The story of the terrorist attack, or something similar by Julia Adamska

States of exception 

First of all, I didn't understand why the show was called "States of Exception". I think a better name could have been something a little more direct, such as: The story of the terrorist attack, or something similar, since it's supposed to be for young people, so it should be a little easier to understand.

When the show started, if I can call it a show (I'll come back to that later), it was very difficult to follow, because everything happened so slowly. There was a paper car that was moved around a bit all the time, which for me wasn't that exciting.

Special effects

But what was exciting was when there was a cloud of smoke from the explosion in the town hall quarter. The play could have been better if there were more special effects and they showed more about what happened on Utoeya, since they didn't show it, but wrote what happened.

The reason I'm not sure you can call this a performance is because it wasn't people performing a play, but making a video. What you could see on the "stage" was how the video that we see on the screen is created. It was very interesting to see how the lighting man tried to find the right angle, how well he drew and how the cameraman tried to show what was happening from a good angle.

Age group

Because it was a very heavy piece to watch, I think it's easier to follow for someone who remembers what happened, so I think it's more for young adults, or maybe older teenagers.

To summarize, it was a good performance, which happened in an exciting way. The show was not for me. Not much happened, and it was hard to get into. Getting emotions from something that happened almost 12 years ago is a bit difficult for young people, since we were very young at the time, and most young people don't remember this.