MADNESS
- a journey through the cosmos of the soul
INSPIRED BY FOUCAULTS BOOK "MADNESS AND CIVILIZATION"
WRITTEN BY HANNA NYGREN AND HELLE ROSSING
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In "MADNESS," we meet 12-year-old Elvira, who struggles with aggression. Her friendships suffer, and she finds it difficult to focus in school. After a severe breakdown, she is suddenly visited by her own personal "fairy," Michel Foucault, who takes her on an (unconventional) journey through history.
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Elvira gets to meet all those who have been called insane in different ages of time. Those labeled as fools, madmen, mentally ill, disturbed, and hysterical. Individuals whom society has tried to limit, treat, or confine in different ways. Who are they truly? And who is the craziest - those locked up or those standing guard outside?
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DIRECTOR: HELLE ROSSING
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ASSISTENT TO THE DIRECTOR: FELICIA STJÄRNSAND
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SCENOGRAPHER/COSTUMEDESIGNER: MARIE MOBERG
LIGHTDESIGNER: BELLA OLDENQUIST
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KOMPOSITION: KRISTINA ISSA
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SOUNDDESIGN: JESPER LINDELL
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MASKDESIGNER: JOSEFIN EKERÅS
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DRAMATURG: KRISTINA ROS
PRODUCER: LISA NOWOTNY
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PROJECT DEVELOPER FOR CHILDREN/YOUNG AUDIENCE: ERIKA ISAKSSON
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TECHNICAL TEAM: COLIN FERGUSSON, ELLEN DYNEBRIK,HELENA ARVIDSSON O'BYRNE,KRISTER NYLANDER, MATTIAS EK, NICHOLAUS SPARDING, WANJA JOHANSSON FERNANDES, SIMEON HILLERT
Recommended for children aged 10 and above. To read an extract, write: hlhrossing@hotmail.com.
ACTORS: EMELIE STRÖMBERG, GUNILLA JOHANSSON GYLLENSPETZ, YLVA GALLON, ELEFTHERIA GEROFOKA, KJELL WILHELMSSON, OVE WOLF, ULF RÖNNERSDAM, RASMUS LINDGREN, ADEL DARWISH
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MUSICIANS: KRISTINA ISSA, EMIL BLOMMÉ, HILDA EKSTEDT, DANIEL EKBORG​
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PRESS:
"Insanely good performing arts"
– DAGENS NYHETER
"A performance that is completely loyal to the child, to its rights and perspective"
– GÖTEBORGS-POSTEN
"An uncomfortable, but oh so well-placed thermometer in the rear of contemporary times"– DAGENS NYHETER
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"Always equally exciting musical art"
– ALBA
"A happiness pill that should be immediately prescribed to all ten-year-olds and their adults"
– DAGENS NYHETER
"... with all the hallmarks of the Backa ensemble – interplay, great humor, and eye-level acting"
– DAGENS NYHETER
"Bold, intelligent, and entertaining 'Madness'"
– GÖTEBORGS-POSTEN
"Deceptively funny about normality"
– ALBA
READ MORE: https://stadsteatern.goteborg.se/backa-teater/produktioner/2024-2025/vansinnet/