PLAY IBSEN! Theatre Play with Accompanying Programme

project number: KU-CA1-055
total eligible costs of the project: CZK 4 922 244
approved support: CZK 4 430 019

The opera was created and will be presented as part of "Play Ibsen! - a theatrical performance with an attendant programme", supported by a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway from 2014-2021 EEA Funds.

Partner from the donor state: Tine Surel Lange, Soundhunting AS, Norway

The purpose of the project is development of an interdisciplinary theatre play, new opera Opera Ibsen / Ghosts and an accompanying programme. The directorial plan was created by J. Nebeský who has devoted himself to Ibsen's work throughout his entire career; he has directed 8 of his plays. The libreto to the new opera was created on the basis of the Ibsen's theatre play Ghosts by the script writer and actress Lucie Trmíková who worked with material and experience she gained when depicting 6 female Ibsen characters.

The project’s aim is also to contribute to the international debate on the topicality of Ibsen’s plays, and to highlight issues that are still relevant today despite the amount of time that has passed since Ibsen’s premieres

The new opera was created  in cooperation with the Norwegian artist Tine Surel Lange who contributed with her video installation "The Abstract Portrait of Mrs. Alving"



Within the project are scheduled several activities:

- creation of a new theatre play, premiere
- In total 28 repeat performances for audience both in Prague and in regions
- Accompanying programme including 2 courses on authorial theatre, debates with students focused on the gender aspects of the theatre play etc.
- Support for the cultural exchange between the Czech Republic and Norway