Forget-Me-Nots Erasmus Project

Project Title

Forget-Me-Nots

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; Creativity and culture

Project Summary

Forget me nots is a new play by Anna Íris Pétursdóttir, young Icelandic writer. The play is set in Iceland in 1940, when Britain occupied the country. At the time, the locals worried about the fact that many of the young Icelandic women spent most of their time in the barracks, dancing and flirting with the soldiers. This became known as “The Situation.” The play is about Siggi, a young Icelandic man who falls in love with the English soldier, Thomas. The project is a production of this play, as a collaboration between young English and Icelandic theatre makers. It is produced by Rokkur Friggjar and RF theatre, companies that have worked with young artists in an international setting before.
The project will give many young artists an opportunity to work with people from a different national background both in their own home country and as visitors in a different one. It will give them a chance to learn from each other and gain new skills and confidence from the collaboration. Putting on the performances will give them a chance to share their vision with a larger, more diverse group of people than they otherwise would.
Rokkur Friggjar is an Icelandic theatre company and has six members
Writer and director: Anna Íris. Anna Íris has been involved in youth theatre since 2012 and has written and produced several shows of different sizes. This will be the first time she works with a group of actors from both Iceland and England.
Actors: Halla Sigríður Ragnarsdóttir, Fannar Arnarsson and Jón Nordal.
Filmmaking and promotional material: Þráinn Guðbrandsson.
Music and composition: Viktor Ingi Guðmundsson
RF Theatre is an independent theatre and production company based in London. It focuses on involving Englsh artists interested in international work. It currently has four members that work in four different fields.
Producer and scenic manager : Sophie Nicholls
Advertising and marketing: Adam Joseph Baxter
Lighting Design: James Rodd
Actor: David Fenne
Rehearsals will be led by the director, Anna Íris, but each actor will get a chance to lead at least one workshop wherein they teach the ensemble methods they have learned or developed. This way we make sure the process is always based on an exchange of knowledge and practice and that it helps young artists grow and find their own way of working.
The group believes firmly that leading is a way of learning and will give each participant space to share their visions with the group. The actors will do this in the workshops, but the technical team will do this by inviting the team into their workspace and walking them through the basics of what they do. We have found that this increases understanding between sections of theatre makers and makes for better work.
This method of working will help young actors build their own method of working as well as their confidence and skill level. It will give them an understanding of the challenges of working internationally and teach them to facilitate for others coming into their country. It’s a method that lets you progress by teaching your own methods and learning the methods of others.
Each of these artists will go back to their lives after the project with a greater understanding and new relationships formed. They will bring this new perspective with them as their career blossoms, through whatever times may come next. They will have this experience and be able to draw on it for future projects and pay it forward in kind by sharing it with others. They are now entering the professional theatre world knowing that they have already and can continue to work internationally, regardless of borders, cultures and language barriers.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 9100 Eur

Project Coordinator

Rokkur Friggjar & Country: IS

Project Partners

• RF Theatre