Eirik Stubø

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Eirik Stubø
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Eirik Stubø at "Stockholms Kulturfestival" 2013.
Born
Eirik Aasan Stubø

(1965-06-16) 16 June 1965 (age 56)
Narvik, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Known forTheatre producer and director

Eirik Aasan Stubø (born 16 June 1965 in Narvik, Norway) is a Norwegian stage producer and theatre director. He is the son of jazz guitarist Thorgeir Stubø (1943-1986) and Grete Karin Aasan Stubø (b. 1943), and brother of jazz guitarist Håvard and jazz singer Kjersti Stubø.[1][2]

Career[]

He was theatre director at the Rogaland Teater from 1997 to 2000, and theatre director at the National Theatre from 2000 to 2008. He received the OBIE Award for his production of Ibsen's play The Wild Duck, shown in New York City in 2006.[3][4]

Besides working as a theater director Stubø has maintained a director career focusing on modern drama. When he leaves the theater, he will work at theatres in Norway, United States, Germany, Greece, Sweden and Hungary among others.[5][6]

In 2013 to 2014, he was Theatre Manager at the Kulturhuset Stadsteatern. From 2014 he was appointed Theatre Manager of the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre, Dramaten, from 2015 onwards.[7]

Honors[]

  • OBIE Award (Off-Broadway Theater Award) for Vildanden (United States, 2007) the play was put up in New York City (2006)
  • Kritikerprisen (Norwegian Critics Award) for Theatre 2009[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Eirik Aasan Stubø". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Eirik Stubø Biography - SceneWeb.no". (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ "Gullalder på Nationaltheatret". Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. from Klassekampen.no (in Norwegian)
  4. ^ "Stuboe, Eirik - Biography". Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. from Nationaltheatret.no (in Norwegian)
  5. ^ Kleve, Marte L. (2007-04-18). "Stubø slutter som sjef på Nationaltheatret - Scene" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet.no. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
  6. ^ "Teater er protest!" (in Norwegian). ShakespeareTidsskrift.no. Archived from the original on 2014-09-11. Retrieved 2012-07-23. (in Norwegian)
  7. ^ Weibull, Hedvig (2014-05-22). "Eirik Stubø blir nästa Dramatenchef" (in Swedish). SVT.se. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
  8. ^ "Regissør Eirik Stubø fikk Kritikerprisen - Kritikerlaget.no". (in Norwegian)

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Cultural offices
Preceded by Director of the Rogaland Teater
1997–2000 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Director of the National Theatre
2000–2008 		Succeeded by
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