Starshine at Gríman 19. júní 2006 11:29 bla Icelandic theatre people got together on Friday night at the fourth annual Griman Awards. Director Baltasar Kormákur won big with his Ibsen play Pétur Gautur gathering five awards and twelve nominations. Pétur Gautur won play of the year, best actress, best supporting actress, best supporting actor, and best director. The young comic illustrator Hugleikur Dagsson won playwright of the year to his own surprise. In recent years Icelandic theatre has been receiving more attention and acclaim abroad and more theatre groups plan on exporting their plays. Baltasar Kormákur was ecstatic about winning big at the Griman and how well Petur Gautur had been received by the audience. He said he hoped this would help him bring his play to other countries. Recently an article was published in the British newspaper Guardian that claimed Icelandic theatre was at the forefront of what takes place in the world of theatre. News News in English Mest lesið Allkröpp lægð á leiðinni til landsins Veður Biður Höllu afsökunar á fréttum af meintum lífvörðum Innlent Tugir missa vinnuna í sumar Innlent Fötlun þýði ekki að börn njóti þess minna að róla og leika sér Innlent Hefur í hótunum við New York vegna „kommúnistans“ Mamdani Erlent Samstöðinni verði mögulega lokað í kvöld: Vilja fá lögbann á boðaðan aðalfund Innlent Borgin fékk frest til að svara Umboðsmanni um fundargerðarbreytingar Innlent Bjórpása í Víkinni og lögreglan í heimsókn í Garðabæ Innlent Svörin líklega að finna á Íslandi: Vonlítill um að Jón Þröstur sé á lífi Innlent Aftur kjörin formaður þrátt fyrir fjárdráttinn sem felldi hana Erlent
Icelandic theatre people got together on Friday night at the fourth annual Griman Awards. Director Baltasar Kormákur won big with his Ibsen play Pétur Gautur gathering five awards and twelve nominations. Pétur Gautur won play of the year, best actress, best supporting actress, best supporting actor, and best director. The young comic illustrator Hugleikur Dagsson won playwright of the year to his own surprise. In recent years Icelandic theatre has been receiving more attention and acclaim abroad and more theatre groups plan on exporting their plays. Baltasar Kormákur was ecstatic about winning big at the Griman and how well Petur Gautur had been received by the audience. He said he hoped this would help him bring his play to other countries. Recently an article was published in the British newspaper Guardian that claimed Icelandic theatre was at the forefront of what takes place in the world of theatre.
News News in English Mest lesið Allkröpp lægð á leiðinni til landsins Veður Biður Höllu afsökunar á fréttum af meintum lífvörðum Innlent Tugir missa vinnuna í sumar Innlent Fötlun þýði ekki að börn njóti þess minna að róla og leika sér Innlent Hefur í hótunum við New York vegna „kommúnistans“ Mamdani Erlent Samstöðinni verði mögulega lokað í kvöld: Vilja fá lögbann á boðaðan aðalfund Innlent Borgin fékk frest til að svara Umboðsmanni um fundargerðarbreytingar Innlent Bjórpása í Víkinni og lögreglan í heimsókn í Garðabæ Innlent Svörin líklega að finna á Íslandi: Vonlítill um að Jón Þröstur sé á lífi Innlent Aftur kjörin formaður þrátt fyrir fjárdráttinn sem felldi hana Erlent