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NB Festival
NB Festival is a biannual international festival showcasing professional theatre companies who make work for children and youth.
NB Festival 2011 takes place May 29 until June 2 in Tallinn. The focus is on youth productions, and the best theatre companies from the Nordic and Baltic countries, Germany and Russia will perform. Additionally, there will be two special guests from outside of Europe who will arrive in Tallinn directly from ASSITEJ World Congress in Malmö/Copenhagen.
NB Festival 2011
29. May – 2. June in theatre NO99
PROGRAMME
Time: 29. May,
Place: Big Hall
Company: Art Stage
Title: DALLAE’S STORY
Age of target audience: 7 +
Language: No words
Duration: 1 h
Description
“Precious moments to focus on family ties and human love”
Based on the story of the Korean War in the 1950s, this piece is not directly about the war itself, but illustrates the earnest attempts of a family to overcome all kinds of hardships. Korean traditional music, glamorous sets, and a uniquely vivid combination of human performers and puppets make for an exciting performance that appeals to both children and their parents. Look forward to a topical piece that graphically conveys the magnificence and importance of love between human individuals and family members.
About the company
"Art Stage
Place: Small Hall
Company: VAT Theatre
Title: ROBINSON & CRUSOE
Age of target audience: 12 +
Language: Estonian
Duration: 1h 30 minutes
Description
The central question of the story is: how to accept myself as different from others? How to live under the same roof with an enemy? What to do to overcome anger and to survive? Two men – Robinson and Crusoe – are looking for answers for these questions.
Director and VAT Theatre artistic director Aare Toikka says: “”Robinson & Crusoe” gives a great opportunity to compare the production to Daniel Defoe’s novel because the topics have many similarities. Even the story is similar: two men end up on a desert island and have to survive (in Defoe’s novel they are Robinson and Friday, we have Robinson and Crusoe). In our production the story takes place today. The characters are two opposites who have to overcome the hostility for each other, and they must work together in order to survive. Of course they need wit for this, but also strength to fight loneliness, fear and anger for the enemy. It is necessary to find hope and a reason to survive. How do these fellows do, can be seen in our humorous and vivacious production.”
About the company
VAT Theatre is the first independent Estonian theatre company formed in 1987 in
VAT Theatre produces classics in its own original way and collaborates with young Estonian playwrights. VAT Theatre has an own hall in the Estonian National Library. The company has taken part of festivals in Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Germany, France, Turkey, Japan and Zimbabwe; they have performed across the polar circle and on the other side of the equator.
Time: 30. May, 13:00
Place: Small Hall
Company:
Title: 7 DAYS. GENESIS
Age of target audience: 3 – 103
Language: Russian
Duration: 40 minutes
Description
Are we the first who were put on the world? Whom the world belongs to? These are the questions, which every child can ask . The most understandable answer we can get from the Bible 1st book of Mozus. We know that Lord made the world in six days, but in the seventh He had a rest. But what was created in which day I didn't know either. Now I know and I can show and explain it to my child, too. Water, soil, air, light, human being are used in the performance and these are the most understandable and the most necessary elements for human beings. And one more thing....Watching this well known story anyone can find useful philosophical cognition.
About the company
At the beginning of 2008, while creating my diploma performance show in cooperation with former State Puppet Theatre actors, we established a creative group represented by professional puppet actors. Since then, the actors are working independently in various theatrical projects.
Time: 30. May, 14:00
Place: Big Hall
Company:
Title: TAKE MY
Age of target audience: 10 +
Language: No words
Duration: 25 minutes
Description
A dance performance by Hege Haagenrud where the classical dance roots in the modern idiom appears. The choreography is about longing and waiting for someone who never comes.
Film is an important element in the performance which is used interactively on the scene. The use of film allows you to view past and present simultaneously, so that we can get a deeper insight into their relationship to themselves and each other. Two dancers, Marianne Haugli and Vilde Viktoria Madsen, who both trained at the
About the company
Hege Haagenrud (b. 1973) is a graduate of the
She has taught contemporary dance and choreography including the
Hege Haagenrud has in the past decade choreographed a number of performances, with particular emphasis on children and adolescents.
She works in the borderland between dance and physical theater, and using instruments such as text, video and work with dolls / figures in her pieces.
Time: 30. May, 16:00
Place: Theatre Caffé
Company: The Theatre in a Suitcase,
Title: SLEEPING BEAUTY
Age of target audience: 3 – 12
Language: Estonian
Duration: 45 minutes
Description
Puppet play “Sleeping Beauty” by Brothers Grimm. Heino Seljamaa has played this production over 1 200 times through 23 years. Satisfaction is assured.
About the company
Heino Seljamaa has played for children in
Place: Big Hall
Company: Theatre Tuuleveski
Title:
Age of target audience: 5 – 100
Language: Russian
Duration: 1h 10 minutes
Description
“All the World’s a Stage” is a production that unites all the genres and styles the performers in the company have been developing in over the past years. The production is dedicated to W. Shakespeare’s immortal writings. Extracts from “Hamlet” and “Midsummer Night’s Dream” take the viewer to philosophical ponderings to start with, and later make her smile.
This production animates the fantasy, makes the viewer think along with the cast, listen to herself and to apprehend theatre as a living magic world.
About the company
Theatre Tuuleveski (
Time: 30. May, 18:30
Place: Small Hall
Company:
Title: NOISE
Age of target audience: 12 +
Language: Estonian
Duration: 1h 30 minutes
Description
Most of us are not fully aware that the loud ‘wallpaper of music’ is surrounding us in the bus, restaurant, shop, car, even in nature, and not to talk about home. This background of noise does not let us go. We simply get used to it. But do we have to?
There is an understanding that impaired hearing (decrease in understanding speech, continuous buzz in head or ears) is affecting only the elderly. This is not true. It is the youth that is in danger, they form the most important risk group. According to the medics 10-15% of Estonian population has some degree of hearing impairment. Among young people it is even more. Does this make us think?
About the company
Non-profit organization Miksteater was founded in 2007. It is a private company whose main target audience is school children. With our productions we delve into questions every person must find answers for during her lifetime. Our mission is make the young viewers question the reality around them. Therefore also the name of the company – Miksteater (“The Theatre of ‘Why’”). Theatre is educational. Mainly we are a traveling company. Over the past four years we have created eight productions and projects for children and youth.
Place: Theatre Caffé
Company:
Title: THINGS CLOSE TO THE HEART
Age of target audience: 3 – 100
Language: Estonian
Duration: 45 – 50 minutes
Description
“We all come from our childhood, and that time always remains dear to us. Sometimes we notice unexpectedly that we talk about things like our parents or grandparents did – in riddles.
My story unfolds from a backpack. Every person is always carrying this backpack around, it contains all memories, past, present and future. It’s a funny bag, things inside of it make a sound, a very strange sound and sometimes a rather ordinary sound. In any case – they are all close to my heart.
The performance is based on vocal improvisation. The story begins a new life in every space. Therefore it is never quite certain where the story ends up this time…”
About the company
Aita Vaher graduated in 1986 from Drama School of Estonian
Place: Big Hall
Company:
Title: ALLMOST NOTHING
Age of target audience: 12 +
Language: Portuguese
Duration: 1 h
Description
Almost Nothing is a multi-scenic puppet show featuring performance and dance, which draws the audience into a Third World picture of shanty towns found in cities like Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and the inland of north-eastern Brazil.
Through visual scenes, sometimes funny, sometimes poetic, and without a story, Sobrevento uses elements such as dust and sand to lead the audience in a self-reflection on this condition: the result of the misery and exploitation of people across different locations and times.
The puppet animation techniques, dance and lyrics of the show were gathered by the Company during its journey to countries such as Ireland, Chile, Argentina, Spain and Angola.
Submundo is an experimental and intense play by Grupo Sobrevento about the sad
reality of a world divided into rich and poor. Full of poetry and aesthetic beauty,
the show communicates with us by means of sensations and talks about emotion,
suffering, pain, but leaves, in the end, a glimmer of hope for the Third World. You
just can´t miss it.
Monica Simioni - Diário Vermelho - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Puppets saved my Festival. Believe me, it´s the last thing I would have expected.
Sobrevento elevated the puppet as a mediator of experience to the highest level of
art... And this leads back to my life-saving, life-enhancing puppets: they provided
endless food for existencial thought, their foreign provenance assured that a common
mother-tongue is unnecessary when speaking in clear theatrical language. There was a lot of variety this year, there were big names, there were wonderfully full houses -
but if not for Grupo Sobrevento - there would have been a feeling of precious little
emotional, delight and inspiration.
Susan Conley - What´s on Where - Dublin, Ireland
Place: Small Hall
Company: Cezario grupė, Leedu
Title:
Age of target audience: 10 +
Language: Lithuanian
Duration: 1h 30 minutes
Description
Cezaris Graužinis and his ensemble dive deep into the human soul and investigate ways to express the impossible. What at first seems like a therapy session turns out to be a self-deprecating, megalomanic reflection on the way stories are told in theatre and the cathartic effects thereof. On an empty stage, fantasy worlds are first created and then torn apart. As the story's red thread begins to unravel, emotions, metaphors and archetypes take charge.
About the company
cezario grupė (cezaris group) is a group of five artists working with director Cezaris Graužinis. It started as an informal group while the actors were studying at Lithuania Music and Theatre Academy under the supervision of Cezaris Graužinis and actor Vladas Bagdonas. Their cooperation resulted in a brilliant performance staged as a graduation work for their Master’s degree, Arabian Night by Rolland Schimmelpfennig (2003). The production was immediatelly acclaimed and awarded with the highest national performing arts award, the Golden Stage Cross, as the best debut of the year.
After the debut in 2003 "cezario grupė" has become famous as the most innovative and creative Lithuanian independent theatre unit.
Time: 31. May, 17:30
Place: Theatre Caffé
Company: United Dancers of Zuga
Title: ZUGA ZUUG ZUH-ZUH-ZUH
Age of target audience: 2 – 5
Language: No words
Duration: 30 minutes
Description
About the Company
United Dancers of Zuga was founded in 1999. It brings together freelance dance professionals who have created productions for the adults and younger audience. They have worked in theatre halls as well as train stations, streets, buildings; the works have involved musicians and dancers. Zuga productions are often collaborative where every participant – be it then a dancer, musician, or technician – has an equal right to voice ideas.
Place: Small Hall
Company: Studio Theatre Ilmarine
Title: PAN KOTOVSKI
Age of target audience: 5 – 12
Language: Russian
Duration: 45 minutes
Description
The enjoyable children’s production “Pan Kotovski” is about a cat of the same name who ends up without any boots thanks to a mongrel named Pan Gavgavski. Pan Kotovski is left with no choice but to go to the shop and buy himself some new ones. On his way to the shop, however, it is his bad fortune to meet a cunning fox by the name of Emilia who cheats him of all of his money and leaves him still without any boots. Naturally, the cat’s good neighbor pan Gavgavski rushes to his aide with a ghost made out of snow.
About the company
Time: 1. June, 11:00 /
Place: Small Hall
Company: Regionteater Väst, Rootsi
Title: FROM SCRATCH
Age of target audience: 14 – 16
Language: Swedish
Duration: 1h 15 minutes
Description
Four different characters account for various results and statistics in a performance by and about the most average fifteen year old in Sweden. All of a sudden the fifteen year old within the characters comes to life. What about their own private memories? Are they at all similar to the thougths and dreams of the 15-year old of today? What is it really that we have found out?
About the company
Regionteater Väst consists of a theatre company in Uddevalla and a dance company in Borås. It is located in Västra Götaland, a region i the western part of Sweden, where these two companies are touring and acting/dancing for a young audience (mainly ages from 4 to 18).
Place: Big Hall
Company:
Title: SPAM
Age of target audience: 16 +
Language: Russian
Duration: 50 minutes
Description
This information is intended not for you, it flows are increasing every day creating a spam, a lot of spam, the network that surrounding the world. The two persons once decide to flee in search of the message, which is intended to them privately. A new world is not easy for the fugitives, but the goal is so tempting - to find themselves.
About the company
Novgorod theatre for children and youth "Mali" has been founded in 1990, and headed by artistic director Nadezhda Alexeeva. In 1992 theatre “Mali” has founded the International theatre Kingfestival, dedicated to the mythology in theatrical sphere. The theatre is a member of International Association of theatres for children and youth (ASSITEJ), IETM member and an active participant of projects of Theatre Union of Russia; it has visited the theatre festivals in Japan, South Korea, Baltic countries, Norway, Hungary, Finland, Turkey and others, also at Russian festivals in Moscow, Saint-Petersburg etc. The theatre has cooperated with directors and stage designers from Switzerland, France, Latvia ets. The theatre has got its own acting course based on Novgorod University, which first theatre master was the famous director and theatre professor Zinoviy Korogodsky. Nowadays theatre "Mali" is a dynamically developing theatre space; there is a place for experiment, transformation, and innovational forms. The theatre is not afraid to expand the genre borders and creates both drama performances and performances in field of object theatre and movement theatre.
Time: 1. June, 16:30 /
Place: Big Hall
Company: ZeBU: Zenic Art for Young
Title: THE BEACH – A wordless tale on the edge of Human nature
Age of target audience: 6 +
Language: No words
Duration: 1h
Description
Imagine you are at the beach and find amysterious glass ball in the sand. And as you look into the ball an ordinary trip to the beach with the parents suddenly turns into a magic tale about the Story of Life from beginning to end. An alien sailor arrives to Earth an plants the seed of life in the sand. The first atoms turn to molecules and the first animals appear from the sea. You witness the emergence of humans and experience all their stories of sorrows and joy; war and love........until the mysterious sailor eventually returns to the beach.
About the company
Short introduction of theatre: ZeBu is a new name in Danish children´s theatre, but behind „the new kid in town“ lies one of the most experienced touring theatres in the country: The former national ensemble for Children´s theatre Corona La Balance, which is why many of the popular performances from the former national ensemble can still be found in the repertoire, while we under our new name will cotinue to create relevant and entertaining theatre at eye level with our audience.
Time: 1. June, 17:45
Place: Theatre Caffé
Company: Piip and Tuut Theatre
Title: PIIP
Age of target audience: 5 +
Language: Estonian
Duration: 50 minutes
Description
Piip and Tuut decide to fly on Mars. During the performance we see how the clowns build a flying machine, what adventures lie ahead and who they meet on Mars. In addition to all the fun the performance contains educational and interesting facts about planet Mars. Suitable for the entire family.
About the company
Piip and Tuut Theatre is a company formed of two clowns. Behind the red noses are actors Haide Männamäe and Toomas Tross who have performed together for over ten years. Until the last season they were a travelling company, from November 2010 they have their own performance space in the Old Town of Tallinn – Playhouse of Piip and Tuut.
The first ever production of the company “Piip and Tuut in a Concert” is still in the repertoire. This show has travelled also in
Place: Small Hall
Company: VAT Theatre
Title: HELP!
Age of target audience: 12 – 16
Language: Estonian
Duration: 1h 20 minutes
Description
This play tells a story about a 15-year old Estonian boy and a 13-year old Hungarian girl. They meet in an international youth camp in Finland during a cold winter with heavy snow. Together with other young people in the camp they decide to have a snowmobile race. A girl and a boy on one snowmobile get lost in a dark forest. The motor dies. It is a dark and cold night. They find a cottage. They have to survive because there is no help to be expected in this snow storm. It is a story about survival, reconciliation and finding one another.
The production is a collaboration between VAT Theatre and Budapest Kolibri Theatre, and it is part of European theatre project Platform 11+.
About the company
VAT Theatre is the first independent Estonian theatre company formed in 1987 in
VAT Theatre produces classics in its own original way and collaborates with young Estonian playwrights. VAT Theatre has an own hall in the Estonian National Library. The company has taken part of festivals in Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Germany, France, Turkey, Japan and Zimbabwe; they have performed across the polar circle and on the other side of the equator.
Place: Big Hall
Company: Die
Title: NIGHT BLIND
Age of target audience: 14 +
Language: German, subtitles in English
Duration: 1h 30 minutes
Description
16-year-old Leyla’s world has been turned upside down: Her boyfriend, „the Big One“, alternately caresses her and beats her up brutally. Her father has left the family for another woman, her brother Rico’s violent eruptions are becoming more and more frequent, and her mother has decided to close her eyes in front of all that. Only when Leyla meets Moe, a shy boy who sees beneath her tough surface, she begins to open up. But she herself is her strongest enemy.
About the company
Founded in 1949, the BLB just celebrated its 60th birthday. Since 1980, it has a separate section for children’s and young people’s theatre, which strives to give this group’s reality an artistic expression. In addition to its performances in the theatre of Bruchsal, the BLB tours the region to bring demanding, high-quality performances also to places who do not have a theatre themselves.
NB Festival 2011 is part of Tallinn – European Capital of Culture 2011 programme.
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