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Corona has moved the youth performance Culpa! off the street and schoolyard and onto the screen. Culpa! in a state of emergency shouts loudly about being young - in a jungle of advertisements, emojis and likes.
- Know that you are never good enough for the life you live.
The line belongs to Jenny Ellegård, one of the actors in Kilden Theatre's youth performance Culpa!
We follow four young people's bitter struggle to get their vital stories across in a jungle of advertisements, emojis and likes. Stories about beauty pressure, climate crisis, racism and forbidden love. The performance is about the indifference of our time, and is a critique of consumerism.
- The whole consumerism is based on "if you just buy this", "if you just do this" - then you will be happy. If you follow the rules of consumerism, you have to keep buying new things - but will you be happier? Our hypothesis is that you become empty and indifferent," says director Mine Nilay Yalcin.
She is behind the idea for the performance, which is based on Jens Bjørneboe's poem "Mea Maxima Culpa" (My Great Guilt). The script was written by slam poet Taro Vestøl Cooper in collaboration with young people in Kristiansand.
- The themes in the show have only become even more relevant in these corona times. "Just think about what isolation and loneliness do to love. And how big the debate about the refugee camp in Moria is these days," says Mine.
It's time to let rip.
Mine Nilay Yalcin, director
From street theater to screen
The production opens on May 5, with young people in Agder as the audience. The corona outbreak made the plan for street theater impossible, and the actors will therefore perform the show in Kilden - without an audience in the auditorium. Instead, they play around a 360-degree camera that streams the performance to the young people's many screens.
- It's time to let rip. The actors will shout things out, not in people's faces but into the camera," says the director.
The form of the performance is based on social media, and the audience is presented with a newsfeed like on Facebook. By moving the phone/tablet, the audience can decide for themselves what they want to see.
- We are constantly influenced by what we see, whether it's beauty ideals, advertising or money. It's easy to feel empty and indifferent. We hope to initiate some important reflections," says actor Kevin Mbugua.
Live chat with the actors
The director is most excited about how the audience will react to seeing the performance on screen.
- Perhaps the play is perceived as more brutal when you watch it alone and not in a community. In an ordinary theater performance, the actors can communicate directly with the audience through smiles and eye contact. Perhaps this performance will demand more from the recipient," she says.
Immediately after the screening, the audience is invited to chat with the actors.
- "We hope the chat can be a common space where you can ask questions, talk to the actors and share experiences. We can't wait to share this whole weird experiment with the audience!" says Mine.
FACT: Culpa! in a state of emergency!
- Youth performance with premiere on May 5. Played for youth schools in Agder and all youth clubs in Kristiansand, Grimstad and Arendal.
- Open viewings: May 7, June 6 and June 13.
- One of Kilden Theatre's contributions to the Bjørneboe anniversary in 2020.
- Screenplay: Taro Vestøl Cooper
- Idea and direction: Mine Nilay Yalcin
- Actors: Ann Ingrid Fuglestveit, Kevin Mbugua, Jenny Ellegård and Fredrik Høstaker
- Costume design: Synne Reichelt Føreland
- Sound design: Simen Hefte Endresen
- Dramaturg: Endre Sannes Hadland
- Theater educator: Christine Helland
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