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Micke and Theatre Teatropen

Theatre Teatropen was founded from the Theatrestudio in 2001. During the summer break four first year students from the Theatrestudio made a Commedia dell’Arte inspired production of Tartuffe by Molière. It was played in the parks of Stockholm that summer. … Read the rest of this entry

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Allting på (Everything on…?)

Click here to see a TRAILER from the show. Pulcinella – Jimmie Jonasson Arlecchino – Rebecca Westholm Zanni – Jennifer Sternberg Pantalone – Tobias Hylander Isabella – Erika Petersson Director – Micke Klingvall Script – Micke Klingvall Music – Ars Ultima Costume … Read the rest of this entry

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Commedia dell’Arte-performances at the Theatrestudio

The reason that I started working fulltime at the Theatrestudio at first was that I would direct and teach Commedia dell’Arte. I was just coming back from USA where I had finished the last year at Dell’Arte School of Physical … Read the rest of this entry

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A Kela Commedia Extravaganza

Opening 18/12-2010 Director – Micke Klingvall Actor – Deepal Doshi Text – Micke Klingvall Music – Daniel Carlsson Masks – Bruce Mars Production – Charmi Chheda A Kela Commedia Extravaganza is an international one-man-Commedia dell’Arte-show, made to tour the world. The … Read the rest of this entry

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Råttfångaren från Vårby gård (The Pied Piper from Vårby Gård)

  Opening 18/8-2011 Director – Micke Klingvall The Pied Piper – Viktor Brobacke The Mayor – Caroline Eriksson Rats, Citicents – Children and Audults – Children and adults from Vårby gård Music – Viktor Brobacke & Maria Peters Texts – Uje Brandelius Choreography – Sonia Braska Costume – Viktoria … Read the rest of this entry

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Millenieprojektet (The millennia project)

Opening 27/12-1999 Manus och regi – Micke Klingvall Zanni, Coviello – Micaela Gustavsson Signora – Anna Fredriksson Capitano – Jonas Larsson Charlatano – Lars Brinck Kostym – Elin Snarf Masker – Micke Klingvall & Marte Reitan Produktion – Cais-Mari Björnlod … Read the rest of this entry

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Psychology in Vulgar Comedy

There is not much psychology in Vulgar Comedy. Psychology in theatre is much related to literary theatre. Since Vulgar Comedy has its roots in rituals and oral storytelling – which is too atavistic to give room for psychology – it … Read the rest of this entry

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Low Comedy in Vulgar Comedy (Part 1)

Well, just as the name Vulgar Comedy indicates it is also vulgar, in both senses, obscene or crude and popular. That it is also called low has to do with the fact that the Church and the elite has always … Read the rest of this entry

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Low Comedy in Vulgar Comedy (Part 2)

But except from that about “the material-bodily lower” (See PART 1), Mikhail Bakhtin also states that common people at the time neither trusted seriousness nor people who were serious. They were a threat since the only ones that benefited from … Read the rest of this entry

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What we really know about Commedia dell’Arte

It is interesting to read how many maestros define exactly what Commedia dell’Arte is and what is not, or how students and scholars want dogmatic truths about what Commedia dell’Arte, when we really know so little about it from its … Read the rest of this entry

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