Tore Vagn Lid
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Tore Vagn Lid is a Norwegian theatre director, playwright and musician, serving as artistic director of Transiteatret-Bergen
. He was born in Bergen
.
He earned a PhD from the Institute for Applied Theatre Studies in Giessen
, Germany. He has both directed and written a number of award-winning performances, including Walk Cat, Walk! (2002), Esse est precipi (2006) and Polyphonia (2007).
He was awarded the Hedda Award
(category "Project of the year") in 2008 for his direction of the play Mann=Mann, a cooperation with Rogaland Teater
. His play Operasjon Almenrausch, based on the World War II Operation Almenrausch
, was first performed at Agder Teater
in October 2008. In 2009 he received the Hedda Award in the category "Event of the year" for this play.
He was selected to the program "Young directors project" for the Salzburg Festival
2008 with his staging of Brecht/Eislers play The Measures Taken
(in ). Central in what is seen as a new political turn in the contemporary Norwegian theater. Has also written numerous articles, especially focusing on the relationship between theater and music, musicdramaturgy and musical strategies for theater directing. The theater suite Elephant Stories (performed at the Bergen International Festival and at The Festival for contemporary theater at the National Theater, Oslo 2009) is an audio-visual confrontation between the theater room and a "new naturalism" represented by the new neuro-sciences. His last production is a Norwegian firstperformance and musical adaption of Gerhart Hauptmanns Before Sunrise (Vor Sonnenaufgang) at "Den Nationale Scene" during the Bergen International Festival 2011, following up the critical discussion about biologism, and using Hauptmanns naturalistic piece (1889) as a prism towards an upcoming new naturalism.
In October 2011 Lids book on music theatre and dramaturgy "Gegenseitige Verfremdungen" was published at Peter Lang Verlag (Frankfurt)
Transiteatret-Bergen
Transiteatret-Bergen is a theatre ensemble in Bergen, Norway.Transiteatret-Bergen works under the artistic direction of director and musician Tore Vagn Lid with the development of a contemporary and critical theatre in the intersection area between theatre and music...
. He was born in Bergen
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
.
He earned a PhD from the Institute for Applied Theatre Studies in Giessen
Gießen
Gießen, also spelt Giessen is a town in the German federal state of Hesse, capital of both the district of Gießen and the administrative region of Gießen...
, Germany. He has both directed and written a number of award-winning performances, including Walk Cat, Walk! (2002), Esse est precipi (2006) and Polyphonia (2007).
He was awarded the Hedda Award
Hedda Award
The Hedda Award is a Norwegian theatre award, first awarded in 1998. It is named after the character "Hedda" from Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler. Among the prize categories, which have varied over the years, are best theatre production, best direction, best stage performance, and occasionally an...
(category "Project of the year") in 2008 for his direction of the play Mann=Mann, a cooperation with Rogaland Teater
Rogaland Teater
Rogaland Teater is a theatre in Stavanger, Norway.-Background:The theatre building was built in 1883, on a parcel of Kannik prestegård. It was designed by architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff, and had initially almost 500 seats. The building housed Stavanger Faste Scene from 1914 to 1921, and...
. His play Operasjon Almenrausch, based on the World War II Operation Almenrausch
Operation Almenrausch
Operation Almenrausch was a counter-resistance operation in occupied Norway, planned and carried out by the Wehrmacht and the Nazi-controlled Norwegian Statspolitiet on 13 June 1944...
, was first performed at Agder Teater
Agder Teater
Agder Teater is a Norwegian theatre based in Kristiansand. It was established in 1991, and has been the regional theatre for Agder since 1995....
in October 2008. In 2009 he received the Hedda Award in the category "Event of the year" for this play.
He was selected to the program "Young directors project" for the Salzburg Festival
Salzburg Festival
The Salzburg Festival is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer within the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
2008 with his staging of Brecht/Eislers play The Measures Taken
The Decision
The Decision , also known as The Measures Taken, is a Lehrstück by the twentieth-century German dramatist Bertolt Brecht. Written in collaboration with Slatan Dudow and the composer Hanns Eisler, it consists of eight sections in prose and unrhymed, irregular verse, with six major songs...
(in ). Central in what is seen as a new political turn in the contemporary Norwegian theater. Has also written numerous articles, especially focusing on the relationship between theater and music, musicdramaturgy and musical strategies for theater directing. The theater suite Elephant Stories (performed at the Bergen International Festival and at The Festival for contemporary theater at the National Theater, Oslo 2009) is an audio-visual confrontation between the theater room and a "new naturalism" represented by the new neuro-sciences. His last production is a Norwegian firstperformance and musical adaption of Gerhart Hauptmanns Before Sunrise (Vor Sonnenaufgang) at "Den Nationale Scene" during the Bergen International Festival 2011, following up the critical discussion about biologism, and using Hauptmanns naturalistic piece (1889) as a prism towards an upcoming new naturalism.
In October 2011 Lids book on music theatre and dramaturgy "Gegenseitige Verfremdungen" was published at Peter Lang Verlag (Frankfurt)