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Yesterday, Friday 09 September, we were finally able to show the public our war sailor story “The lucky ship”. The premiere went beyond all expectations, and with good reactions and feedback from the audience, we are now looking forward to a further five performances.

After a long and thorough pre-production, we’ve finally started rehearsals for “THE LUCKY SHIP”. We’re working at Slåtta Scene, on director Åsmund-Brede Eike’s farm in Lunde in Telemark. During the weeks at Slåtta Scene, we will set the stage-direction so everything is ready for technical rehearsals and adaptation to the room when we finally go aboard the ship S/S Hestmanden, just a few days before the premiere.

This autumn, Kanon Produksjon is ready with yet another play for Kristiansand and surrounding areas! The company’s ninth production, “The Lucky Ship” is written by Jon Erik Myre and André Lassemo, and deals with two war sailors during World War II. The play has been under development for the past two years, in collaboration with the Norwegian War Sailor Museum at the Vest-Agder Museum. The script-work has been supported by Agder County Municipality, Fritt Ord, Bjørneboet at Cultiva and Scenekunst Sør.

In the autumn of 2022 and the spring of 2023, KISSED will be on a tour in The Cultural Schoolbag (TCS) in both Kristiansand municipality, Troms and Finnmark county and on Svalbard. The performance has been included in Scenekunstbruket – The Norwegian Network for Performing Arts repertoire, and we hope it will continue to reach a large audience in its most legitimate target group.

Finally KISSED will have its live premiere! And finally Kanon Produksjon is coming to Oslo! On Saturday September 11th, KISSED will be played at Sentralen in Oslo, as part of Assitejs TeaterlørdagUNG. The performance will be played at 12:00 and at 14:00. Just a couple of weeks later, we set course for Teateret in Kristiansand. The performances here will be played on September 24th and 25th at 18:30.

20.-22. of August Jon Erik plays, together with Ina Maria Brekke, the performance SCREAMS OF A BIRD… in Posebyhaven in Kristiansand. This year it’s 150 years since Vilhelm Krag was born in Kristiansand. Krag is known as “The southern poet”and was also the one who christened the region, which was previously part of Western Norway. His poetry is also the starting point for what became the first Southern folk songs. Based on Krag’s texts, a new theatre performance has been created with accompanying new songs.

The rehearsals are currently underway for the show VORBEREITET, which will be performed at Kilden Theatre and Concert house during the brand new dance festival SØaR. The festival will take place in Multisalen 13.-14. August, with three different world premieres per night. VORBEREITET will have its premiere as the last performance out, on Friday 13th of August.

We were very much looking forward to finally showing you KISSED this week, but the current infection situation in Kristiansand means that this is no longer possible, as the municipality has banned all physical events. Everyone who has bought a ticket has been contacted by email for more information, and for those of you who want to buy a ticket to the stream, you will find information about this on Facebook and the performance page of KISSED.

In 2021, we have the great pleasure of presenting a world premiere: KISSED by Helene L. Solberg and Nora G. Svalheim. KISSED is a script that was developed by Helene and Nora as their exam performance on the acting course at Nord University in 2018. The following year, they were awarded a rehearsal room by the Actors’ Center and YOUNG TEXT at Unge Viken Theatre (previously Akershus Theatre), where the script was further developed.

We at Kanon Produksjon are delighted to have been awarded a grant and a residence stay at Kristiansand Art Museum, called Bjørneboet, which will take place in Kristiansand in week 50. Here, research and writing will be done on Kanon Produksjon’s first original theatre script, with the working title DET HELDIGE SKIPET, which translates to THE LUCKY SHIP.

GJENKLANG is an audio-guided Christmas story that takes you on a walk through Kristiansand, which ultimately ends up in the heart of the city center. By taking advantage of the technological possibilities and turning the limitations of the Covid-19 situation into something positive, our aim is to stimulate and perhaps challenge the individual imagination.

The year 2020 did unfortunately not turn out as we had planned or envisioned. For a young theatre company with great ambitions, it’s been a demanding few months filled with great uncertainty. Thanks to enormous help from colleagues, cultural initiatives, and alternative solutions, we are happy to release another performance for the audience in the south!

After the success of THE TERRORISTS at Møvik Fort in July, we were already in August looking for new plays and performances to offer the public in Kristiansand. An offer was presented to us, and after a few productive meetings with the manager at Teateret in Kristiansand, it didn’t take long before we knew what our next undertaking would be.

This year the Christmas atmosphere was to be found at Wøyen Gård in Bærum! Thanks to a hugely passionate group of creators, actors, professionals, sponsors, parents, and other enthusiasts, CHRISTMAS AT WØYEN became a huge success!

In collaboration with Teater Uttafor, Kanon Produksjon has the pleasure of presenting the family performance CHRISTMAS AT WØYEN, which will be played in Bærum in early December. The play is written by Madeleine F. Røseth and our own Jon Erik, and is a continuation of the story THE TRIAL FOR THE WØYEN BOYS, written by Christin Grillstad Prøis, and Christmas fairytales written by Director Hermanrud

In a short time, the summer of 2019 will be history, and we at Kanon Produksjon are left with many different impressions from what we have been through. It’s been a summer out of the ordinary, but what a summer it’s been! We are happy and humbled by the trust that was shown from the audience, and promise that it will be more fun at Møvik and other places in Kristiansand in the future!

Tomorrow is the opening night for our first production, THE TERRORISTS by Kolbein Falkeid. The performance is played in the old cannon at Kristiansand Cannon Museum, and we can promise a completely unique and spectacular theatrical experience in brutal, but beautiful surroundings!

During the last two weeks, we have worked hard to get the stage ready for this summer’s performance – THE TERRORISTS by Kolbein Falkeid. This would not have been possible to do without the support from Carlsen Fritzøe Vågsbygd, who contributed all the materials we needed to build the stage.

Three weeks ago we recorded a news broadcast that will be an important part of this summer’s performance – THE TERRORISTS by Kolbein Falkeid.

Here are a few clips from the broadcast, with Martin Karelius Østensen, Kai Kenneth Hanson and Henrik Rafaelsen.

In collaboration with the Vest-Agder Museum, we are proud to announce our first performance as a company, THE TERRORISTS by Kolbein Falkeid! The performance will be played in the old cannon at Kristiansand Kanonmuseum, in fantastic surroundings, at the end of July.