Author: Jón Atli Jónasson
Artist: Aime Unt
Translated by: Mart Kuldkepp / Arvo Alas
Musical design: Veiko Tubin
Cast: Argo Aadli, Alo Kõrve, Tõnn Lamp, Margus Tabor, Elisabet Tamm, and Veiko Tubin
A small trawler from Iceland. A metal box swaying at the mercy of waves. For the crew the small trawler is at the same time a home, a prison, and the world. They hope to get a big catch, entertainment from watching videos and playing cards, and they are frightened by the indicisiveness of the captain. Living like this for weeks can easily become unbearable, it brings forth people's pain and dreams.
Jón Atli Jónasson who has himself worked on a trawler describes the life of the fishermen realistically, heartily and harshly, with sorrow and joy.
Jónasson - on of the most popular Icelandic playwrights today - has also been to Tallinn visiting the international theatre festival Midwinter Night's Dream 2006 organised by the Tallinn City Theatre. During the festival a theatre troupe from Iceland, Frú Emilia performes Jónasson's play A Hundred Year-Old House. A public meeting with the author also took place.
Jón Atli Jónasson, born in Reykjavik in 1972, is a colourful person who has written film scripts, translated plays, held various jobs in film and theatre, but also worked as a fisherman, a heavy metal DJ, and a pizza baker. His collection of short stories Disrupted Rhythm was published in 2001.
Jónasson has written six plays, all have been staged in Iceland during the last five years. His best known play is still Surf which was staged in theatre Vesturport. Surf was first staged in 2004 and has later been produced in various places in Iceland but also in Germany, Finland, and Russia. Jón Atli Jónasson received the Icelandic theatre award GrÃma in 2004.