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VARIOUS ARTISTS – ROCKY HORROR SHOW – NORWEGIAN VERSION (1977)
Rocky Horror Show. A musical? A film? A phenomenon? Whatever one may think of Rocky Horror Show, it is clearly a piece of art that has managed to provoke, engage and stimulate people all over the world. Also here in Norway. The musical has been staged twice at the Central Theatre in Oslo, as well as by several smaller, local theatres and amateur groups. The film has been shown a number of times in various film clubs around the country. The performance is no less relevant today than it was when it was released. The musical was conceived by Richard O'Brien, an actor and writer from New Zealand with some relatively insignificant roles in films such as "Casino Royale", "Hair" and "Jesus Christ Superstar". The first production was at The Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in London, June 16, 1973, where O'Brien himself played the role of the manic assistant Riff-Raff. The role of Frank N. Furter was interpreted by Tim Curry, and the play quickly became such a great success that the performance had to be moved to the much larger Kings Road Theatre. The London Evening Standard newspaper named The Rocky Horror Show the musical of the year in 1973. The play was first staged at the Central Theatre in October 1977. In the program for the performance at the time, the then theatre director at Oslo Nye Teater, Toralv Maurstad, writes: "Ever since I saw it in London 4 years ago, I have wanted to see if we could manage to make a performance of it here at home." With the good help of Ole Paus and Johan Fillinger, the texts were translated into Norwegian. International expertise was engaged for scenography, costumes and lighting. The cast in Norway was also filled with both established actors and people from the music industry. Meat Loaf's role as Eddie was interpreted in Norwegian by Per Elvis Granberg, while Jahn Teigen and Gro Anita Schønn played the roles of Riff-Raff and Magenta, respectively. Knut Husebø gave an outstanding interpretation of Frank N. Furter both on stage and musically, while Ivar Nørve and Kari Ann Grønsund gave credible Norwegian costumes to Jan (Brad) and Janne (Janet). There were the expected newspaper articles and debates about the decline of morality, as everywhere else The Rocky Horror Show had previously been shown. However, a total of 129 performances were played in the period from October 11, 1977 to March 18, 1978.
Arve Sigvaldsen produced the Norwegian release.
1 Science Fiction/Double Performance
2 The Wedding Song
3 Always Light at Frankenstein
4 A Hip Transvestite
5 Time Gets Screwed Up
6 The Sword of Damocles
7 The Muskellmann Song
8 Eddie's Song
9 The Muskellmann Song (reprise)
10 Take Me, Take Me
11 It Happens Sometimes
12 Eddie's Teddy
13 Planet Jellyfish
14 From the Start, Anything Could Happen
15 I Want to Go Home
16 Super-heroes
17 Science Fiction (reprise)