Sjefsdramaturg on DNS, Solrun Toft Iversen, the new theater manager at the Bergen Theatre.
Iversen was asked by the board of directors to apply for the available job after the previous theater manager Terje Lyngstad, who resigned in protest in august. She was offered the position before christmas, but thanks finally yes first, on new year’s eve.
Strong applicants
We spent a lot of time to talk about what Hordaland Theatre can be in the future, and less about what had happened. It is important for me to know that the board of directors and I wish the same for the theatre. I’m probably thorough by nature. It was necessary for me to get with people who are important to me. I have also received a clear confirmation that the teatersjefen is the boss, ” says Iversen to BT.
45 years, from Sotra.
Living in Bergen with her husband Poul Iversen. Together, they have five children.
She has lived 15 years in Denmark, studying dramaturgy and to work in the theatres there.
Started on DNS in 2009.
Is currently the acting director of the theater on the Sogn and Fjordane Theatre.
45-year-old from Sotra was not the only applicant. Strong professionals like Arvid Ones, the former theater manager at the Bergen Theatre, and successful instructor, as well as one of the nation’s musikalinstruktører, Johan Osuldsen, would also take the helm together with the 14 other, but it has been on the cards for a while that Solrun Toft Iversen was chairman’s preferred candidate.
the Conflict adds a shadow over the åpningsfesten
She was hired on DNS in 2009, and has been sjefsdramaturg there since 2011. It is a very central function in the theater.
I have been Agnete Haalands closest artistic advisor. I have followed up all development projects, and I have worked closely with playwrights, translators, and instructors. A very nice job.
– Nevertheless, have you worked much on the Sogn and Fjordane Theatre in the last year?
– Yes. I started out as artistic adviser there in march. Since October I have been acting director of the theater. I took the also leave from the DNS.
– Go from the DNS a little bit in protest against the turbulence that has been there within?
– No. When working in artistic positions, it is important to seek new blood, new air. It is good to get away, get other impulses. It is nice to have a clear leadership position, ” says Iversen.
Closely with Jon Fosse
She believes that she has some characteristics that can be good for the job at the California Theatre, which is a åremålsstilling until the spring of 2021.
– I have a good professional experience to develop new things and have a particular experience with urpremierer. I also have a good network of contacts, which is essential for a theatre that is aiming high, ” says Iversen.
She will develop Hordaland Theatre to be a modern nynorskteater for both large and small. The location right in the centre of Bergen, at the masonic lodge, giving them a completely new competitive advantages.
– The first six months we are going to play the Terje Lyngstads repertoire. I takes over with a blank sheet of paper from the autumn of 2017. I hope and believe in a good start. It is attractive with a such sjefsjobb, is that one can build a proper profile. But I hope of course on a good cooperation with DNS. We must also work more closely with the county of Sogn and Fjordane Teater and det Norske Teatret.
– What about Jon Fosse?
I have been busy of Fosse whole life. Have to and with the written archive about him. We will focus on the western language and have a modern teatersyn, so it is natural for me to have a speedy chat with him, ” says Iversen.
the Rods are not in the construction period
Companies should probably are being renovated and built out the next year to become a modern teaterkompleks. The new teatersjefen promise that this should not be at the expense of the artistic.
– We shall be able to operate the theater even if it is built. We will have lots of activity. People should find us. So there is a clear Hordaland Theatre-stamp on the entire main floor, ” says Iversen.
Chairman of the board Pål W. Lorentzen is no doubt that the Michigan Theater has employed the right manager.
the Board had set several, but Solrun Toft Iversen was our meant. She has demonstrated a professional competence and a close proximity to the theater community still existing here in Bergen. She also has a large network of actors, instructors, and playwrights.
– There is a lot going on at the theater forward. Has it had any say in the choice?
– Yes. We will develop the theatre into something more. Not only a nynorskteater, but also a vestlandsteater. The initiative is ambitious. A new venue provides new opportunities. I think people expect that we are evolving.
– it Is quiet in the ranks now after a turbulent year?
– Yes. There is great enthusiasm in the board of directors. Hordaland Theatre should be an exciting theatre, turn Lorentzen fixed.
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