An overgrown paper boat and an ocean of hope

The performance GLG mixes togetherness with paracrobatics and weaves the dark and gloomy into solo acts that fill the stage.

Viggo, your good friend

Viggo Venneløs is an improv comedy-storytelling performance without speaking that is about being alone in life.
Criticism Impro Clown Theatre

Håkon Banken's public diary

Thank You for Life is a piece, a life, and a hero that I got to know in about two hours. A piece that was as moving as it was confusing. Thank You for Life!
Criticism Musical Theatre

A dream world of a performance

"When Everyone Sleeps" is a nice show that tells young children that not all scary things are scary. At the same time, it is too short, the story disappears, and that makes it difficult to understand.
Criticism Puppet Theatre Podcast

From social criticism to melodrama

Oslo Nye Teater's version of “The Young One” is exciting, funny and moving. But after the play, you are left with the feeling that the message disappeared behind the scenes.
Criticism Musical Theatre Podcast

Warning: Sawdust may occur

Sawdust Symphony creates circuses where the everyday and the absurd merge into each other, and where creativity knows no bounds.
Criticism Nysirkus Podcast

Hedda Gabler = Art ♡

Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler has absolutely horrific themes and characters. But the Norwegian National Ballet's execution and communication of it as dance is absolutely brilliant!
Criticism Dance Podcast

Like a ghost haunting Palestine

The Ghost in the Shell is an important play about two countries in a seemingly eternal conflict, disguised as a family drama.
Criticism Podcast Theater

A breathing space

The Turn of The Screw at the Norwegian Opera manages to bring out the disturbing atmosphere found in the over a hundred-year-old short story, as well as give it a fresh breath of topicality.

Beautiful but confusing

"The Knife in the Fire" at the National Theatre offers a beautiful visual depiction of Kven culture and a life on a journey through the North Sea. The forces of nature and people are set in motion on stage, but are dampened by a heavy, literary stage text and poor timing.
Criticism Podcast Theater

A cozy, engaging and playful start to Christmas 

Christmas with Prøysen and Carpenter Andersen combines playful acting, impressive puppetry and audience involvement in an hour of Christmas joy that engages both children and "slightly older children".
Criticism Puppet Theatre

Far away, but too close

Gaia Prestø Nielsen (18) likes the moves made with Les Miserables at the Norwegian Theatre. However, she is not taken aback.

A story we need to hear: When death becomes everyday life

Tobasi played with humor, sadness, and rage, and you were drawn into the story as he told it so vividly. The seriousness of the situation became clear, and you started to ask the question "what could they have done today if they hadn't lived under such circumstances?"
Criticism Festival Editorial Team Theatre
Lucas, Helle and Oliver (15 years)