VIFF Live: Lina Nyberg Live Score: The Norrtull Gang at VIFF Centre

Presented in partnership with Coastal Jazz, The Norrtull Gang is screened with newly composed music by singer and composer Lina Nyberg — performed live in the auditorium by Nyberg (voice and live electronics) and a Canadian string quartet.

Although it’s little known outside Sweden, The Norrtull Gang proves a fascinating and distinctive melodrama from the early 1920s, the tale of four young women sharing an apartment on Norrtull Street in Stockholm. “Modern women”, they’re nonetheless exploited and harassed in their “pink collar” jobs, and victims of society’s hypocritical attitudes towards sex...

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Presented in partnership with Coastal Jazz, The Norrtull Gang is screened with newly composed music by singer and composer Lina Nyberg — performed live in the auditorium by Nyberg (voice and live electronics) and a Canadian string quartet.

Although it’s little known outside Sweden, The Norrtull Gang proves a fascinating and distinctive melodrama from the early 1920s, the tale of four young women sharing an apartment on Norrtull Street in Stockholm. “Modern women”, they’re nonetheless exploited and harassed in their “pink collar” jobs, and victims of society’s hypocritical attitudes towards sex.

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