Betting on Young Voices

Twelve years ago we started the Young Voices website, and this year we're focusing on performing arts criticism with young people. The website has a new and fresh look, and we are establishing several youth editorial offices around the country. We are also in the process of establishing year-round editorial offices. 

One of the inspirations for Young Voices was the Talking Shop project at the Stamsund Theatre Festival, so it's extra nice that we now have a local editorial team at this year's festival. A small editorial team of secondary school students will follow the festival, and on Saturday you can hear about their experiences in a kitchen table conversation with performing arts critic Anette Therese Pettersen.

In the run-up to Hedda Days, young people will be writing and filming, and on June 15 they invite you to an informal kitchen table conversation in the Beehive at the Norwegian Theatre, where they will lead the conversation and set the premises.

Together with the journal Jaja and Framtida.no, we will collaborate to publish performing arts criticism written by young people. The collaboration came about after a criticism seminar in Fjaler, spring 2024. The collaboration with the theater festival in Fj aler and Marked for musikk, which this year is in the cultural capital Bodø, will also continue.