Å leve videre

"It feels like I'm going to die. Every single time.
My heart is pounding, I can't breathe, I just have to get away.
Just because I see a man in a police uniform.

Breathe in, breathe out.
It is not dangerous. That's it, that's it.
You'll be fine.

Remember it was you who taught me to breathe like this?"

In the monologue performance Å LEVE VIDERE by Nina Wester and Rimfrost produksjoner, we meet the sister who was at Utøya with her brother. She was 17 years old, he was 23. Her brother never came home again. She talks about the 12 years without her brother and tries to live on with the loss, grief and fear that characterize everyday life at home in Northern Norway.

At the same time, she is witnessing a society where politics is becoming more and more polarized, and where the perpetrator's extreme views are taking hold in more and more people. In Norway, we promised each other to "never be silent, never forget", but the important debate that was to take place after July 22 stagnated. In her fictional conversations with her brother, she takes a stand that leads her to something unexpected.

"I go over what happened again and again so that my
my brain to find a way it can understand.
Why did it happen? How is it possible?
And why was it so quiet afterwards when we promised each other that we would never stop shouting?"

Å LEVE VIDERE is made by Rimfrost Productions in collaboration with Kloden teater. The production is written and directed by Nina Wester based on conversations with a family who lost one of their own on Utøya Island. The monologue reflects experiences after the terror of July 22nd, focusing on the part of the attack that happened on Utøya. The performance is made for audiences without memories of July 22, 2011.

Supported by Arts Council Norway - Independent performing arts project, The Norwegian Artists' Grant, SPENN, The Audio Visual Fund, Tromsø Municipality, Dramatikkens Hus, Fritt Ord, ArtLab, Fund for freelancers, Rådstua Teaterhus, Raske Penger - Davvi