#Folketeateret

[willstafford]

Leketid for barneskuespillere

MATILDA Folketeateret, Oslo, søndag 9 oktober Jeg så produksjonen på norsk så prøver jeg å skrive anmeldelsen min på norsk også! Her går vi! Roald Dahls roman først dukket opp på scenen i den RSC produksjonen i 2010. Det bevegde fort fra Stratford Upon Avon til Londons West End hvor det fortsetter å spille. Nå har showet kommet til Oslo og jeg er gled å få muligheten til å se det…

[operafantomet]

The Romanian / Norwegian / Greek / Middle East + European Tour version is really starting to hit many countries and cities now. Along with some photos of the current cast (from the respective webpages I have linked to underneath), here's a complete overview to where it has played so far, and where it will play in 2024-2025 (*):

JAN 2015: Teatrul National de Opereta, Budapest, ROMANIA. This was the prototype, directed by Stephen Barlow and designed by Andrew Riley. Leading trio was Adrian Nour, Irina Ioana Baiant and Florian Ristei, and it was performed in Romanian.

SEPT 2018 - MARCH 2019: Folketeateret, Oslo, NORWAY. This was a much updated version of the original Romanian production, with new costumes, and revamped sets and effects. Leading trio was Espen Grjotheim, Mira Ormala / Astrid Giske and Carl Lindquist, and it was performed in Norwegian.

JAN - MAR 2020: Thessaloniki Concert Hall and Christmas Theatre in Athens, GREECE. This was pretty much the Oslo production, but with some changes for tourability. From Greece on it has only been performed in English, regardless of the location. The original leading trio in Greece was Ben Forster, Celinde Schoenmaker / Amy Manford and Nadim Naaman. The production closed earlier than announced due to Covid.

FEB - MARCH 2023: Christmas Theatre in Athens and Thessaloniki Concert Hall, GREECE. Back in Greece, still in English, still an international cast, even more set and costume changes. This time the leading trio was Tim Howar, Harriet Jones / Georgia Wilkinson and Nadim Naaman.

OCT - DEC 2023: The Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Continuing most of what was the case in Greece, except Nadim Naaman took over the role of the Phantom from Tim Howar, and Dougie Carter took over as Raoul. Was now dubbed "The Middle East Tour". It was the first time a full-scale production of Phantom of the Opera was done in Saudi Arabia.

FEB - MARCH 2024: Dubai Opera, Dubai. Same cast and overall set-up as Riyadh. This production followed in the footsteps of the World Tour (original version), visiting Dubai in 2019.

APRIL 2024: National Palace of Culture, Sofia, BULGARIA. Same cast and overall set-up as Riyadh and Dubai. This was, I think, the first time a city has housed two different non-replica productions. Not at the same time, mind you, as this version touring has meant the local productions are now allowed to perform for some time. This was at least what was announced from the producers in Bulgaria, Serbia and the Czech Republic. Curious.

AUG - SEPT. 2024: National Palace of Culture, Sofia, BULGARIA. The production has announced its return to Sofia this autumn. This due to the sold-out initial run.

OCT 2024: Sagros Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, PORTUGAL. The production has announced a run there from October 15-27, 2024. A concert version has previously been performed in Portugal, but it will be the first time a full-scale production is done.

NOV - DEC 2024: Musical Theater Basel, Switzerland. The production has announced a run there from Nov. 6 to Dec 22, 2024. The original Swiss production 1995-1997 did a hardcore thing of perfoming in both German and English. It will therefore not be the first time POTO is performed there, nor the first time it is performed in English. But it is the first time this exact version visits, and the 1995-1997 one was the original version.

FEB - MARCH 2025: Stadsschouwburg, Antwerp, Belgium. The production has announced a run there from Feb. 6 to March 7, 2025. The original Belgian production ran from 1999-2000, and was performed in the local language, but it will be the first time it is performed in English. It will as such also be the 10th anniversary for this specific touring version, as it premiered in Romania in January 2015.

MARCH 2025: Kongresove Centrum, Prague, Czech Republic. The production has announced a run there from March 19-27, 2025. This means the local production 'Fantom Opery' at Goja Music Hall has been paused. According to the official website the Phantom will be Nadim Naaman, the role of Christine will be shared between Georgia Wilkinson and Bridget Costello, and Raoul will be Dougie Carter.

(*) More dates will likely follow. Kuwait was announced some time back, but cannot be found anywhere now. Also, the local Serbian production announced a break because another version was visiting, so I won't be surprised if Belgrade is added to the list later on.

[pseudophan]

it's scary when you go quiet. how are we doing bestie

antwerp put me through hell cause ticketmaster is USELESSSSSS but i managed. i also got oslo which i mean obviously but also fuck folketeateret for not letting you pick your seats. other than that im doing BAD cause london is in 38 min i hope i die

[goldenpinof]

Terrible Influence Tour: European leg

16.09.2024, Oslo

Folketeateret

Capacity: 1 402

Start: 19:30

Promoter/Organiser: N/A

General promoter: A Comic Soul

As of the morning 16.09.2024, tickets are still available on Eventim.no and the venue

Seating plan (Loges are probably not on sale but counted in Capacity):

Available seats as of 16.09.2024 (Eventim.no doesn't sell Kategori E, it's selected below with Row 13 on sale):

Prices (they added Kategori E in August):

[ehlroher]

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[norwegianbookofmormonfan]

Some norwegian musical tea(?)

So the 2025 Norwegian production of The Book of Mormon will be at The Folk Theatre (Folketeateret)

And the Folk Theatre... is quite the character.

They are ambitious:

Their goal is to be the Norwegian alternative to Broadway and the West End. The fact that Broadway alone consists of 41 different theatres and they are just 1 single theatre is no problem.

They are the "struggling artist":

They are a private theatre. Which means they have to sell a lot of tickets to succeed (and the ticket pricing is quite high.)

And they have a flare for the dramatics. Two examples of them creating drama:

Attacking The Norwegian Theatre for putting up Book of Mormon in 2017

When the 2017 production of Book of Mormon was doing really well, The Folk Theatre went to the media complaining that a "big theatre that gets public funding should be more creative in their choice of repertoire and leave the commercial shows to the private theatres who don't get public funding". [source] Basically don't use tax money to put up shows that the tax paying public wants to see. Only do experimental stuff, classical plays and niche shit, so that private theatres can do the commercial things the general public likes and sell lots of tickets.

And recently pissing off the entire Norwegian musical comunity:

February 1st 2024 The Folk Theatre revealed the main cast for their upcoming production of Jesus Christ Superstar (fall 2024). Where only one of the main cast have prior experience with musicals. The rest of the cast are either actors who've never done musicals before or they are musicians/artist. So some we don't know how their singing sounds and the others we don't know if they can act.

Just in the wake of having made the musical community of Norway angry, they released the news about the 2025 production Book of Mormon.

And in the announcement they had the audacity to say:

they were looking for actors, dancers and performers with relevant education and experience

that though The Norwegian Theatre did the first norwegian production of BoM, it was in Nynorsk so they are now looking forward to doing the first production of BoM at The Folk Theatre and in Bokmål

So all that just feels very childish to me.

But I'm curious to see how both Jesus Crist Superstar and the first Bokmål version of Book of Mormon turns out

[veilingofthesun]

Production photos from the Norwegian production of Matilda the Musical.

Photography by Fredrik Arff.

[ballerinadellamusica]

Phantom of the Opera in Oslo.

Pictures taken by me

[momaroria]

I know some people did record during the Q&A at the Oslo show yesterday (even though we weren't supposed to😜), and I was wondering if anyone recorded my question? I was the one who asked what he would shapeshift into if he could, and if he would use it to fight crime, and he answered that he would be a dragon, and he would be too busy divebombing trough clouds to fight crime.

If anyone did record it, it would mean the world to me if you could send me the clip! And if no one recorded, can anyone remember what dragon he said? It was from a movie, and I wanted to check it out, but I completley forgot the name of it😝

Thank you in advance🙂

@therealjacksepticeye

[heamatus]

Amazing night with the game grumps and jacksepticeye at folketeateret, Oslo!!! Thank you guys so much for the show!! 🖖🤗😍😘👌👍

[mon-d-i-e-u]

Okay I just returned from watching the production of Les Misérables at Folketeateret in Oslo, and it was amazing! If you have the chance to go see it or if you at least can understand Norwegian I would urge you to watch it asap. It was so great.

I’ll write down some of my favourite tidbits and highlights that I noticed under the cut!

Okay, please note this is in no way a cohesive review, this is more me rambling in no particular order.

The set design was beautiful! They had a spinning stage like they do in The West End and it made the story more dynamic and compelling

Especially the church design was beyond beautiful

All the names were pronounced like they do everywhere else except Lamarque and Javert who were very clearly La Mark and JaVÆR

The exchanges between Valjean/Javert were like lowkey kinky

Including when Javert told Monsieur le Mayor he searched the prisoner believed to be Valjean’s body for the sign that he had the right man

Or when he said he could wait to get him under his whip again

The sound affects and the visuals were great like the snapping of whips and slaves being dragged off staage when they collapsed

All the cursing - I love norwegian theatre

enjoltaire was canon

i repeat e n j o l t a i r e  w a s  c a n o n

with lingering looks, touches and a long kiss during on my own

jehan carrying a plant with him everywhere, to the Musain and to the barricade

Feuilly (?) being recuited in the streets and les amis helping people that were suffering

Feuilly had a freaking sword, why do the fandom think of him as responsible

All the prostitutes were great

Thenardier referring to his patrons as “jævla pissemaur”

Thenardier’s outfits from a kilt in the first scene to a pair of metallic red trousers with a matching top hat in Beggars of the Feast

Like I barely understood him at times but I loved him

Madame Thenardier: “Nå var du faen meg vrang, om jeg spør om noe skal du gjøre det med en gang”

Eponine giving Cosette her doll as a parting gift and later referring to her as her little sister

Their voices were all brilliant

Marius’s curls and his dialect like i l o v e

Whoever thought rhyming “Hvem kan tenke på forelskelse når du kjemper på Champs-Élysées” i love you

Grantaire always holding his hand out in the air after every time Enjolras let it go

“nei dette gidder jeg faen meg ikke”

Montparnasse having a line when they were about to confront Valjean at The Attack on Rue Plumet

It was something along the lines of “okay if you’re going to stay here and chat with Eponine I’ll just start the robbery” or something in that spirit

Speaking of Montparnasse, when he helped carry Eponines body away from the barricade as they pronounced her a saint

I am pretty sure I saw him hug Gavroche before he left and I started crying

Gavroche’s song when he revealed Javert was a fake bitch

Gavroche was great in general and I fell apart when he died

When les amis showed up during Empty Chairs at Empty Tables as ghosts

“Tomme bord og tomme stoler, bare hjertet mitt som slår” - a line from ECAET that broke me, roughly: “Empty tables and empty chairs, only my beating heart remains”

Also in the song he descibed the barricade as “the barricade dyed with blood” also making a reference to the lost brotherhood staining the barricade

That is all I can think of at the moment, but all in all 10/10 would watch again

[shedeservesthebest]

Okay, so, yesterday I went to Folketeateret (theatre in Oslo, Norway) and watched Les Mis on stage for the first time, and I have made some notes of my favourite details... 

First off, the stage rotated, which made the setting and some of the scenes (like Valjean’s journey before he meets the Bishop) a lot more dynamic

So, Act 1:

The foreman regrets throwing Fantine out, it seems more like he’s giving in to the other workers demands rather than being angry with her for not sleeping with him. As she is thrown out, the other workers attack her (after she tried choking one of them when they got her fired), and when they leave he tries to comfort her, but she pushes him away and he leaves her on stage

Eponine gave Cosette her doll when she left with Valjean

In the first Paris scene, the students are seen walking around in the streets helping the poor, giving out food and money, not just leaflets

Grantaire and Enjolras argues in the scene, and the stand (unnecessarily) very super close, multiple times. They also keep touching/pushing each other in the chest to get their points across

When Gaveoche shit-talks Javert, saying that he’s the one to actually rule the street, they stand face to face one meter apart, "talking" to each other. They both salute each other before they leave

GAV IS ALSO A SUPER TINY SMOL, HOLY SHIT THE ACTOR LOOKS LIKE HE'S 8 OR SMTH!!

 All of Patron Minette is there, 3/4 are dressed in fancy coats and top hats, one is dressed in rags. That one is Montparnasse, which is hilarious

Lol this got long, the people that sat behind me probably hated me 

The l'ABC café scene:

Grantaire stands on a table when he sings his part at the beginning, Enjolras makes him come down

Jehan has a little potted plant he carries around

Enjolras sings for Marius when he first interrupts the love tirade, but he looks at Grantaire

Grantaire looks super depressed when Enjolras starts pumping up the crowd for revolution, and Enjolras sits down next to him when he has a break in the song to comfort him and talk, they hold hands!! and are reluctant to let go

When Eponine screams to alert the police, Thenardier chokes her, and Montparnasse saves her by throwing him off

Grantaire is the first and only student to join Enjolras on center stage during One Day More

They sing all the parts together, and they stand so close together that their noses almost touch

Enjolras uses One Day More to teach Grantaire how to shoot and use the bayonet

Act 2

Enjolras and Grantaire stays close at the start at act 2

They argue chest to chest (it looked like they kissed tbh, but I had a bad angle so probably not...) Enjolras has his hand on Grantaire's shoulder and has his head on the other one when the argument is over, they stay frozen like this in the background through all of On My Own

Gaveoche is in the background while Javert gives his rapport, his arms are crossed and he is clearly annoyed and amused

Grantaire is very proud of Gavroche when he calls Javert out on his bullshit, he hugs him tightly as he praises him

Gavroche and Marius sit with Eponine when she dies, Gav rests his head on her hip and falls asleep, crying as she dies

Enjolras tries to comfort Grantaire as she dies, but they end up having a heated argument in the background (again standing much closer than what’s necessary)

After Enjolras leaves, Grantaire sinks into a chair where he and Joly cuddle and comfort each other

Three different adults hug and comfort Gaveoche when Eponine dies, Grantaire and Courfeyrac are two of them

Grantaire also comforts Marius after he hugged Gavroche

Jehan's plant was also present on the barricade

Patron Minette was at the barricades, Montparnasse was the most visible

Directly translated, Enjolras said: "He's a fucking pig, he's yours" when Valjean asked to get to deal with Javert as a reward for shooting the sharp shooter

When Valjean let's Javert go:

Valjean: "Go" Javert: "Shoot me"

Enjolras puts a hand on Courfeyrac's neck for comfort, but nowhere close to how close and intimate he is with Grantaire

Enjolras, Grantaire, and Gavroche cuddle throughout Drink With Me, Grantaire's voice shakes when he sings his part, so Enjolras reaches out and they hold hands (again)

Gavroche falls asleep in Grantaire's lap, and R pets his hair

When Enjolras is not with Grantaire, he stands over the other students in a small tower, overlooking the barricade.

During Bring Him Home, all the students cuddle someone, except Enjolras, who's being emo in his tower, and Jehan, who cuddles his plant 

When Enjolras tells women and children to leave the barricades, Grantaire tries to force Gavroche to leave, but he hides behind a barrel

When Gavroche climbs over (under really) the barricade to get ammunition, Grantaire has to be restrained by two other students so he doesn't run after him. The stage spins so we see Gav running from dead soldier to dead soldier. Every time a gunshot is heard, Gav limps a little more, and you can hear R's cry every time. When Gav falls for the last time R screams and breaks free, running out into the open for him, with Marius covering him.

When they're back behind the barricade, R is sitting leant over Gav's body, crying, he is pulled away by Joly, who comforts him. Enjolras sinks to his knees by Gav's head

When the final battle happens, Enjolras is the very last to die. He comes down from his tower and cries out in agony as he stands helplessly middle stage, the bodies of his dead friends surrounding him. He grabs a French flag, runs onto the top of the barricade, where he is shot

Javert climbs over the barricade and sees Gavroche's body, he visibly deflates and his shoulder drop, he then removes his cloak and covers Gav with it as he cries. He saluted him afterwards

Valjean is badly wounded while he drags Marius through the sewers

Thenardier finds Eponine's body in the sewers, he sinks to her side, brings her head into his lap and takes his hat off

Translation from Javert's suicide: "I don't fucking want this" (about Valjean giving him his life)

When Javert jumps, he’s standing three stories above ground, and idk how they did it but he just fucking jumped, rip the actor

During Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, the dead students sit behind the beds in the hospital Marius is in

They stand and Marius sees their ghosts, he faces the audience to sing, and when he turns back, the ghosts of his friends are gone. Seeing this startled him

During the wedding feast, Madame Thenardier eats wedding cake with her bare hands, she then demands that Marius pays for their secret with a mouth full of cake

"Han er skeiv", which translates to "He's crooked/queer/gay" is a comment made by Thenardier about one of the men during the wedding dance, the man in question spends the rest of the scene arguing with his wife

A French flag covers the entire floor of the stage for the last scene. The students, Javert, Gavroche, Eponine, and Fantine stands in the background, Valjean stands at the edge of the stage, Cosette and Marius stand off to the side

Fantine walks out onto the white part of the flag, Valjean stands across from her by the audience.

Marius and Cosette stands alone on the red part, and Gavroche, Eponine, Enjolras, and Javert stands on the blue part.

Idk if I'm reading to much into it, but when Valjean takes Fantine's hand and follows her and Eponine onto the blue part, Cosette cries out for him, and Marius holds her back, so it might signify that he walked into heaven...

During the last Do You Hear The People Sing Grantaire sorta hurried past the other students to where Enjolras stands by the edge of the stage to put his hand on Enjolras shoulder. The two stands much closer to each other than anyone else on stage

My mom had to take my brother home after act 1, so she’s decided that she’s gonna see it again... meaning I will also see it again and I. Am. Ready. 

[pseudophan]

m&g in Oslo??

sadly no :( idek what our seats are like cause the folketeateret booking page is dogshit, but im hype regardless

[goldenpinof]

Facebook announcements (from venues, promoters, organisers and etc.) _ Europe

this post is gonna be updated with each new post from anyone. if there's something interesting going on, the city is gonna have a separate post/thread with screenshots and links. if i provide a link to the venue it means there's a TI page on it (and the link is to this page). if the venue didn't make a page for us, i highlight it.

Europe has screenshots in this post as an example of how i would do it ideally. starting from USA/Canada (that are in a separate post) and all updates are gonna be linked to screenshots posted on a different blog (because of Tumblr limits). this post aka Facebook announcements is divided by tour legs (also because of Tumblr limits).

all 4 posts (for 4 tour legs) are gonna have this disclaimer, yes. is this still confusing? yes.

if there's a major update, i'll reblog this post and add it to the cities that have something new.

any corrections or missing information are welcome as always.

Europe (September 2024):

general promoter (link to the website) - A Comic Soul - announcements, and events created for Stockholm, Helsinki and Oslo. they did fix Copenhagen's venue on some banners later

Antwerp, Belgium (link to the venue):

venue's (Stadsschouwburg Antwerpen) announcement (event was not created)

organiser's (LiveComedy.be) announcement + event created

ticket seller's (ticketmaster.be) announcement (event was not created)

Copenhagen, Denmark (link to the venue):

venue's (K.B. Hallen) announcement + event created

local promoter's (All Things Live) announcement + event created

ticket seller's (billetlugen.dk) announcement + event created

Berlin, Germany (link to the venue):

no venue's (Tempodrom) announcement or event

local promoter's (d2mberlin GmbH) announcement (event was not created)

nothing on the ticket seller's (eventim.de) page

Warsaw, Poland (link to the venue):

no venue's (Progresja) announcement or event

local promoter's (FKP Scorpio) announcement and sold out status + event created

nothing on ticket seller's (eventim.pl) page

Frankfurt, Germany (link to the venue):

no venue's (Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt) announcement or event

local promoter's (d2mberlin GmbH) announcement (event was not created) (look at Berlin for screenshots)

nothing on the ticket seller's (eventim.de) page

Stockholm, Sweden (no page on the venue's website; home page):

no venue's (Stockholm Waterfront) announcement or event

local promoter's (Shownight) announcement + event created

ticket seller's (eventim.se) announcement (event was not created)

Oslo, Norway (link to the venue):

venue's (Folketeateret) announcement (event was not created)

don't see any local promoter existing

nothing on the ticket seller's (EventimNorge) page

Helsinki, Finland (link to the venue):

venue's (Kulttuuritalo) announcement (event was not created)

i don't see any local promoter existing (note on the seller's site: The promoter, not Lippupiste Oy, is responsible for the event offered. The event is carried out by the promoter, who also issues the tickets. Lippupiste Oy is only acting as a ticketing agent on behalf of the promoter. - which is funny because usually they write promoter's name and here they just... don't). update: local promoter's (W&T Comedy) announcement (event was not created)

nothing on the ticket seller's (lippu.fi) page

[mortenrene]

Høye forventninger til #soundofmusicoslo 🎶🎶🗻 #Folketeateret #SoundofMusic #VisitOslo (ved Folketeateret) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2IGj2RINDa/?igshid=tmjzy9mp6w8g

[evelynsphantomblog]

Can we all take a moment of silence for the ugly ass costumes we got stranded with for the Oslo production of Les Miserables?!!