Ibsen Prize for Australia’s Back to Back Theater – Culture

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Till Briegleb

Scott Price really doesn’t look like an SS man. With his full beard and AC/DC t-shirt, he presents himself as what corresponds to his self-image: as an activist for the rights of people with disabilities and a big fan of rock music. He plays one of these in the Australian theater group’s latest play Back to Back Theatre, “The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes”, which will be shown this Saturday in Oslo, where the company will be awarded the International Ibsen Prize. The Back to Back Theater will also show the group’s big touring play “Ganesh versus the Third Reich” as part of the award ceremony. Since Scott plays one of Hitler’s henchmen. A hairdresser ensures a complete transformation between the two productions. The beard has to go. The activist becomes a Nazi.

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