Christian Lollike christian@sort-hvid.dk

Jeppe on the Hill

10Feb2023 - 20May2023 The National Theatre (Oslo, Norway)

Direction
CHRISTIAN LOLLIKE
Set Design and Costumeas
KATRIN BOMBE
Light Design
MARTIN MYRVOLD
Sound Design
BENDIK TOMING
Mask Design
NINA KÖNIG
Dramaturgy
NJÅL HELGE MJØS
Actors
EINDRIDE EIDSVOLD, OLAV WAASTAD, TRINE WIGGEN, KIM SØRENSEN, PATRICK HILMAR INGVALDSEN, BARTEK KAMINSKI, VILDE MOBERG, JACOB JENSEN, PER CHRISTIAN ELLEFSEN, PETRONELLA BARKER, ERLAND BAKKER, OLIVER EIDEM NYENG, PETTER MJØEN WESTLUND, ILARIO WEISS, CARLISLE SIENES, THEO MEKONNEN MYKING, KJETIL KVIST

It isn’t easy to be Jeppe on the Hill. He used to be a soldier, now he drinks to forget his miserable life: powerty, toil and an unfaithful wife beating him up. One day he is found sleeping the drunk of by the side of the road by the local baron and his servants. They decide to play him a practical joke, they dress him up in the baron’s clothes, let him wake up in the baren’s bed, make him believe that he is the baron just to see what will happen. From then on Jeppe is a toy to the Baron and his court, a rag doll being thrown helplessly from one situation to the next. It is enjoyably comical but with power critical sting of sincere melancholy.

Christian Lollike has long been one of Danish theatre’s most prominent and acclaimed artists. As a director and playwright, he has repeatedly created debate but also price winning audience successes. His version of Holberg’s Erasmus Montanus has been a huge success in Denmark and the expectations are big as he now again directs on of Holbergs Classic comedies in a loose and refreshed version.