Mer enn 10.000 så Heimanifrå!

8574 audience members bought tickets for the ordinary performances, which were played in the period February 4 to April 1. In addition, Kilden Teater was visited by 1582 pupils through The Cultural School Bag.

– Dette er fantastiske tall i en periode det virkelig ikke har vært enkelt å selge billetter, sier kommunikasjonsrådgiver i Kilden teater og konserthus, Kjetil Nordhus.

Broad appeal

Heimanifrå - På høge hæle i Junaiten by Rune Belsvik premiered just after the government opened up for more than a maximum of 200 audience members at indoor events.

- We know that many cultural organizers around Norway have struggled to get audiences back into the halls, and I think we have been lucky to have presented a play with such broad appeal in the region, says Nordhus, and says that although there are no statistics on it yet, Kilden is left with the impression that there were many audiences from towns and villages around Agder.

Bus drivers

In collaboration with Norsk Tur, Kilden set up bus tours to transport visitors to Kristiansand from Lista, Kvinesdal, Eiken and Stavanger.

- It was very nice to welcome the audience in that way too. The response was very good around the region, and it is conceivable that we will look at the possibility of doing something similar in the future," says Nordhus.

Heimanifrå var i tillegg noe så uvanlig som nyskrevet, norsk dramatikk presentert på en hovedscene. Forestillingen ble et storslått musikkteater om kjærlighet, drømmer og en ny verden, med åtte skuespillere, fire musikere og countrylegenden Bjøro Håland på scenen.  

Bilde: Nico Hagen