Elling

Based on the novel by Ingvar Ambjørnsen in original stage adaptation by Axel Hellstenius in collaboration with Peter Naess in a new version by Simon Bent.<br/>Mummy's boy Elling and his roommate the uncouth reluctant virgin Kjell Bjarne are the Odd Couple of Oslo: a pair of confused souls taking their first steps in the outside world after years of isolated institutional life. Given a flat in the city by social services they must re-assimilate themselves into society or face a return to the asylum. So it's simply a question of convincing their social worker that they really are 'normal' - even if it does feel safer sleeping in the wardrobe...<br/>Based on the award-winning cult film Elling was first performed at the Bush Theatre in 2007 and transferred to Trafalgar Studios in the West End.