Triggersystemet 2: Brunsneglens lange natt [The Long Night of the Slug]
A dramatic poem by Tore Vagn Lid I Transiteatret-Bergen
Showings and tickets
Showings and tickets
Thursday, 11/09
Friday, 12/09
Saturday, 13/09
A philosophical music-dramatic lament about the human in nature and the nature in the human.
Captain Noah, an ageing researcher, tries to save his beloved insects from the rising flood of war, crisis, and ecological collapse. Together, they journey toward a distant and fabulous universe. There, stick insects, slugs, woodlice, earwigs and more come to life inside a meticulously designed insect aquarium.
Performed by Thea Stabell, Bjørn Sundquist, Anders Baasmo and Even Stormoen, these creatures become both allies and adversaries, navigating a landscape of drowned humanity and forsaken ethics.
A large, old-fashioned book plays a central role in the performance. With hand-drawn illustrations, thick paper and typewritten text, it contains Tore Vagn Lid’s dramatic poem about the captain and his creatures. The book becomes a character in its own right – a symbol of slow craft, care, and a rhythm that contrasts with the rush of modern life.
Music is also a driving force in the performance, and moves between baroque passacaglia, rumba patterns, 1970s harmonies and rhythmic speech choruses. Composer and director Tore Vagn Lid treats music and staging as a single, unified composition. As Vagn Lid explains, this is about composing with theatre.
Artist talk
12 September 21.50 - 22.20, Black Box teater
Triggersystemet has already been performed in several places, and Tore Vagn Lid has spoken and written extensively about the project – through the newly published reading drama (Cappelen Damm) as well as in relation to directing and staging.
This time, he presents the work for the first time from a musical perspective. In conversation with Black Box Theatre director Jørgen Knudsen and Ultima director Heloisa Amaral, he reflects on music as an integral part of the process: on musical devices, on his dual role as composer and performer, and on Triggersystemetas a holistic composition in which he also takes the stage as a musician.
Facts
- Triggersystemet has been developed through Transiteatret-Bergen’s long-standing work at the intersection of aesthetics and politics. Part I – “The Vivarium” – premiered at Black Box teater in autumn 2024.
- The play draws inspiration from old animal fables, such as Aesop’s. Several live insects, including a tarantula, appear on stage.
- Tore Vagn Lid also performs as guitarist in the ensemble, describing himself as a “playing coach” who shares risk and responsibility with the audiovisual band.
- The performance is in Norwegian.
"Brunsneglens lange natt" by Transiteatret. Photo: Eirik Brenne Torsethaugen
"Brunsneglens lange natt" by Transiteatret. Photo: Eirik Brenne Torsethaugen
Transiteatret-Bergen
Featuring
- Bjørn Sundquist – The Slug
- Thea Stabell – The Woodlouse
- Anders Baasmo – Captain Noah
- Even Stormoen – The Stick Insect
- Tore Vagn Lid (guitars)
- Morten Skage (bass and guitar)
- Hans Knut Sveen (spinet and organ)
- Snorre Bjerck (percussion)
- Eira Sjåstad Huse (voice) – The Mayfly
- Bodil Lunde Rørtveit (voice) – The Moth
- Ørjan Hartveit (voice) – The Silverfish
- Solistkoret Ung
Writer, director, composer and audiovisual design
- Tore Vagn Lid
Producer, visual dramaturgy, actor
- Tor Christian Bleikli
Model scenography, drawings/illustrations and camera
- Øystein Nesheim
Scenography, installations and camera
- Kyrre Bjørkås
Live sound design and video technology
- Mathias Grønsdal
Lighting design and lighting technology
- Eirik Brenne Torsethaugen
Costume design
- Ingrid Pettersson
Sound design
- Glenn Erik Haugland
Produced by
- Transiteatret-Bergen
Co-produced by
- Black Box teater
- The National Touring Theatre
- The Northern Norway Festival
Production partners
- Department of Art and Media Studies, NTNU
- Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, University of Bergen
- Dramatikkens Hus
- Wrap Art Centre
- Bergen International Literary Festival
In collaboration with
- Black Box teater
Supported by
- Arts Council Norway
- City of Bergen
