Mio, min Mio
By Astrid Lindgren
A TV-adaptation from Trøndelag Theater’s performance desember 2021, directed by Erlend Samnøen. TV-director: Stein-Roger Bull
A magical and beautiful family performance. Mio, my Mio is a well-known and beloved children's novel that has captivated, both young and old, through the ages. It's the story of the orphaned boy who becomes Prince Mio. A magnificent and beautiful story about longing and loneliness, friendship and evil and the strong bond between children and parents. The main stage at Trøndelag Theater has been transformed into a fairytale world, with colorful and spectacular costumes. All accompanied by newly composed music and songs. The story is sore, scary and playful and the show is recommended to everyone from 6 years.
Director and chorography: Erlend Samnøen. Set design: Olav Myrtvedt. Costyme design: Christina Lovery. Lighting design: Eivind Myren. Music and sound design: Nils Jakob Langvik.
Actors: Carl Martin Eggesbø (Bosse/Mio), Jo Saberniak (Benka/Jum Jum), Ole Christian Gullvåg, Madalena Sousa Helly-Hansen, Fabian Heidelberg Lunde, Marianne Meløy, Natalie Bjerke Roland, Snorre Ryen Tøndel and Synnøve Fossum Eriksen.
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Met Stars Live in Concert
After causing a sensation with her triumphant Met debut as Lisa in The Queen of Spades last season, soprano Lise Davidsen offers a program of the soaring arias and songs that have rocketed her to stardom around the world: selections from Wagner’s Tannhäser, Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, and Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, as well as Scandinavian songs by Sibelius and Grieg. Davidsen first came to fame in 2015 when she won several competitions, including the Queen Sonja Competition in her native Norway. For this momentous occasion, Davidsen returns to Oslo’s picturesque Oscarshall, where she performed following her victory.
NEP Norway.
Producers NordicStories: Zuzana Svobodova og Stein-Roger Bull
Live from Oscarshall, August 29th 2020
Vikings vs Wolves - The Battle of Finance
The world of finance is at a crossroad. It’s short-term traders versus long-term investors. Greed versus responsibility. Artificial intelligence versus human minds.
For decades Wall Street have been dominated by “wolves” seeking short-term personal gains. It has led to a destructive financial system, that has harmed millions of people. But a change is coming: large long-term investors are claiming that the financial sector can be a positive force. That finance can do good. One such investor is Norway’s Oil Fund. This 1 trillion dollar money bin is the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund. Set up and based on the Nordic model, to secure future generations. They have an ethics board that tell them what they cannot invest in. They have implemented an environmental friendly and ethical investment plan to battle climate change and inequality. And an increasing number of other investors are joining them. Can this form of finance save the world? Who will prevail? Will the Vikings beat the wolves or will the wolves eat the Vikings?
Director: Fredrik Horn Akselsen
Producer: Rune H. Trondsen, NordicStories 2019
Broadcasted: NRK 2019
Nordic Association 100th Anniversary
Celebrating Foreningen Nordens 100th Anniversary.
Hosted by: Lise Fjeldstad og Christian Mikkelsen
Performers: Ghita Nørby, Elisabeth «Bettan» Andreassen, Alexx Alexxander, Solveig Kringlebotn, Reidun Pauline Aas, Emilie Hellum, Robert Stoltenberg, Páll Óskar, Bårdar, Kevin Haugan, Henriette Steenstrup, Mark Levengood, Gospelkoret HIM, Jon Henrik Fjällgren og Anita Hegerland.
Music Director: Øystein Lund Olafsen.
Director:Tom Sterri
TV-director: Kristian Løkken
Producer: Rune H. Trondsen, NordicStories 2019
Broadcasted NRK 2019
The Querini-opera - Røst
“This must be the most moving work of music theatre ever to be written about dried fish” skrev Financial Times om Querinioperaen i 2014
TV-director: Stein-Roger Bull
Producer: Rune H. Trondsen, NordicStories Nord 2019
Peer Gynt
Toralv Maurstad
70 years after Det Norske Teatret first staged Peer Gynt, Erik Ulfsby and his excellent team have developed a new version, with role of old Peer congenially filled by Toralv Maurstad.
The play´s original chronology has been broken up and fragments of Peer´s life reordered - all observed by an aged spirit who is on the threshold to the other side. Maurstad´s acting is "overwhelmingly great. her carries the role of Peer Gynt on his 92-year-old shoulders. This is pure theatrical magic."
Director: Erik Ulfsby
TV-director: Stein-Roger Bull
Producer: Rune Trondsen, NordicStories 2019
Broadcasted NRK 2019
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Crying Hands
Deaf people in Hitler´s Germany
The fates of the deaf in Nazi Germany has been a neglected topic in the story of the Holocaust. It is only recently that this almost unknown chapter of history has been the subject of documentation and research. – Director Bentein Baardson
Crying Hands is a documentary driven play about deaf and disabled people’s experience during WWII. It is based on interviews of Holocaust and civilian survivors. This is an original production by Teater Manu, an award-winning National Deaf Theater based in Oslo and has toured extensively across Norway and abroad.
Featuring four of Norway’s most dynamic actors. Ipek D. Mehlum, Ronny Patrick Jacobsen, Eitan Zuckermann and Kjersti Fjeldstad
Script and director: Bentein Baardson
TV director: Stein-Roger Bull, NordicStories 2019
Broadcasted NRK January 2019
Rockheim Hall of Fame 2018
Rockheim - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors persons who have influenced the development and spread of Norwegian popular music.
Artists and groups with extraordinary careers as well as others who have influenced the history of popular music in Norway can be inducted into the Hall of Fame. NordicStories produced this event in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. The program will be hosted by Jon Niklas Rønning. In 2018 Kari Bremnes, Morten Abel and Stage Dolls were inducted. The 2018 program was produced at Olavshallen in Trondheim.
Photo: Audun Hagen
Director: Kristian Løkken
Producer: Stein-Roger Bull, NordicStories AS 2018
Broadcasted: NRK 2018
Rockheim Hall of Fame 2017
Rockheim - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors persons who have influenced the development and spread of Norwegian popular music.
Artists and groups with extraordinary careers as well as others who have influenced the history of popular music in Norway can be inducted into the Hall of Fame. NordicStories produced this event in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. The program will be hosted by Thomas Felberg. In 2017 Raga Rockers, Popol Ace og Dizzie Tunes were inducted. The 2017 program was produced at Olavshallen in Trondheim.
Photo: Geir Mogen
Director: Kristian Løkken
Producer: Zuzana Svobodova and Stein-Roger Bull, NordicStories AS 2017
Broadcasted: NRK, May 2017
Rockheim Hall of Fame 2016
Rockheim - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors persons who have influenced the development and spread of Norwegian popular music.
Artists and groups with extraordinary careers as well as others who have influenced the history of popular music in Norway can be inducted into the Hall of Fame. NordicStories produced this event in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. NRK is the host for the 2016 ceremony. The program will be hosted by Haddy N'jie. In 2016 Motorpsycho, Svein Finjarn og Karin Krogh were inducted. The 2016 program was produced in the Congress Hall at Clarion Hotel & Congress in Trondheim.
Director: Kristian Løkken
Producer: Zuzana Svobodova and Stein-Roger Bull, NordicStories AS 2016
Broadcasted: NRK, August 2016
BMI - Turné
https://tv.nrk.no/serie/bmi-turne
Director: David Skaufjord
Script: Emil Berntsen, Olav Haugland, Leo de la Nuez, Christian Mikkelsen
Director of Photography: Magnus Flåto
Producer: Rune H. Tronsen, NordicStories AS 2015
Broadcasted: NRK 2016
TRIO - The Kepler Diamonds
I sesong 3 dukker pappaen til Nora, som alle trodde var død, opp igjen - men han er i klørne på en internasjonal skattejeger og Keplerdiamantene står på spill. For og redde pappa må TRIO først finne diamantene i Hamburgs skumle havneområde…
Director: Arne Lindtner Næss og Morten Hovland
Script: Morten Hovland, Trond Morten Venaasen
Producer: Jeanette Sundby
Executive Producer: Rune H. Trondsen, NordicStories AS 2016
Broadcasted: NRK Super 2016
Rockheim Hall of Fame 2015
Rockheim - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors persons who have influenced the development and spread of Norwegian popular music.
Artists and groups with extraordinary careers as well as others who have influenced the history of popular music in Norway can be inducted into the Hall of Fame. NordicStories produced this event in 2012, 2013 and 2014. NRK is the host for the 2015 ceremony. The program will be hosted by Haddy N'jie. In 2015 Inger Lise Rypdal, Jan Garbarek, Ole Paus and Mari Boine were inducted. The 2015 program was produced in the Congress Hall at Clarion Hotel & Congress in Trondheim.
Director: Kristian Løkken
Producer: Stein-Roger Bull, NordicStories AS 2015
Broadcasted: NRK, August 2015
Rockheim Hall of Fame 2014
Rockheim - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors persons who have influenced the development and spread of Norwegian popular music.
Artists and groups with extraordinary careers as well as others who have influenced the history of popular music in Norway can be inducted into the Hall of Fame. NordicStories produced this event both in 2012 and 2013, and are already slated for to production the induction ceremony for TV2 next year. The program will again be hosted by Hanne Krogh. In 2014 DeLillos, Knutsen & Ludvigsen and Øystein Sunde were inducted. The 2014 program was produced in the Congress Hall at Clarion Hotel & Congress in Trondheim.
Director: Kristian Løkken
Producer: Stein-Roger Bull, NordicStories AS 2014
Broadcasted: TV2, August 20th 2014
TRIO – Season 2: Cyber Gold
"Trio – Cyber Gold" is a mystery series for children and young people, produced for NRK Super, Nordvision and NDR/KinderKanal.
Deep inside the wild and magnificent Skjåk mountains there is a top secret vault containing Norway’s digital gold reserves, the so-called Cyber Gold…
Norway is paralysed by a massive cyber attack. All leads point to Jørgen, Lars’ father. Trio discover that the hacker Ramrun is responsible for the attack, and that the real target is the Cyber Gold. Ramrun, however, exploits the fact that everything is classified, and the children have to take up the fight against her on their own…
To save Jørgen, Trio have to find Ramrun, but Ramrun finds them first. Lars’ girlfriend is kidnapped. Trio face a seemingly impossible dilemma: Should they save the treasure of love or Norway’s entire gold reserves…
Director: Margret Bergheim
Script: Morten Hovland, Trond Morten Venaasen
Producer: Jeanette Sundby
Executive Producer: Rune H. Trondsen, NordicStories AS 2015
Broadcasted: NRK in January 2015
TRIO – Odin's Gold
“Trio - Odin´s Gold” is a mystery series for children and young people, produced for NRK Super, Nordvision and NDR/KinderKanal.
Nora (12) moves from the big city to the village of Skjåk in Gudbrandsdalen. She meets Simen and Lars, and the three become friends. Each of them is a little outside of society's norms, but they quickly become a trio willing to stand up for justice. Together they solve big and small mysteries in the village. The biggest of them all is the myth of "Odin's gold," a treasure which according to legend lies buried in a secret location.
Director, Atle Knudsen, has many years' experience with television programs and movies for children and young people. He directed “ORPS - The Movie”, which was nominated for an Amanda Award. Knudsen also directed the children's TV series "Linus i Svingen" and "Jul i Svingen" on NRK.
Morten Hovland was the scriptwriter for the children's film “Best Friends”, which was screened at numerous international festivals in 2009. He has also written the script for the series "Stikk!", episodes of "Himmelblå" and the “Idyll”. Hovland is scriptwriter for Trio together with Trond Morten Kristensen Venaasen, who wrote the script for the animated television series, "Hubert" and " “Sunshine Kathy”.
Director: Atle Knudsen
Producer: Jeanette Sundby
Executive Producer: Rune H. Trondsen, NordicStories 2014
Broadcasted: NRK in January 2014
Let the scream be heard
The year 2013 marks the 150 anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch and he is honored with great international celebrations. In 2012 exhibitions of his work in Paris, London, Frankfurt and Århus were visited by over one million people. In Oslo his Anniversary exhibition has been seen by more than 300.000 people.
In a world where 15 minutes in the spotlight or barely 15 seconds of fame seems to be the goal for many, we ask the question why celebrate an artist after 150 years.
Is it because his painting sell for millions of dollars? Or does his artistic greatness embody completely other qualities?
In order to find answers to these questions we must travel back in time and explore Munch´s own mind. We must look into his creative processes, listen to his own words, become familiar with his values and philosophy, witness his triumphs and defeats, see how life´s mysteries influenced his work, and in the end understand his artistic integrity which became the backbone of a complex artistic world.
Though interviews with international artists and the world´s foremost experts on Munch we seek answers. What was it that influenced Munch´s artistic development? We take our viewers on a journey which makes them capable of understanding why Edvard Munch´s art also touches us today, and will continue to do so many years to come.
With: Magne Furuholmen, Marina Abramovich, Tracy Emin, Steffen Kverneland, Ketil Bjørnstad, Liv Ullmann and others.
Director: Dheeraj Akolkar
Producer: Rune H. Trondsen, NordicStories AS 2013
Broadcasted: NRK, December 13th 2013
The Sun
The Sun is a film about two artists´ life long struggle to create the ultimate work of art.
Edvard Munch and Oslo University´s Aula mural, “The Sun” (1909)radiates out to the audience from the wall behind the podium, giving life to those who perform. Yet it took many years and a numerous amount of sketches and preparation before Munch reach the final result. Use of Munch´s own photographs, the many stills photos of Munch himself which are in the archive and Munch´s own hand-held film sequences create, together with the paintings, content to the main theme. Composer Edvard Grieg with his Piano Concerto in A-minor (1868) is inspired by and draws musical themes from Norwegian cultural heritage - folk music, giving it a symphonic form. In the great hall of Aula the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra with soloist Håvard Gimse conveys the themes of Edvard Grieg´s musical score, to which he has made over 3000 corrections over the course of 40 years, the last time just three weeks before he died.
Photography: Hallvard Bræin
Producer/Director: Stein-Roger Bull, NordicStories AS 2013
Broadcasted: NRK, December 15th 2013
Rockheim Hall of Fame 2013
Rockheim - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors persons who have influenced the development and spread of Norwegian popular music.
Artists and groups with extraordinary careers as well as others who have influenced the history of popular music in Norway can be inducted into the Hall of Fame. NordicStories produced this event both in 2012 and 2013, and are already slated for to production the induction ceremony for TV2 on August 20, 2014. The program will again be hosted by Hanne Krogh. In 2013 Lillebjørn Nilsen, Nora Brockstedt and Anne Grete Preus were inducted. The 2013 program was produced in the Congress Hall at Clarion Hotel & Congress in Trondheim.
Director: Kristian Løkken
Producer: Stein-Roger Bull, NordicStories AS 2013
Broadcasted: TV2, August 31th 2013
This Spring´s big game show on TV2
NordicStories has produced Are you smarter than a 5th Grader which is Saturday´s entertainment on TV2 in Spring 2013.
In this program adult contestants are asked questions which a 5th grader should know the answer to in order to see how much they remember from their childhood studies. The grown-ups can receive help from a panel of 5th graders. The top prize is 250.000NOK. An entertaining and educational program for the entire family.
Director: Kristian Løkken
Producer: Nina Mariann Øvergård, NordicStories AS 2013
Executive Producer: Stein-Roger Bull, NordicStories AS 2013
Broadcasted: TV2, Spring 2013
Jens Christian Hauge
In the summer of 2006, a barrel of old documents burned in the garden of Jens Christian Hauge's home on Bjørnveien in Slemdal, Norway.
The neighbors had their own explanations. This marked the end of his mysterious legacy. The past was now burned. All of the questionable and illegal transactions that were made in the service of power would be erased forever. All his secrets would be taken to the grave.
But Jens Christian Hauge could also be a joker. And he had one final trick up his sleeve. He was known as the man who knew everything and said nothing. He had quietly left all his vast personal files to the National Archives. The documents in the barrel were just trash. In his final year, he broke the covenant of silence he had adhered to his entire life and allowed himself to be interviewed by his biographer, historian Olav Njølstad.
Based on the extensive material given to Njølstad in Hauge's 60 shelf-meter archive as well as a number of other sources, the story of Jens Christian Hauge was told in two, 45-minute documentary films. The story of the power-hungry Hauge and the nation-builder Hauge. And most importantly, the myth of Jens Christian Hauge.
Director/Writer: Pål Sommer-Erichson
Producer: Rune H. Trondsen, NordicStories AS 2011
Broadcasted: NRK, April 2012
Mahler 8
On Saturday, February 11th 2012, NordicStories produced the massive performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 from the Oslo Concert Hall, with 300 people on stage.
The work is called the "Symphony of a Thousand". Mahler himself disliked the nickname, but there were in fact a thousand musicians and singers involved when the symphony premiered in Munich in 1910. The commotion that followed could be compared with what occurred around Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" in Paris 1913, but in Munich it was the opposite. The reception was grandiose, as were Mahler's own thoughts about the work: "Imagine that the whole universe begins to ring. It is no longer human voices, but planets and suns in their orbits ..." In the first part we sense the presence of Bach, and in the second part we experience the articulation of the final scene from Goethe's "Faust", when the salvation of the Virgin Mary is promised. It is unique in its grandeur, and ends with an ecstatic chancel.
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Vocal Soloists: Turid Karlsen, Erika Roos, Hilde Haraldsen Sveen, Marianne Beate Kielland, Maija Skille, Per-Håkan Precht, Audun Iversen, Magne Fremmerlid.
Oslo Philharmonic Choir, guest choir, Sølvguttene.
TV-Director: Anja Stabell
Producer: Stein-Roger Bull, NordicStories AS 2012
Broadcasted: NRK, April 2012
