America – Visions of Love is a two-act play based on original text and transcripts of recorded conversations collected whilst traveling through the united states.
Strikingly well-acted and beautifully composed, on a high international level !
- Klassekampen



Leander Øyen as George
















Why does the whole world seem to be preoccupied with America and American culture? It seems an image or movie exists in everybody’s mind about what “America” is. We decided to grab a-hold of our assumptions: our love, loathing and prejudice, and travel to the USA to collect stories and situations for a play.
What a vast screen one could fill if there were no edits - but, of course, there must be. We have edited as one might edit a movie: re-ordering, re-contextualizing, re-forming characters, performances, personalities, and people. And as in many great film noir courtroom classics, we have tried, judged, and sentenced to death those who do not deserve their new fate and let those off, with a caution, who may have otherwise been vilified and destroyed — not in an attempt to present the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth behind contemporary American culture and society, but to confess our own need for myth and fantasy. "Films… are fantasy… magical illusion".
Øyen’s 12 year old nephew gives an impressive performance as an ageing, sex-addicted gay man.
- Bergens Tidende
America – Visions of Love is a play appearing in the form of a screenplay based on transcripts of conversations we took part in or observed, as well as snatches of recontextualized dialogue from television shows or movies — and of course, our own writing.
As a whole, America – Visions of Love is a magnificent production.
- Bergens Tidende
AMERICA- Visions of Love trailer
Year: 2009
Duration: 180min (one intermission)
Premiere House of Dance, Oslo, October 18th 2009
Director
Written by
Alan Lucien Øyen and Andrew Wale
with
Andrew Wale, Kate Pendry, Suzie Davies, Åsmund Færavaag, Leander Øyen, Krysten Cummings
Set design
Light design
Sound design
Cinematography, edit
Technical manager
Dramaturgical assistance
Stills photography
Erik Berg
Co-producers
BIT Teatergarasjen and House of Dance, Oslo
Funded by
Arts Council Norway, City of Bergen, Fund for Sound and Image
House of Dance, Stockholm
16 April 2011
House of Dance, Oslo
3 April 2011
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12—14 November 2009
House of Dance, Oslo
18—20 October 2009