Theatre of Cruelty (Norwegian: Grusomhetens Teater) is a Norwegian theater company based in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

Hausmania Hausmania is a self-managed social centre and cultural house ( Norwegian: Kulturhus) in Oslo, Norway. It was squatted in 1999 by a group of artists and run based on collectivist ideology. It is located alongside other squats at Hausmannsgate 34, ...

cultural centre. The company produced its first performance in collaboration with

Trøndelag Teater Trøndelag Teater is a large theater in the city of Trondheim, in Trøndelag county, Norway. Trøndelag Teater stages large-scale dance and musical performances. History Originally built in 1816, the theater is the oldest stage in Scandinavia ...

in 1989, and was established as an independent group in 1992.''

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'' (7 December 2010)
"Wind beneath my wings"
Retrieved 15 January 2013. The theater has since its establishment been under the management and artistic direction of

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. In 2002, the theater company received support from the Norwegian Arts Council to launch its own performing space in Hausmania. The Theatre of Cruelty is inspired by

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's ideas of a double and physical theater, where the body's musical breathing and expressions are actions meant to generate deconstruction and retheatralisation.

Performances

As of May 2022, the theater has produced 32 performances. Notably, the group produced the world premiere of

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playw ...

's incomplete prosaic comedy

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(1860) on the 14th of March 2014. The group also produced the world premiere of

's unfinished opera libretto The Mountain Bird (1859) on the 18th of April 2009. This performance was threatened by the theater space flooding with water.Bryne, Silje (30 March 2009)
"Urframførelse av Ibsen-opera truet av vannlekkasje"
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''. Retrieved 15 January 2013 . The company's productions are, as of May 2022: * Red Emma (2021) * The Raven (2020) *

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(2019) * Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2018) * LAMENT II (2018) * VENUS & MARS (2017) * “I IS ANOTHER”- Rimbaud in Africa (2017) * PROUD CLOUD (2016) * LAMENT (2015) * Svanhild (2014) * Revolutionary Messages (2013) * Amazonas (2011) * What a Glorious Day! (2011) * Last Song (2009) * The Mountain Bird (2009) * Theatre and Science (2007) * The Ugly Duckling (2006) * The Spurt of Blood (2005) * The Gospel according to Thomas (2004) * The Dollhouse (2003) * Peer Gynt (2002) * Alaska (2001) * Poetries (2000) * Black Sun (1999) * The Philosopher's Stone (1997) * Woyzeck (1996) * Storyteller (1995) * The Road to Heaven (1995) * The World of Jotner (1994) * To Have Dealt With the Judgement of God (1993) * Peace (1992) * Elagabal (

, 1989)

References

External links

Grusomhetens Teater official website
(Norwegian)

at Colston's School (2009) {{DEFAULTSORT:Grusomhetens Teater Theatre companies in Norway Culture in Oslo Arts organizations established in 1989 1989 establishments in Norway