A Story on a Bench

Devised by

Malcolm Bruno, Line Fredriksdatter, Julia Bengtsson, Terje T Mikkelsen

Directed by Terje T Mikkelsen

Choreography by Julia Bengtsson

Musical Director Malcolm Bruno

Set design Kaja Lauten

Lighting design Sander Sædberg

Sound technician Claes Sørum

Production manager Elin Viveca Hellsøe Rusti

Executive producer Vivi Ann Bjørge

Casting by

Melissa Hough, Malcolm Bruno, Julia Bengtsson, Terje T Mikkelsen

Produced by Larvik Barokk and Studio Nille

Co-produced by Ibsen Stage Company

Produced with the generous support of

• – Arts Council Norway
• – Vestfold County Municipality
• – Borough of Larvik
• – Anders Jahres Humanitære Stiftelse
• – Sparebankstiftelsen

Arts Theatre Bølgen

Larvik, Norway

Opening 17 April 2026

Cast

ISC is working wih choreographer Julia Bengtsson of New York Baroque Dance Company presenting a tale based on excerpts from works by Georg Friedrich Händel. The music was originally devised and orchestrated by Covent Garden Opera's Thomas Beecham and was commissioned by Russian ballet impresario and founder of Ballets Russes, Sergei Diaghilev, in 1928. In a brand new piece of theatre «He» and «She» take us on a journey into a nested story within a story that is conceived on a bench in a park where no one knows to what or where the words will guide us. Performed by two actors, principals from The Norwegian Opera & Ballet and Studio Nille.