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)

Exciting story and very coolly performed

Apart from the screens on the floor, the classroom looks like a normal classroom. The narrators are wearing everyday clothes and two of them are sitting among us at the desks. The fact that the performance takes place in a normal classroom makes the whole story seem much more real and realistic.
Criticism Festival Editorial Team Theatre
Helle and Synnøve (15 years old)

50 minutes too much

I think the dancers were good. They had clear and precise movements, but that doesn't give me anything.
Criticism Dance Festival Editorial Team
Synnøve Helene Hersnæs (15 years old)

Forget the script: When kebab talk saved the theater

The performance makes me reflect on how clear and important the face is when talking to someone, what prejudice can do to a conversation, and how the fact that no one sees you affects what you share and what you don't.
Criticism Festival Editorial Team Theatre
Wilma, Synnøve and Oliver (15 years old)

3 about Circus Antero

At times a little spooky, but very unique and with respect for the children in the audience, writes Lucas about Circus Antero.
Criticism Festival editorial team Nysirkus
Lucas, Helle and Amalie (15 years old)

Impressive storytelling

In the monologue performance "1969," Kate Pendry travels through present-day and childhood London, searching for answers and reconciliation. The audience is invited along, but must work to stay connected throughout.
Criticism Monologue Theatre

The Circus of Music

Cirqus Hialøs highlights the delicate balance between life and death, writes Josefine R. Narverud in this essay about why trust is important in circus art.
Criticism Essay Nysirkus

The Dancing Mormons Reflect the American Dream

Fiona Åtland (19) has seen The Book of Mormon in both London and Oslo, and writes that the Folketeatret delivers a stylish and tight version.
Criticism Musical Theatre

Essay: A view of women distorted to the recognizable

The new circus performance "The Shedding" paints a macabre picture of today's society and explores how far one is willing to go for others. How far are you willing to bend and fold yourself, to be loved?
Criticism Essay Nysirkus

A visual journey through fantasy and reality

Although "The Never-Ending Story" is visually impressive and has several strong scenic moments, there are some weaknesses in the direction and dramaturgy that gave me the feeling that the play really became a "never-ending story", for better or worse, writes Elianne Kvammen.
Criticism Theatre

Who has time to get involved with this particular pair of friends?

Fiona Åtland has seen Teater Leikhus's performance You Mean All the Words and in this commentary she takes a look at audience development and theatre in Norway in general.
Criticism Commentary Theatre

Sugar, satire with a serious undertone

“Sugar” uses humor, satire, and brutal honesty to expose how skewed representation can become when it is controlled by those outside the target audience. 

A symbol of the darkness the world is drowning in

The performance Psychedelic Cave removes one of the most important senses of the audience; sight. What hides in the darkness? Destruction or creation?