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Kilden Teater is a Norwegian
theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
based in
Kristiansand
Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...
. It was established in 1991, and has been the regional theatre
Agder regional theatre
for Agder
Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("south ...
since 1995. It was earlier named Agder Teater, but changed its name after moving in to the new Kilden Performing Arts Centre
Kilden Performing Arts Centre (in Norwegian: ''Kilden teater og konserthus'') is a theater and concert hall on Odderøya in Kristiansand, Norway. It houses Kilden Teater, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra (KSO) and Opera Sør in a joint projec ...
.
Its first theatre director was Bentein Baardson
Bentein Baardson (born 6 November 1953 in New York City) is Norwegian actor, instructor and theatre director.
He was born in New York, and is the son of Brynjolv Baardson.
Bentein Baardson graduated from Teaterhøyskolen in 1975. He has set up ...
, who led the theatre from 1991 to 1994. Alex Scherpf
Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis.
People
Multiple
* Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple ...
has been theatre director since 2005.[
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References
Theatres in Kristiansand
Buildings and structures in Kristiansand
Culture in Agder
Tourist attractions in Kristiansand
Theatres completed in 1991
1991 establishments in Norway
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