Presentation of The International Ibsen Award to Peter Brook

Awarding ceremony at the National Theatre’s main stage on 31 August at 5 p.m.

Award winner Peter Brook, committee chair Liv Ullmann and vice chair Eirik Stubø will be available for interviews from 4 – 4.15 p.m. in the Actors Lobby of the National Theatre. 

The awarding ceremony will be followed by Ibsen’s ”Brand”. For those among the press who wish to attend the perfomance after the ceremony, there are a few tickets available. Reservations can be made with Monica.Sigvik@nationaltheatret.no

The Jury says of the winner:

“The International Ibsen Award for 2008 is given to Peter Brook for his successful demonstration that all significant theatre has a unique ability to bring people together, that culture is something everyone can appreciate, and that no group or nation can claim ownership of a work of literature, either in the form of words or as performed on stage”.

During his sixty-year career, Brook has directed a vast number of plays and several film and TV productions. He has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House in London.

Brook was born into a Russian Jewish family in London in 1925. Since 1970, he has been living and working in Paris.