Norma Jeane Baker av Troja
Olof Runsten/Dramageddon
17–24 april
Guest performance: Norma Jeane Baker av Troja – Olof Runsten/Dramageddon.
In Norma Jeane Baker av Troja, we meet Helen of Troy and Norma Jeane of Los Angeles – two iconic figures, separated by millennia but bound together in myth, beauty and guilt. Anne Carson’s text becomes a dramatic tapestry where anachronisms expose the contemporary fixation on the feminine as a projection surface and scapegoat.
The play is based on Carson’s drastically humorous and mythological-poetic language – where the destructive power of romanticized beauty, the absurdity of war and the logic of toxic masculinity are put in sharp relief. Here the image of the feminine icon with a thousand faces emerges, and of a society that returns again and again to war as an idea and solution.
More information (Swedish)
Photo: Peter Smith, Ekaterina Lukoshkova, Carina Wiehe
Conversation with Anne Carson, Olof Runsten and Lars-Håkan Svensson – 23rd of April at 6.20 p.m
In connection with the performance on 23rd of April, the playwright Anne Carson will visit Turteatern for an exclusive conversation with director Olof Runsten and translator Lars-Håkan Svensson. The conversation will take place before the performance and will last approximately 20 minutes.
The discussion will take Norma Jeane Baker of Troy as its point of departure, exploring the work’s themes and its creation. It will be an open and in-depth encounter between playwright, director and translator – and an opportunity for the audience to engage more closely with the artistic core of the production. The conversation is included in the ticket, but advance booking is required.
Do you have a ticket for a different date? A limited number of additional places will be released – first come, first served. To book, please email biljett@turteatern.se and specify the date of your ticket.
SHOWS
17 april kl 19:00
18 april kl 19:00 LØP OG KJØP
20 april kl 19:00
23 april kl 19:00
24 april kl 19:00
Photo: Ekaterina Lukoshkova