Congratulations to Linn Skåber and Denmark’s Teater V – their performance of BEING YOUNG (Til ungdommen) was announced as the winner of this year’s Reumert Award for best children’s/youth theatre!
Read more about the award here.
Information about Teater V and the play here.
From the jury’s statement:
It’s hard being a teenager! Adults don’t understand anything at all. In this play, authentic stories are turned into a credible theatre montage about being young and frustrated. Brilliantly performed by young, musical actors with luminous honesty, political energy, and gravity – with hope for the future and the quest for happiness.
From director and publisher Pelle Koppel’s speech:
I would like to thank Kim Bjarke for making me aware of the book, not to mention Norwegian actress Linn Skåber for having written such an amazing YA book – and for trusting me to translate and publish the book in Danish, as well as having given me free rein to dramatize it and create my very own theatrical version. It’s been a tremendous pleasure.
The play is based on Linn’s bestselling and award-winning YA book, which has been sold to 11 countries.
Being Young is also on its second run in Norway with Oslo Nye Teater and was nominated for the prestigious Hedda Prize in 2020.
Each spring and fall, NORLA chooses a selection of Norwegian books of current interest for book fairs and literary events.
We’re thrilled that TWO of our authors have been selected to the list for Autumn 2022: Ståle Wig’s HAVANA TAXI and Jens M. Johansson’s FAMILY VALUES!
We’re thrilled to announce that author and playwright Camara Lundstad Joof has received the prestigious Hedda Award for her play They Must Birth to Us or Fuck Us to Love Us – for Best Stage Text. It was also nominated as Production of the Year.
Each spring and fall, NORLA chooses a selection of Norwegian books of current interest for book fairs and literary events.
We’re thrilled that TWO of our authors have been selected to the list for Spring 2022: Therese Tungen’s “TURN AROUND” and Thomas Reinertsen Berg’s “TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH”
Handmade by Siri Halle has been published this week to much acclaim in the media. The subtitle Learning the Art of Chainsaw Mindfulness has understandably caused a stir.
Therese Tungen’s latest book, Turn Around was launched last week.