The Saint Olav drama
The Nordic region's largest open-air theater is organized annually during the Olsok days at Stiklestad at the end of July.
The play about Saint Olav is the core of the Olsokdagene festival, which is held annually in Stiklestad at the end of July. The Nordic region's largest open-air theater takes place on the site of the battle itself and allows you to relive the sainted king's last days leading up to the battle that felled him in 1030.
The game about Saint Olav is developed from year to year and is known to have a magical hold on its audience. Since the first performance in 1954, over 800 people have seen the performance about Olav Haraldsson's fall at Stiklestad, which is performed at the Nordic region's largest and oldest open-air theatre.
Around 700 people are involved in and around the performance, where professional actors stand on stage together with amateurs. The orchestra is also composed of professionals and amateurs. Other actors are choirs, extras and a large volunteer apparatus.
"The Play of Saint Olav" is performed at the actual battle site, Stiklestad, where Olav Haraldsson fell in 1030. It takes place in an environment and with a setting that only nature, history and skilled actors can create. "The Play of Saint Olav" is a dramatization of what happened on the farm Sul in the days before the battle of Stiklestad in the year 1030. The play was written by Olav Gullvåg, and Paul Okkenhaug composed the music.
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