Young voices at the Heddadayen

Young voices will cover several of the performances during this year's Heddadager, and you can also meet them for a kitchen table conversation on Tuesday, June 10th at 3:15 PM.

What do Unge Stemmer think about performing arts criticism? How does it feel to enter a public space as a critic, and how does one find one's own voice?

Tuesday, June 10
15:15 – 16:00
The Beehive, The Norwegian Theatre

In an informal kitchen table conversation at Bikuben, some of the young voices meet for a conversation with a critic mentor and a performing artist. With young inputs, they examine what criticism can be, who it concerns, and how they experience their own place in the art community.

Josefine R. Narverud (17), Fiona Åtland (19) and Heidi Bjørge Gravalid (16) from Drammen, as well as Ali Salhab (20) from Oslo, in conversation with performing artist Cici Henriksen and Per Christian Selmer-Anderssen. performing artist Cici Henriksen and critic mentor Per Christian Selmer-Anderssen meet for a conversation.

Young Voices is Scenekunstbruket's criticism program for young people, established in 2012. In the spring of 2025, the project, with support from Sparebankstiftelsen DNB, was expanded to a year-round editorial team with twelve participants from Oslo, Drammen and Østfold. With guidance from the critic mentors Per Christian Selmer-Anderssen and Anette Therese Pettersen, the goal is to give young people tools and platforms to participate in the public conversation about performing arts.

Young voices is supported by the DNB Savings Bank Foundation. The project is owned and operated by Scenekunstbruket , which has entered into cooperation with Kloden theatre, Brageteatret and Østfold International Theatre about recruiting young people and borrowing premises. The editorial team, which consists of young people between 15 and 20 years old, will publish art criticism in various forms on ungestemmer.no