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?

Warm exploration of the imagination

DIY that really works, the primal child and a tribute to the imagination. Young voices have seen this year's performance at the Summer Theatre, by the second class at the Theatre Academy.
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Interesting…

Unconventional, interactive, nerve-wracking; I find it difficult to choose the perfect word to describe “The Court” - but maybe the show wasn't meant for me?

Kitchen table conversation with Young voices at Heddadagene

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15 years makes the mind grow

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.
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Winner of the Unge Stemmers festival prize

The winner of the Young Voices Festival Award went to the performance 15 years, Det Norske Teatret.
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"Just a show," yet so real

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

The hours fly by because of good humor and storytelling, writes Filip Jørgensen (16) about The Spanish Fly.
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A love poem from a street boy

Oliver Lovrenski's "When We Were Younger" evokes laughter, nostalgia and sadness at Det Norske Teatret.
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Pitch-dark depictions of our most helpless sides

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.
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The central revue – a Wiener with everything

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.
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The world's best circus, failing theater

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.
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