21–23/11
Norma Jeane Baker av Troja av Anne Carson

Helen of Troy meets Marilyn Monroe in an audiovisual tragedy for our time.

21-22/11  Doors 18:30 ● On stage 19:00 ● 80 min ● SWE

23/11 Doors 14:30 ● On stage 15:00 + Artist talk after the show with Olof Runsten and the ensemble, moderated by Kent Olofsson

NORMA JEANE BAKER AV TROJA
by Anne Carson

i översättning av Lars-Håkan Svensson

In Norma Jeane Baker of Troy, we meet Helen of Troy and Norma Jeane of Los Angeles – two iconic figures separated by millennia, yet bound together by myth, beauty, and blame. Anne Carson’s text becomes a dramatic tapestry, where anachronisms expose contemporary society’s obsession with the feminine as both projection and scapegoat.

The play draws from Carson’s sharply humorous, mytho-poetic language – where romanticized beauty, the absurdity of war, and the logic of toxic masculinity are laid bare. We see the image of the feminine icon with a thousand faces, and a world that persistently returns to war as solution, as idea, as inevitability.

Text, image, and spatial composition unfold into an unpredictable dramaturgy of poetic and cloud-like imagery – an audiovisual tragedy for our time, directed by Olof Runsten.

Olof Runsten is a theatre director with a BFA from Stockholm University of the Arts (StDH, 2017). In his work within the contemporary experimental theatre field, he combines different artistic forms where visual and auditory elements play a central role. Norma Jeane Baker of Troy is created by the artistic team behind Marthas Hus (2024) and continues their work with audiovisual theatre in dialogue with Anne Carson’s text. Previous works include: Seasons (2024), Romantiken (2023), Bergfiktioner (2022). Norma Jeane Baker of Troy is created by the artistic team behind Marthas Hus and continues their exploration of audiovisual dramaturgy.

Anne Carson was born in Canada and now lives partly in Iceland.

Av: Anne Carson
Förlag: Colombine Teaterförlag
I översättning av: Lars-Håkan Svensson
Regi: Olof Runsten
Skådespelare: Nina Jeppsson, Josephine Kylén Collins
Scenografi och kostym: Tove Dreiman
Ljus och videodesign: Christoffer Lloyd
Komposition: Andreas Huumonen
Mask och rekvisita: Emma Eastop
Skräddare: Elin Nyblom
Produktion: Dramageddon
Med stöd av: Statens Kulturråd, Region Halland, Stockholms Stad, Svenska Akademien, Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, Svante Bergströms Teaterstiftelse.
Tack till: Jim Karlsson, Josef Moberg, Patsy Lassbo, Björn Kuajara, Marie Nikazm, Dramalogen.

I samarbete med Konstnärsnämnden, Göteborgs stad, Fond for utøvende Kunstnere, Turteatern, Inkonst och Skogen

→ www.olofrunsten.com

POST-SHOW TALK 23/11
After the performance on Sunday, a conversation will be held with director Olof Runsten and the ensemble, moderated by Kent Olofsson.

Kent Olofsson is a composer with an extensive artistic output; he has composed over 200 works spanning a wide artistic field: orchestral music, chamber music, electronic music, vocal works, rock music, radio plays, dance productions, film, and music theatre. For many years, he has collaborated with the Malmö-based theatre group Teatr Weimar. He frequently works with actor, director, and performing artist Nina Jeppsson. Their latest project is the feature film “The Zone”, inspired by director Tarkovsky’s visual worlds, a project that also resulted in several musical works. Since 2021, he has been a Professor of Performing Arts at Stockholm University of the Arts, where he is involved in their doctoral programme.