id - Identity of the Soul is a work of performance art produced by Martine Rød and directed by Thomas Hoegh. The first version of this work, Terje, was performed in Yokohama, Japan, in 2006 with Paal Ritter Schjerven as co-director and director of cinematography. The latest version premiered in Palestine in 2008. In 2009 the show then toured to Doha, Qatar, in May and to the Teater Ibsen in Skien, Norway, in June. The studio version of id (a smaller, more portable version of the production) had its English premiere at the Cambridge Film Festival on 17 September 2009 and is currently touring the UK.
Based on Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's poem 'Terje Vigen' and Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish's "A Soldier Dreams of White Lilies",[1] id is a combination of music and poetry alongwith film projected onto five separate screens. The soundtrack was composed by Paul Noble and Dan Berridge, and is a fusion of traditional Scandinavian and Arabic music with contemporary electronic rhythms.[2]
| Language | Narrator | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Vanessa Redgrave | |
| French | Jean Rochefort | |
| Arabic | Mahmoud Darwish | |
| Urdu | Irrfan Khan | |
| Hebrew | Gila Almagor | |
| Norwegian | Anne Grete Preus and Jan Wiig |
id has been performed in several cities since 2006, and continues its world and UK tour
| Year | Location |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Yokohama, Japan |
| 2008 | West Bank Ramallah, Nablus, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Hebron/Halhul, Qalqilya, Jericho and Jenin |
| March 2009 | Doha, in Qatar |
| June 2009 | Skien, in Norway |
| August 2009 | Amman, in Jordan |
| September 2009 | Cambridge Film Festival, Picturehouse Cinemas Curzon Cinema, Mayfair, London; Ritzy Cinema, Brixton, London, in Britain |
| October 2009 | Picturehouse Cinemas Duke of York's Picturehouse, Brighton; Exeter Picturehouse; Harbour Lights Picturehouse, Southampton |
| November 2009 | Picturehouse Cinemas Cameo Picturehouse, Edinburgh; Scala Cinema, Prestatyn; Chapter Cinema, Cardiff; Regal Picturehouse, Henley |
| January 2010 | 7pm Thursday 21 January, Birmingham Library Theatre |
| February 2010 | 2.30 pm Saturday 13 February, Pictureville National Media Museum, Bradford |
| March 2010 | 3pm, 5pm, 7pm 21 March, The Drum (Arts Centre), Birmingham |