On November 16, The 39 Steps will premiere in Sara Kulturhus. During the Storytelling Festival there is the opportunity to follow the work during a number of open rehearsals.
PRESS RELEASE:
"...two impressive hours of madness with quick scene changes, skillful acting and a dreamlike set design..."
- Norran
"The interplay between the four actors is fiercely quick and tight as a glove... And rarely, if ever
ever, have train chases or facade climbs, or for that matter air battles, been portrayed so
nicely on a theater stage." - Västerbottens -Kuriren
"A successful mix of hilariousness, beautiful dialects and burlesque film noir humor..." - Västerbottens Folkblad
In a foggy London, Richard Hannay tries to cheer himself up and goes to the theater. But in the middle of the performance, several shots are heard and panic ensues. Amidst the commotion, the mysterious Annabella appears and asks for help. Richard doesn't believe her story of spies and international agents at first, but before he knows it, he's suspected of a murder he didn't commit and embroiled in a battle to save the world from a devastating war.
The 39 Steps is a thriller with a film noir feel, train chasers, spies, femme fatales, sneaky villains with severed fingers - and lots of laughs. The era is the 1930s, which is reflected in the costumes and the many settings in Scotland and England. The four actors have to make more than 150 character changes, and they do so at a breakneck pace.
The play is based on one of Alfred Hitchcock's early cinematic masterpieces, The 39 Steps, which in turn is based on the 1915 novel of the same name by John Buchan. The stage version is a thriller-comedy that has been a worldwide success and won numerous awards. It premiered in the UK in 1995 and has been performed on Broadway and in London's West End. It premiered in Sweden in the fall of 2013.
Read the interview with director Peter Engkvist: https://newsroom.notified.com/news/165327/vasterbottensteatern-slapper-biljetter-till-d
On November 16, The 39 Steps premieres in Sara cultural house. During Berättarfestivalen, there is the opportunity to follow the work during a number of open rehearsals.
In a foggy London, the life-weary Richard Hannay tries to cheer himself up by going to the theater. In the middle of the perfomance, several shots are heard and panic arises. Before he knows it, Hannay is the chief suspect for a murder he did not commit and involved in a fight to save the world from a devastating war.
The play is based on one of Alfred Hitchcock’s early film masterpieces; the 39 steps, which in turn is based on the novel of the same name by John Buchan from 1915.
