Our final destination for the year was Skudeneshavn on Karmøy. With this, our voyage for the year has come to an end, and we want to extend a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who came to see the performance. We also want to thank the fantastic crew aboard Hestmanden, everyone from the Vest-Agder Museum who joined the journey, and the seamen’s associations and other local supporters who helped generate positive attention around our visit.

The next stop on this year’s voyage was Sandnes. Regular performances filled up quickly, leading us to add an extra show on Tuesday evening at 8:00 PM. This additional show also nearly sold out, and we are grateful to everyone who came aboard to watch!

«The Lucky Ship – a war sailor story» has returned to S/S Hestmanden. This year, the journey heads west, with the ship visiting Stavanger, Sandnes, and Skudeneshavn, bringing the performance along. In this year’s voyage, the role of Oskar is played by Ronnie Mega Herdlevær. He premiered in Stavanger on June 27 and has embraced the role with distinction.

Our “one night only” production of SPECTACLE has been completed, and what a night it was! We truly appreciate everyone who came to Kilden and the theater hall, laughing and chuckling through our brand-new two-act comedy.

We at Kanon Produksjon are thrilled to share the news that on June 7th, we will take over the grand stage of Southern Norway, the theatre hall at Kilden Theatre and Concert Hall. The brand-new production SPECTACLE, written by Jon Erik, will be our next show, and we’re very excited about it!

After an extra day in Sandefjord due to the storm “Hans”, and just over a day back on the sea, Hestmanden finally arrived at Mandal and Ballastbrygga on Thursday. Just in time for the Shellfish Festival. And with that, this year’s sailing and tour was over. We sign off, and at the same time would like to extend a big thank you to the wonderful crew (our new family) on board the S/S Hestmanden. We are deeply grateful!

We move a few nautical miles back to get to the next port on our route. Sandefjord offers a lovely location between the ferry port and the whaling boat “Southern Actor”. Sandefjord teems with life while we are there, thanks in large part to the music festival Fjordfesten.

The big city life is over, and Hestmanden has found the sea route to the southern idyll of Risør. The Risør Wooden Boat Festival this year celebrates a full 40 years. In addition, Risør’s 300th anniversary is marked, and the town abounds with folk life and beautiful sea vessels.

S/S Hestmanden finally found the sea route to the capital, and is now moored at Christian Radichs place, just below Akershus Fortress. We will be here in Oslo for almost two whole weeks, and the show will be performed a total of nine times during this period: 19-23. and 27-30 July.

The journey to Moss was the best of the tour so far! We boarded Hestmanden in Horten, and got to join the crossing to Moss. Also in Moss, we got to meet the audience for three days, and at the last performance had a great visit from actor Helge Jordal and writer Tania Michelet. Take a look at our Ship’s Log below for some glimpses of our days in Moss.