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OSLO, Norway, June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Ibsen Festival in Oslo is the original and has inspired Ibsen Festivals around the world from Tokyo to Delhi to Minnesota. This festival hosts the world's biggest theatre award and stages a very different version of An Enemy of the People. An Enemy of the People could not be more relevant. A play about an individual who stands against his own people, Rimini Protokoll turns it into a study of the city today...

OSLO, Norway, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Ibsen Award [http://www.internationalibsenaward.com ], one of the world's most prestigious theatre prizes, is awarded for bringing a new artistic dimension to the world of drama or theatre. The winner receives 2.5 million kroner (330,000 Euro). (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20120320/519177 ) The jury says: "Heiner Goebbels [http://www.heinergoebbels.com ] - creator of works for...

The 2nd International Ibsen Award is to be presented to the French theater director and founder of Theatre du Soleil, Ariane Mnouchkine. The International Ibsen Award was established by the Norwegian government in 2007 and includes a $500,000 cash prize. The award is intended to honor an individual, organization or institution within the arts that has demonstrated extraordinary achievements in the spirit of playwright Henrik Ibsen, The Committee for the International Ibsen Award said in a...

OSLO, May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The second International Ibsen Award goes to French theatre director and founder of Theatre du Soleil, Ariane Mnouchkine. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090526/348035 ) The International Ibsen Award, established by the Norwegian government in 2007, amounts to 2.5 million NOK (about 300,000 euro or 500,000 US dollars). The aim of the award is to honour an individual, organisation or institution within the arts that has demonstrated...

SKIEN, Norway, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Ibsen Scholarships were initiated in 2007 by the Norwegian government. In total, scholarship funds amount to 1,000,000 NOK (approx. 125.000 Euro/150.000 US Dollars) in 2009, and will be awarded to Ibsen-related projects worldwide. The scholarships are meant to act as incentives for critical discourse in regards to existential and society-related subject matters concerning Henrik Ibsen. Scholarships are applicable...