A FEW THOUGHTS

Many years ago I used to work in the “theater business”. I worked both behind the stage as a stage technician and for many years I worked part time as a host/attendant at one of the major theaters. Nice gig when you were young. Those days I got to see a lot of theater. Actually most of the major plays that was on. And it was great.

Yesterday we went to the opening night of the play “Don Carlos” by Friedrich Schiller at ”Det Norske Teatret“ in Oslo, first time in the theater for maybe 2-3 years. A very nice experience, which also inspires to try to go more plays from now on. I think I had forgotten how much I enjoyed the theater and this was kind of like a boost, though not the least challenging one. It was one of those plays were you can not look away and let your mind wander for a second, no superfluous furniture or props on stage. The play was set up with very elegant but minimalistic set design and the dramaturgy was very basic but efficent.  All you had was the gestures, facial expressions and dialogue of the actors.

The play reminded me of the joy of good theater. The joy of just listening to a good dialogue. I try to compare with both reading a good book or watching a good movie which I also enjoy very much, but I can’t. They are very different experiences, all to be enjoyed, and not to be compared.

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