Loading AI tools
Norwegian stage producer and director From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eirik Aasan Stubø (born 16 June 1965 in Narvik, Norway) is a Norwegian stage producer and theatre director.
Eirik Stubø | |
---|---|
Born | Eirik Aasan Stubø 16 June 1965 Narvik, Norway |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Known for | Theatre producer and director |
Father | Thorgeir Stubø |
Relatives | Kjersti Stubø (sister) Håvard Stubø (brother) |
Awards |
|
He has been director of Rogaland Teater and Nationaltheatret in Norway, and Stockholms Stadsteater and the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Sweden. In addition to managing the theatres, he has directed a number of plays, and was awarded the OBIE Award in 2007, and the Norwegian Theatre Critics Award and the Hedda Award in 2009.
Stubø is the son of jazz guitarist Thorgeir Stubø (1943-1986) and Grete Karin Aasan Stubø (b. 1943), and brother of jazz guitarist Håvard and jazz singer Kjersti Stubø.[1][2]
He was theatre director at the Rogaland Teater from 1997 to 2000, and theatre director at the National Theatre from 2000 to 2008. He received the OBIE Award for his production of Ibsen's play The Wild Duck, shown in New York City in 2006.[3][4]
Besides working as a theater director Stubø has maintained a director career focusing on modern drama. When he leaves the theater, he will work at theatres in Norway, United States, Germany, Greece, Sweden and Hungary among others.[5][6]
In 2013 to 2014, he was Theatre Manager at the Kulturhuset Stadsteatern. From 2014 he was appointed Theatre Manager of the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre, Dramaten, for the period 2015 to 2019.[7][1]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.