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Asagudas, giants, wolves, nuns, dwarves and, most importantly, ragnarök are waiting for the Värmland Sunne Theater Västanå to ride "Eddan" this summer. The Norwegian world playwright Jon Fosse, who in his staging was inspired by the first song of the work, "Völuspá", or Völvans spådom, was the scene of the thousand-year-old collection of Icelandic poems. The wolf is a fortuneteller who can look to the future.
– "Völuspá" is a prophecy in the form of a conversation between the wolf and the god Oden. It tells how the Earth and the cosmos were created and how everything will go to Ragnarök, explains Leif Stinnerbom, artistic director of the theater and director of the show.
When Völvan talks about how ragnarök is going to happen, she talks about it as a sort of series of natural disasters.
Hanna Kulle plays Völvan, the fortuneteller who has lived for generations. She emphasizes the timelessness of the text.
– Myths are made so that we can interpret and they continue to be common to interpret. What is ragnarök? From a broad perspective, in a reduced perspective? Is it the end of the earth or does every person go through a ragnarok? Do we go through ragnarök whenever there is a big change in our lives? she thinks.
Climate change is the impending apocalypse of our time, and even in "Eddan", nature can become a devastating force.
– When Völvan talks about how the ragnarök will occur, she talks about some sort of series of natural disasters, says Leif Stinnerbom.
Hanna Kulle emphasizes the closeness and respect for nature in "Eddan" and sees in the Icelandic stories an openness to reflect on the current climate situation.
– Are we happy with the courage against ragnarök or should we be able to treat it differently? We continue without seeing ourselves, without asking why everything is changing, why our resources are disappearing. This is an important issue for which we know we can travel on this show.
Leif Stinnerbom also establishes other parallels with the present.
– The wolf tells how all Asagudes spit in a ship and create a god. I associate directly with some kind of DNA world. I've done genealogy myself where you get a tube that you should spit and then send it to find out what you have for DNA and where it comes from.
yield between Völvan and Oden is the setting for the staging, but Jon Fosse has also blown on other pieces of "Eddan", says Leif Stinnerbom.
– Tor's hammer, Mjölner, is stolen and taken over by Tor. It's a rather burlesque story where the macho god Tor is forced to dress up as a woman. We understand that they had a lot of humor in the Viking era when they created these myths. One of our entries is that, to understand mythology, we must understand the people who created it. I belong to those who believe that humans created their gods and not the opposite.
Leif Stinnerbom points out that the performance is not an intellectual analysis of the climate crisis but an adventure for the whole family.
– It will be a breathtaking performance, full of adventure. As usual, there will be a lot of music, dance and acrobatics. The choreographer Jimmy Meurling was complete and we also have a Beijing master of opera, Bai Tao, who inspired us. We try to convey the aesthetics of the Beijing Opera to our own language, especially with regard to all the battles that take place between gods and giants.
Helena Gustavsson / TT
Eddan at the Västanå Theater
play on the story scene in Sunne: June 22 – September 8.
"Edda": The performance of the Västanå Theater is based on "The Poetic Edda", sometimes called "Särmunds edda", a collection of aunts and Nordic worms from the years 800-1 200. There is also "Snorres edda", a little younger.
In the cinema: The last performance is broadcast live in collaboration with Folkets and is broadcast in several cinemas.
Director and script processing: Leif Stinnerbom.
scenario: Jon Fosse.
translation: Lars Andersson.
Original music: Magnus Stinnerbom.
In the roles: Hanna Kulle, Paul-Ottar Haga, Jakob Hultcrantz Hansson, Daniel Lindman Agorander, Nadja Mirmiran, etc.
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