It'll be action, it'll be fun and there'll be song and dance! On October 19th, «Caught by the Northern Lights,» a Sámi musical by Nils Gaup, comes to Manndalen. This is a performance suitable for everyone, regardless of age.
WhatMusical: Caught by the Northern Lights
When19 October, 6.00 PM
WhereThe Sámi Centre / Centre for Northern Peoples, cultural hall
Stage language: North Sami
This is the old legend “The Boy Who Taunted the Northern Lights” in a modernised version, and it is the story of a girl who must go on a mythical journey to find her little brother who was taken by the Northern Lights.
It all begins at the home of a perfectly ordinary family in 2020, with mother, father, daughter and younger brother. The girl is sent out to fetch her younger brother home, and as they are on their way home in the winter darkness, the younger brother decides to tease the Northern Lights. He has indeed heard that something will happen if one does. The girl believes this is just old superstition, and does nothing to stop him from teasing the Northern Lights and yes, the strange thing happens: the Northern Lights flare up violently and pull the boy up to them, he disappears, and no one believes the girl when she tells them what happened. But Grandpa still remembers what the old folks told him when he was little. The girl must undertake an enigmatic journey to find out how to reach the Northern Lights.
By: Nils Gaup
Dramaturg: Knut Walle
Director: Nils Gaup
Choreographer: Marte Fjellheim Sarre
Composer: Roger Ludvigsen
Musicians: Roger Ludvigsen and Anthoni Hætta
Set Designer: Ole Thomas Nilut
Costume design: Sara Ellen Anne Buljo Eira
Lighting design: Øystein Heitmann
Costume Design: Trude Sneve
Video/film: Andreas Ausland
Actors: Marte Fjellheim Sarre, Elin Kristina Oskal, Nils Henrik Buljo, Egil Keskitalo, Iŋgor Ántte Áilu Gaup, Mary Sarre