1996 - Eða þannig // Or Something, You Know...

The Coffee Theatre, Reykjavik
Director: Brynja Benediktsdottir
Actor: Vala Thorsdottir

A 45 minute black comedy monologue about a newly divorced woman in an identity crisis. She dresses up as a piece of conceptual art to demonstrate the prejudice against her newly acquired status.

This is Vala´s debut piece, premiered in 1996. There were only 3 shows scheduled as a part of a monologue festival in Reykjavik, however, Vala ended up acting over 200 performances at the Coffee Theatre, around Iceland, in England, Finland and Denmark.

English translation: Or Something You Know… Terry Gunnell, Vala Thorsdottir.

Turkish translation: Bildiğiniz Şeyler Ayse Uner.

Swedish translation: Soley Ingeborg Spiik.

Productions
2014: ÖÖBT Izmir, Turkey
2012: Hayal Perdesi Beyoglu, Istanbul
2011: Çatlak, Ankara, Turkey, an adaptation of A Bat in the Attic and Or Something You Know…
2008: Riksteatern/National Theatre of Sweden
1997 Icelandic Take Away Theatre, Lion and Unicorn, London, Hull, Grimsby tour of Iceland

1996: Icelandic Take Away Theatre, Coffee Theatre, Reykjavík, Iceland, Jónshús, Copenhagen, Denmark