In 2009 Pickled Image was invited to design, direct and make the puppets for ‘Hunger’ a co-production with Nordland Visual Theatre and Tinkerting Norway.
Hunger is a novel by the Norwegian author Knut Hamson and was published in 1890. The novel is hailed as the literary opening of the 20th century and the first to describe the interior of a human mind. Set in Kristiania (now known as Oslo) the novel recounts the adventures of a starving young man whose sense of reality is giving way to a delusionary existence on the darker side of a modern metropolis.
Pickled Image’s adaptation explores the salivating monster of Hunger, touching on madness, delusion and creative genius with just a few puppets, two
puppeteers, minimal props and a haunting soundtrack written by Bristol composer Simon Preston.
The performance was initiated by the 150th anniversary of the birth of Knut Hamson in Norway in 2009 and will be presented throughout the world during the seasons of 2009 to 2011.
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