THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF ICELAND - THJÓDLEIKHUSID
SEASON 2011-2012
MAIN STAGE / STÓRA SVIDID
THE BALL AT BESSASTADIR (Ballid á Bessastödum)
by Gerdur Kristný
Theatre for children
Re-premiere in August
INTERMITTENT BRIGHT SPELLS (Bjart med köflum)
by Ólafur Haukur Símonarson
Icelandic musical
Re-premiere in September
ART (Listaverkid)
by Yasmina Reza
Premiere in September
PURGE (Hreinsun)
by Sofi Oksanen
Premiere in October
ALL MY SONS (Allir synir mínir)
by Arthur Miller
Re-premiere in November
WORLD LIGHT (Heimsljós)
by Halldór Laxness, adapted by Kjartan Ragnarsson
Premiere in December
LES MISERABLES (Vesalingarnir)
by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg
Musical
Premiere in March
ICELAND'S BELL (Íslandsklukkan)
by Halldór Laxness, adapted by Benedikt Erlingsson
Re-premiere in March
PEER GYNT (Pétur Gautur)
by Henrik Ibsen
Guest performance from Luzerner Theater in collaboration with Reykjavík Arts Festival
Performances in May
BLACK BOX / KASSINN
YOU ARE WELCOME (Verdi thér ad gódu)
by the theatre group Ég og vinir mínir
Dance theatre
Re-premiere in collaboration with the theatre group Ég og vinir mínir and the theatre festival Lókal
Performances in September
THE PRIEST'S BLACK DOG (Svartur hundur prestsins)
by Audur Ava Ólafsdóttir
Dance theatre piece
Premiere in September
WHAT IF - FUN EDUCATION (Hvad EF - skemmtifrædsla)
by Gudmundur Ingi Thorvaldsson, Gunnar Sigurdsson and others
Theatre for teenagers
Guest performance from 540 Floors theatre ensemble
Performances for school groups from October
ON MISUNDERSTANDING
by Margret Bjarnadottir
Dance
Guest performance
Performances in January
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Dagleidin langa)
by Eugene O’Neill
Premiere in February
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY (Afmælisveislan)
by Harold Pinter
Premiere in March
THE PETS (Gæludýrin)
by Bragi Ólafsson
In collaboration with the theatre group Blink
Premiere in May
SMALL STAGE / KÚLAN
TO THE NAKED EYE (Med berum augum)
by Bakaríid
Work in progress, in collaboration with Bakaríid
Performances in September
PRINCE HLINI (Hlini kóngsson – Sögustund)
Fairytale adapted by the group
Theatre for children, performances for nursery school groups and the general audience
Premiere in September
KJARTAN OR BOLLI (Kjartan eda Bolli)
Guest performance from Sögusvuntan and 10 fingur
Theatre for teenagers
Performances in October
THE SEARCH FOR CHRISTMAS (Leitin ad jólunum)
by Thorvaldur Thorsteinsson and Arni Egilsson
Theatre for children
Re-premiere in November at the theatre attic
LITTLE MONSTER AND BIG MONSTER IN THE THEATRE (Litla skrímslid og stóra skrímslid í leikhúsinu)
by Áslaug Jónsdóttir
Theatre for children
Premiere in December
THE BLACK CLIFFS (Svartfugl)
by Gunnar Gunnarsson, adapted by Aldrei óstelandi
In collaboration with the theatre group Aldrei óstelandi
Premiere in February
CITY OF CLOUDS (Skýjaborg)
by Tinna Grétarsdóttir
Dance piece for children
Guest performance
Premiere in March
THE THEATRE CELLAR / LEIKHÚSKJALLARINN
GUEST PERFORMANCES
DISORDER (Uppnám)
by Pörupiltar and Viggó and Víóletta
Genre: Theatre, stand-up, cabaret, musical
Premiere in September
"WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS MAN" ("Hvílíkt snilldarverk er madurinn")
by William Shakespeare, adapted by Sigurdur Skúlason and Benedikt Árnason
Genre: Theatre, monologue
Premiere in October
JUDY GARLAND
by Lára Sveinsdóttir and Jazzhljómsveit Úlfs Eldjárns
Genre: Theatre, musical
Premiere in October
STAND UP - MID-ÍSLAND (Uppistand - Mid-Ísland)
by Mid-Ísland
Genre: Stand-up
Premiere in November
SOIRÉE (Soirée - Leikhús listamanna)
by Leikhús listamanna
Genre: Performance, theatre, visual arts
Premiere in January
WORD SHALL STAND (Ord skulu standa)
Genre: Quiz show
From January
I AM THE WIND (Ég er vindurinn)
by Jon Fosse
Genre: Theatre
Premiere in January
THE GLASS MENAGERIE (Glerdýrin)
by Tennessee Williams
Genre: Theatre
Premiere in February