Cecilie Løveid receives the 2015 Norwegian Ibsen Award

NORLA offers its congratulations to Cecilie Løveid, winner of the 2015 Norwegian Ibsen Award!

Løveid receives the award for her play “The Showing” (original title: Visning). This is the second time The Norwegian Ibsen Award goes to Løveid, as she in 1999 was given the award for her play “Austria” (original title: Østerrike).

The Norwegian Ibsen Award is an award for contemporary Norwegian drama and consists of NOK 150.000 and a sculpture by Nina Sundbye.
The award is annually handed out for a play that has been staged at a professional theatre the previous year.

Read more about Cecilie Løveid in English in the brochure “Norwegian Drama NOW 2015” (click the right hand corners to reach pages 42-43)

Read more about the winner and the award (in Norwegian) here.

More about Løveid’s play “The Showing” (in Norwegian) here.

(Photo: www.ibsenawards.com)