What else, Peer?
After three performances of Peer Gynt, it's time to summarise what we have seen and heard. The professors and critics Frode Helmich Pedersen and Eirik Vassenden lead the discussion, which takes place right after the final Peer Gynt performance in Grieghallen. Along with invited guests, the professor duo will peel off layer after layer to try to find the core of the Festival's opening performance.
"See, that's what the Devil got because he was stupid and didn't consider his audience.
Where the starting point is most absurd, the result is often the most original."
– FROM PEER GYNT
The Bergen International Festival, the University of Bergen (UiB), and Studentersamfunnet i Bergen are collaborating on several discussions in connection with the Festival production of Peer Gynt. See also the talk Peer Gynt – Sexuality, nationalism and identity taking place Wednesday 13 March.
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Ragnhild Hemsing festival musician, soloist in Peer Gynt
Sjur Haga Bringeland PhD Candidate at the Grieg Research Centre, music critic
Trude Marstein author, festival poet
Kristian Seltun artistic director at Nationaltheateret
Lars Petter Hagen festival director
Eirik Vassenden professor of Nordic literature at the University of Bergen and literary critic
Frode Helmich Pedersen professor of Nordic literature at the University of Bergen and critic for Morgenbladet
Cast members will be announced from the stage
UiB Innsikt and Studentersamfunnet i Bergen