Mannens livsløgn

Vildanden møter vår samtid med humor, neonfarger og skjør maskulinitet.
Criticism Theatre

Påklederen er i mistenkelig god form 

På Centralteatret er den loslitte påklederen spilt med store emosjoner av en skuespiller i 30-årene. Det gjør noe med stykket.
Criticism Theatre

The river gives and takes

“Elva” is an incredibly important performance that shows a brutal truth in a beautiful way. I hope “Elva” never stops playing.

A big sigh 

In an attempt to dig up the painful and the awkward in Alf Pøysen's lesser-known stump songs and songs, there is little room for the humor and the oblique view that makes Prøysen so unique.
Criticism Musical Theatre

I felt like giving a hug.

When theatre succeeds, you forget you're sitting in an auditorium, and this happens from the first line to the last applause in Anna Breaks. With a good balance between seriousness and humour, this becomes a theatre experience that is both engaging and touching.
Criticism Monologue Theatre
Festival Editorial Team, The Market for Music and Performing Arts

I wanted to dance along!

This concert is music, dance and theater all in one. Many of the dances are still in my body. 
Criticism Dance Concert
Festival Editorial Team, The Market for Music and Performing Arts

Man in knee-length pants as a headbanger?

Gangar strikes with a fantastic mix of Norwegian folk music and updated rock. Gangar shattered my very high expectations, and reminded me that in music and art, anything is possible.
Criticism Festival Editorial Team Concert
Festival Editorial Team, The Market for Music and Performing Arts

Quiet but hysterical

Walking into a room with an expectation of what the next 40 minutes will be like, and then walking out with a completely different experience, is a strange feeling. That's what happened with "Troll." 
Criticism Festival Editorial Team Clown
Festival editorial team, Market for music and performing arts

Vulnerable

At first, Infinite Life seemed like something I could have done in my middle school art class. But without realizing it, I find myself sitting there with tears in my eyes, making eye contact with the actors on stage.

Peer Perez Øian's first act is a masterpiece!

Thorbjørn Harr creates a playful and nuanced character study, where the music opens up for an unexpectedly vulnerable Peer Gynt. But it seems as if the first and second acts were directed by two different people.
Criticism Theatre

Axel's little criticism crisis

What is the role of critics in the world of theatre? Aksel August has pondered this throughout the Hedda Festival – and life in general.
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A reckoning with forgiveness

Is forgiveness something brave and beautiful, or a commodity that must be traded when you have nothing else? Who benefits from it? The one who forgives or the one who is forgiven?