Criticism

Performing arts criticism written by youth.

Between theater magic and self-therapy

Meliorism will accommodate everything: heartbreak, fathers, loneliness, emergency supplies and the meaning of life. Not everything works, but when the performance hits the mark, it feels as if someone has taken the mind of a 19-year-old and laid it out straight on the stage floor.
Criticism Theatre
Vilde Iversby (19 years old)

Smile at the world, maybe it will smile back.

The Central Revue gives us smiles, laughter and sausages, but gets lost in the meeting between the revue and the theater.
Criticism Revue
Aksel Ruud Raustøl (19 years old)

Pippi's spectacular trick

"Pippi at the Circus" is an hour and a half of good humor, catchy music and wild circus tricks!
Criticism Nysirkus Theatre
Zunairah Kausar (16 years old)

Kallocain – a love letter to art

THE CHOSEN ONES? A bit cocky, but absolutely right, writes Jørgen Cleve Broch about Kallocain.
Criticism Theatre
Jørgen Cleve Broch

The playwright behind Prima Facie takes on a new challenge

In “Inter Alia,” former attorney Suzie Miller shows that abusers can come from all types of families.
Criticism Theatre
Fiona Åtland (20 years old)

Radio Theatre returns to Lier Cultural Center

A children's performance, developed for the visually impaired, shows how the uniqueness of radio theater can be transferred to the stage.
Essay Criticism Sound Theatre Theatre
Fiona Åtland (20 years old)

An attic, a basement and all the floors in between

Jo Strømgren Kompani's performances give Vilde Iversby the feeling that the dancers almost become an extension of the audience.
Criticism Dance
Vilde Iversby (19 years old)

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.
Criticism New Circus
Josefine R. Narverud (18 years old)

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
Filip Jorgensen (16 years old)