ITA International Ibsen Fellowship

08/03/2021

Celebrating International Women's Day with Maren E. Bjørseth the inaugural ITA International Ibsen Fellow.

Bjørseth works as a director both in her home country of Norway, the Netherlands and across Europe.

In Norway she directed Reigen (Arthur Schnitzler), Ein Volksfeind (Henrik Ibsen) and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet , which earned her a nomination for the Heddaprisen as best director. In October 2016, Agota Kristof's The Notebook premiered in Trondheim . Her direction of Hugo Claus' A bride in the morning at TA-2 - Toneelgroep Amsterdam's platform for the development of young directors - was selected for the 2015 National Dutch Theater Festival.

As International Ibsen Fellow she directed Emilia Galotti in January 2017 and A delicate balance in March 2019.

These are just a few of this woman's (in)credible achievements.

24/05/2020

Watch Maren E. Bjørseth's latest production for Toneelshuur in Haarlem in November 2019. Maren directed a brilliantly received production of Martin McDonagh's 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane'. It is available to screen until Saturday 30th May.

Op donderdag 14 november 2019 ging in de Toneelschuur in Haarlem de Toneelschuur productie The Beauty Queen of Leenane in regie van Maren E. Bjørseth in première.…

15/11/2019

Congratulations to Maren E. Bjørseth after the opening night of The Beauty Queen of Leenane in Haarlem Toneelschur yesterday. Stunning production, direction and acting.

13/08/2019

Heading to Oslo next month? Make sure you catch ITA International Ibsen Fellow Maren E. Bjørseth's production of Elena Ferrante's 'My Brilliant Friend'.

A play in Norwegian based on Elena Ferrante's My Briliant Friend.

09/06/2019

ITA Ibsen Fellow Maren E. Bjørseth in Oslo on Friday. Fresh from rehearsals of her production of Elena Ferrante's "My Brilliant Friend" which opens at the NYE Theatre in Oslo in September.
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Maren is returning to ITA in Amsterdam/Haarlem this autumn for a production of "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" by Martyn McDonagh in November.

01/04/2019

Congratulations to Maren E. Bjorseth (bottom centre) and her cast and crew on a fantastic premiere of "A Delicate Balance" by Edward Albee at the Toneelschuur in Haarlem at the weeekend.

21/03/2019

A sneaky peek...ITA International Ibsen Fellow Maren E. Bjørseth's final production as Fellow Edward Albee's 'A Delicate Balance' opens next Saturday 30th March at the Toneelschur in Haarlem. More details via this link. https://tga.nl/voorstellingen/in-wankel-evenwicht

04/02/2019

This afternoon ITA International Ibsen Fellow Maren E. Bjørseth presents her vision for her upcoming production of 'A Delicate Balance' by Edward Albee. Her production opens at the Toneelschuur in Haarlem on March 30 (with previews)

12/09/2018

Maren E. Bjørseth's production of ‘The Golden Dragon’ by Roland Schimmelpfennig opens at the Ibsen Theatre in Skein, Norway tomorrow 13th September. http://www.teateribsen.no/

The Golden Dragon is a black comedy about globalization and cultural collisions, but also about the butterfly effect; Small events on the other side of the earth can have great ripple effects in Norway as anywhere.

Photo Credit; Dag Jenssen.