« This is a unique opportunity »
« This is a unique opportunity to shut the most exciting in the future of the play, » says Matthías Tryggvi Haraldsson about the National Theater’s play festival called Guli Dragil and will be held after a week. According to Matthías Tryggva, the artistic director of the festival and also one of the drama of the National Theater, Guli Dragil is one of the projects launched on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the National Theater, which was dedicated on the first summer of April 20, 1950, but more projects will be presented later.
On Saturday, April 26, three brand new Icelandic plays will be premiered in trained reading by the National Theater playgroup. The program starts at 14 with Kronplatz by Hildur Selma Sigbertsdóttir; At 17 has come to a new kitchen by case by Friðgeir Einarsson and at. 20 it is the magician by Kolfinna Nikulásdóttir. Matthías Tryggvi has the artistic management of the Kronplatz play, Björn Thor with a new kitchen according to Kolfinna himself with the magic. « Following the playgrounds, guests are given the opportunity to talk to the authors and at the end of the day there is a party, » says Matthías Tryggvi, noting that the works have in common that they interest the National Theater, tell breathtaking stories and have an important mission to the stage.
Is it expected that some of the works are in the future on stage at the National Theater in full staging?
« We see that these plays are urgent on the stage. They are basically a crushing funny, deep, exciting, sharp and beautiful witness to the poets. We hope they go all the way, whether here in the National Theater or in another field.
But what can you tell me about the content of the three works?
« Kronplatz by Hildur is a full -length family story that takes place in dystopian nearby.
In the new kitchen, the hat is taken for stories with very similar title Svöva Jakobsdóttir. We are wondering about Icelandic everyday life, masculinity, femininity and modern times in a very funny form.
In a blunt turf farming, the main character of the magic control finds a contraceptive for liberation and joy. The title of the work refers to this contraception, which is applied to Icelandic legends. Kolfinna seeks in the folktales with his nose and takes the freedom to recreate that inheritance and a certain period in Icelandic history. «
More was discussed with Matthías Tryggvi on the cultural pages of Morgunbladid yesterday, Saturday, April 19.
