Magazine about performing arts, by young voices

When they were happy, I was happy, and when they were sad, I was sad. When they were passionate about a cause, I noticed that my subconscious was looking for a cause that I was passionate about.

The winner of the Young Voices Festival Award went to the performance 15 years, Det Norske Teatret.

A performance where the distinction between acting and reality disappears for a few hours, goosebumps rise and all the senses are triggered.

The hours fly by because of good humor and storytelling, writes Filip Jørgensen (16) about The Spanish Fly.

Oliver Lovrenski's "When We Were Younger" evokes laughter, nostalgia and sadness at Det Norske Teatret.

Morten Espeland makes Melancholia II an almost unbearably strong experience. But when the form is repeated in Melancholia I, the performance loses some of its mystery.

Young Voices critic Jørgen Cleve Broch and mentor and critic Per Christian Selmer-Anderssen went to the Centralrevyen for the premiere. After the performance, they sat on the outdoor terrace at Fuglen and talked about what they had seen. The sound was poor due to drunk men in the background and poor technique, so here is an edited transcript in text form.

What can I, a young man at the beginning of my adult life, get out of Pippi at the circus? Asks Aksel August Ruud Raustøl.

Arne Lygre's new play "Give Me Your Hand" tries to be a humorous family drama, but even though the actors are good, it doesn't work well when the play is boring.  

Meliorism will accommodate everything: heartbreak, fathers, loneliness, emergency supplies and the meaning of life. Not everything works, but when the performance hits the mark, it feels as if someone has taken the mind of a 19-year-old and laid it out straight on the stage floor.

During this year's Heddadager, the performing arts will be given a very special look: A special youth jury will watch the entire festival program and choose their favorite. The initiative comes from the Norwegian Theatre and Orchestra Association (NTO), which has invited Scenekunstbruket to put together a jury from Young Voices.

The Central Revue gives us smiles, laughter and sausages, but gets lost in the meeting between the revue and the theater.

"Pippi at the Circus" is an hour and a half of good humor, catchy music and wild circus tricks!