1999 » Denmark » National Exhibition - Stage and Costume Design

Denmark

LUDVIG HOLBERG: JEPPE OF THE HILL Jeppe of the Hill is a tour-play, that is, a play that can be played in various locations. It can be played in theatres, in a gymnasium - on a floor or on a stage. What characterizes Gitte Kath's productions is that they are played „naked", without drapes and back cloth and that they imply an agreement between the audience and the theatre. Counting Gitte Kath as a director and stage designér, the Milí Theatre has developed an artistic profile of its own. A reconnaissance of human silence and powerlessness has been the motive for a number of the theatre's plays. Iťs the jugglers who are coming to town and they bring the story with them. A popular, narrative, singing theatre-form conquers the stage - a mixture of folksongs with refrain and Bertolt Brechťs epic "verfremdungs - technic." There is a difference between the "now" we share with the jugglers and the "then" as we watch them preparing for the roles of the play and giving out their story to the audience.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Gitte Kath

Additional information: Born in 1948. She was educated as a textile designer at the School of Design in Kolding. When the Mill Theatre (Teatret Mollen) started in Haderslev in 1974, she was asked to make her first stage design for the children's play Tommel Tom. Currently operates as a director, stage designer and graphic designer in this theatre and teaches at the School of Design in Kolding, Denmark. In 1990 she received The Biennale of Graphic Design Award, in Brno, in 1994 the Association of Children's Theatre Jubilee Prize and in 1998, the Theatre of the Year, Children £r Youth Award (for the new interpretation of Ludvig Holberg's JEPPE OF THE HILL).

Exhibiting works

• Ludvig Holberg: (Jeppe of the Hill), Teatret Mollen (Teatret Mollen), 1997, Director: Gitte Kath, , ; Identification of exhibit: sketch, stage design