Behind the facade

Frequent use of the camera gives a modern touch to the 60-year-old musical Cabaret at Det Norske Teatret, it also provides a new perspective. A way of seeing theater that opens up a whole new world.
Criticism Dance Musical Theatre

Essay: “This is the burden of every little girl”

Now that Thelma & Louise is being performed at the Young Vic in London, it has become a reflection of our misogynistic age, says Aksel August Ruud Raustøl.
Essay International Musical Theatre

Podcast: Raw, Sweaty, Magnificent

New podcast episode! Young voices have seen Cabaret at the Norwegian Theatre.
Criticism Conversation Dance Musical Theatre Podcast

The musical Ingvar – it's typically Norwegian to be good

On Thursday, September 10, IKEA came to Østfold in two formats. One as a physical store, and the other as a musical. Unfortunately, I made the trip to the wrong IKEA.

Arne Treholt, what a charming... traitor?

On May 17th I waved the flag from the moment I got up until I went to bed. I rowed for Norway-Brazil and had mild national mourning when we lost to England. Today I cheered for Arne Treholt, a traitor. How the hell?
Criticism Musical Theatre

A big sigh 

In an attempt to dig up the painful and the awkward in Alf Pøysen's lesser-known stump songs and songs, there is little room for the humor and the oblique view that makes Prøysen so unique.
Criticism Musical Theatre

Thought-provoking

Mura gave me an impression of war and what it was like in the past. I thought it would be boring, but it wasn't.
Criticism Musical Theatre Theatre
Festival Editorial Team, The Market for Music and Performing Arts

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.
Criticism Musical Theatre Nysirkus Theatre

Håkon Banken's public diary

Thank You for Life is a piece, a life, and a hero that I got to know in about two hours. A piece that was as moving as it was confusing. Thank You for Life!
Criticism Musical Theatre

From social criticism to melodrama

Oslo Nye Teater's version of “The Young One” is exciting, funny and moving. But after the play, you are left with the feeling that the message disappeared behind the scenes.
Criticism Musical Theatre Podcast