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 Simmi lýsir áralöngu umsáturseinelti: Sat um hann í bílakjallara Innlent Íslendingur grunaður um heimilisofbeldi handtekinn í Grikklandi Innlent Eigandi bíls fullur af bensínbrúsum handtekinn Innlent Styttan tekin niður eftir harðar deilur um klúran barm Erlent „Norska leiðin“ sé leið Sjálfstæðisflokksins Innlent „Fordæmalausar hörmungar“ í Frakklandi Erlent Vörðuóðir ferðamenn fremji náttúruspjöll Innlent Aðeins 1,5 prósent ræktarlands enn aðgengilegt og nýtanlegt Erlent Tveir fluttir með þyrlunni og fjórir með sjúkrabíl Innlent Tollarnir tilefni til hvorra tveggja örvæntingar og léttis Innlent
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 Simmi lýsir áralöngu umsáturseinelti: Sat um hann í bílakjallara Innlent Íslendingur grunaður um heimilisofbeldi handtekinn í Grikklandi Innlent Eigandi bíls fullur af bensínbrúsum handtekinn Innlent Styttan tekin niður eftir harðar deilur um klúran barm Erlent „Norska leiðin“ sé leið Sjálfstæðisflokksins Innlent „Fordæmalausar hörmungar“ í Frakklandi Erlent Vörðuóðir ferðamenn fremji náttúruspjöll Innlent Aðeins 1,5 prósent ræktarlands enn aðgengilegt og nýtanlegt Erlent Tveir fluttir með þyrlunni og fjórir með sjúkrabíl Innlent Tollarnir tilefni til hvorra tveggja örvæntingar og léttis Innlent