Torgeir Wethal (1947 - 2010) was
an actor, teacher, film and theatre director. He was
born in 1947, in Oslo, Norway. Torgeir Wethal was one of the
founders of Odin Teatret in whose performances he participated
since its beginning in 1964. Before joining Odin Teatret he worked
as actor in amateur productions. His professional experiences are
published in The Actor's Way edited by Erik Exe
Christoffersen. He was in charge of the production of Odin Teatret
Film and directed several films about Odin Teatret's own
performances and journeys, as well as films on actor's
training which include documentaries on Etienne Decroux's Corporeal
Mime, Jerzy Grotowski's Teatr Laboratorium and Odin Teatret.
Torgeir Wethal closely followed the project Regula contra Regulam
in collaboration with Raúl Iaiza and Teatro della Madrugada
(Italy) and the Grotowski Centre (Poland). In the 1990s he followed
the Natascha Network of theatre groups and in 2008 and 2009 worked
with Roberta Secchi as directing advisor for her performance on
Lorca.
Performances
Ornitofilene
Kaspariana
Ferai
Min
Fars Hus
The
Book of Dances
Presenze e Figure
Come! And the Day will
be Ours
Anabasis
The
Million
Brecht's Ashes
The Gospel
According to Oxyrhincus
Talabot
Rooms in the Emperor's Palace
Kaosmos
Inside the Skeleton of the
Whale
Ode to
Progress
Mythos
The Great Cities under the
Moon
Andersen's Dream
Don Giovanni
all'Inferno
Theatrum Mundi
performances
Ur-Hamlet
Four Poems for Sanjukta
Ego Faust
The Island of Labyrinths
Work Demonstrations
Paths of Thought
The Whispering Winds
Dialogue between Two
Actors
Films directed by Torgeir
Wethal
In the Beginning Was the Idea
On the Two Banks of the River
Anabasis
Physical Training at Odin Teatret
Vocal Training at Odin Teatret
Vestita di Bianco
Training at Teatr Laboratorium