórunn Arna Kristjánsdóttir, Hilmir Jensson, Þorsteinn Bachmann and .
Producer:
The National Theater of Iceland
When and where premièred?:
February 28th 2013
Artform:
theatre performance
Production type:
Audience (suitable for?):
Not suitable for children
Use of text:
Yes
Language of text:
Icelandic
Length:
2 hour 15 min
Excerpts from reviews:
„Outright A phenomenal piece.“ Fréttatíminn Newspaper. SÁS.
„…It is refreshing to see a performance that is hard to label. A show where diffirent forms of art are mixed up and their common and distinct features are used […] The cast was outstanding in their performance.“ Ástbjörg Rut Jónsdóttir, Víðsjá RÚV radio
Is the production available for tour?:
Yes
Has the production toured?:
No
Number of performers on stage:
7
Technical requirements:
On request
