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Podcast: Raw, Sweaty, Magnificent
New podcast episode! Young voices have seen Cabaret at Det Norske Teatret, and in this podcast episode we hear Vilde Iversby, Fiona Åtland, Ima Etokebe and Gaia Prestø Nielsen talk about the performance. What do they think about, among other things, the political significance of the performance today, the stage space, the use of screens in theater and translation into Nynorsk?
Published
October 28, 2026
Cabaret – The Norwegian Theatre
Screenplay : Joe Masteroff
Music : John Kander
Lyrics : Fred Ebb
Translation : Jens Kihl
Director : Kjersti Horn
In the roles:
Sara Khorami, Frank Kjosås, Preben Hodneland, Emil Johnsen, Gjertrud Jynge, Lasse Kolsrud, Ellen Birgitte Winther, Nina Lill Svendsen, Sarah Fischer Luckow, Ella Billqvist, Ane Birgitte Tveite, Aurora Itland, Andreas Holme Kjærland, Albert Wenneke Buchreitz, Jonathan Ibsen, Yannick Bosc, Carl Peters
Music Director: Svenn Erik Kristoffersen
Choreographer: Silas Henriksen
Scenographer: Sven Haraldsson
Video director: Mads Sjøgård Pettersen
Costume and mask designer: Patricia Svajger
Lighting designer: Oscar Udbye
Sound designer: Erik Hedin
Choreography assistant: Nina Lill Svendsen
Video director assistant: Borgar Skjelstad
Photo: Fin Serck-Hanssen
Based on the play by John van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood. Originally produced and directed at The New York stage by Harold Prince.
Publisher: Nordiska ApS – www.nordiska.dk
Premiere: October 17, 2026
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