About Donald Kitt
Donald Kitt was born in Canada in 1964, just a few days after Odin Teatret was born.
After studying at the University of Winnipeg, he acted in many performances until 1989, when he co-created Primus Theatre in Canada, a company dedicated to original, multi-disciplinary performances which toured throughout Canada, USA and Europe.
After the group ceased its activities in 1998, Donald Kitt moved to Italy where he worked as a performer, teacher and stilt instructor.
Donald studied and performed Topeng dance in Bali (1996) under the guidance of the Balinese Master I Made Djimat. In 2006 Donald joined Odin Teatret and now, as well as acting, he directs, performs on stilts, teaches workshops and instructs young stilters and performers involved in barters and transformances.
CURRENT PERFORMANCES
Fool in the Full Moon
A fool sits on his baggage, a box full of dreams. Dreams of flying, and recipes for how to do it.
He recalls his childhood and youth and how his secret friend and co-conspirator, Leonardo da Vinci, inspired him and has never stopped supporting him in his endless endeavours.
The Starry Messenger
The Starry Messenger" is inspired by the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei and his famous and seminal book "Sidereus Nuncius".
In Kitt's performance we are confronted with the modern human being, previously the Lord of the Universe, now suddenly finding himself small as a fly, alone in the space of infinity.
As actor, teacher, director
Solo Performances
Ntl-Odin Teatret Productions
Fool in the Full Moon
Starry Messenger
Performances with
Ntl-Odin Teatret Collaborators
Holstebro Festuge - Over Broen, Oven vande ved Store Bro (director)
Holstebro Festuge - Blue Lady
Vinter Væsner
After War (artistic advisor)
Holstebro Festuge - Wild Cards (director)
Holstebro Festuge - Troldens kærlighed (director)
Performances with Odin Teatret
Thebes at the time of Yellow Fever
The Tree
Inside the Skeleton of the Whale
Ode to Progress
The Chronic Life
Great Cities under the Moon
Andersen's Dream
Performances
with Donald Kitt as actor for other companies
Alkoremmi (Primus Theatre)
Caravan of the Midnight Sun (Primus Theatre)
Scarabesque (Primus Theatre)
The Night Room (Primus Theatre)
Life Cycle/Madrugada (Primus Theatre & Thira)
Far Away Home (Primus Theatre)
Viaggio al Cielo (Primus Theatre)
Tower of Silence (Primus Theatre)
Looking for Norma (Segni Particulari)
Vin Santo (Segni Particulari)
directed by Donald Kitt for other companies
Sisyphus - Flesh and Earth, with Fanis Katehos (Fabrica Athens)
Anna e Le Cittá Invisibili (Segni Particulari)
Donald's artistic journey is documented in several books & periodicals
Performing the Body, by Sarah B. Hood (Canadian Issues in Canadian Drama - edited by Per Brask)
Primus Theatre, by Rick Skene published in The Canadian Theatre Review
Slow Dancing on Black Ice: Primus Theatre and Navigating the Fringe, by Claire Borody (West-words : Celebrating Western Canadian Theatre and Playwriting edited by Moira J. Day)
Primus Theatre: Establishing an Alternative Model for Creating Theatre in English Canada, by Claire Borody
Odin Teatret. Theatre in a New Century, by Adam J. Ledger
The Tree of Performance Knowledge, by Annelis Kuhlmann & Adam J. Ledger (Great European Stage Directors edited by Paul Allain)
Namayesh-Shenakht: Odin Teatret, by Mohsen Tamadoni Nejad
Odin Teatret, by Erik Exe Christoffersen & Kathrine Winkelhorn
Alchemists of the Stage. Theatre Laboratories in Europe, by Mirella Schino