KILL YOUR DARLING
KILL YOUR DARLING
PROCESS
VIDEO
PROCESS
VIDEO
Based on THE MASTER BUILDER by HENRIK IBSEN
DIRECTED by SIMON DAVID ZELLER
SCENOGRAPHY & DRAMATURGY by ANNE ELMHOLT
PERFORMED by ANJA BOETHE
In Ibsen's famous play 'The Master Builder', Hilde Wangel enters the life of Master Builder Solness, claiming the kingdom he had promised her 12-year-old self. Wangel persuades Solness to climb the tower of his newly erected house, a task that leads to his death in the final scene. Until today, critics like to read the play as a gender- and generational conflict, focussing on Solness either as a victim or perpetrator in a #metoo discourse. Instead of focussing on Solness, 'Kill Your Darling' sheds light on the character Hilde Wangel, investigating notions of empowerment, resilience, and trauma, as well as the never ending theme of love.
First performed at DASPA, COPENHAGEN, DECEMBER 1 2022
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ABOUT
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Based on THE MASTER BUILDER by HENRIK IBSEN
DIRECTED by SIMON DAVID ZELLER
SCENOGRAPHY & DRAMATURGY by ANNE ELMHOLT
PERFORMED by ANJA BOETHE
In Ibsen's famous play 'The Master Builder', Hilde Wangel enters the life of Master Builder Solness, claiming the kingdom he had promised her 12-year-old self. Wangel persuades Solness to climb the tower of his newly erected house, a task that leads to his death in the final scene. Until today, critics like to read the play as a gender- and generational conflict, focussing on Solness either as a victim or perpetrator in a #metoo discourse. Instead of focussing on Solness, 'Kill Your Darling' sheds light on the character Hilde Wangel, investigating notions of empowerment, resilience, and trauma, as well as the never ending theme of love.
First performed at DASPA, COPENHAGEN, DECEMBER 1 2022
CREDITS
ABOUT
INFO
Based on THE MASTER BUILDER by HENRIK IBSEN
DIRECTED by SIMON DAVID ZELLER
SCENOGRAPHY & DRAMATURGY by ANNE ELMHOLT
PERFORMED by ANJA BOETHE
In Ibsen's famous play 'The Master Builder', Hilde Wangel enters the life of Master Builder Solness, claiming the kingdom he had promised her 12-year-old self. Wangel persuades Solness to climb the tower of his newly erected house, a task that leads to his death in the final scene. Until today, critics like to read the play as a gender- and generational conflict, focussing on Solness either as a victim or perpetrator in a #metoo discourse. Instead of focussing on Solness, 'Kill Your Darling' sheds light on the character Hilde Wangel, investigating notions of empowerment, resilience, and trauma, as well as the never ending theme of love.
First performed at DASPA, COPENHAGEN, DECEMBER 1 2022
CREDITS
INFO
Untold Stories
Anne Elmholt works as a performance maker and scenographer. She uses scenography and space as a catalyst for dramaturgical scores and systems and further develops them by drawing inspiration from other fields, such as science, sociology, anthropology etc. In this process she has a strong focus on developing strategies that further involves the audience as an active part of the creation process, aiming to create a stronger dialogue between performance art/space and spectators. Through her work, she tests and explores current discourses in society.
Anne Elmholt is currently based in Copenhagen (DK). She studied Performance: Design and Practice at Central Saint Martins in London (UK) with a focus on image-driven devising, as well as Performance Art/Scenography at the Danish National School of Performing Arts (DK). She has worked across the UK and the Scandinavian countries. She is the co-artistic director of the Danish/German performance group Forestille/Vorstellen.
