Warm exploration of the imagination

DIY that really works, the primal child and a tribute to the imagination. Young voices have seen this year's performance at the Summer Theatre, by the second class at the Theatre Academy.
Criticism Conversation Podcast Theater

Kitchen table conversation with Young voices at Heddadagene

News Podcast

A dream world of a performance

"When Everyone Sleeps" is a nice show that tells young children that not all scary things are scary. At the same time, it is too short, the story disappears, and that makes it difficult to understand.
Criticism Puppet Theatre Podcast

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

Warning: Sawdust may occur

Sawdust Symphony creates circuses where the everyday and the absurd merge into each other, and where creativity knows no bounds.
Criticism Nysirkus Podcast

Hedda Gabler = Art ♡

Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler has absolutely horrific themes and characters. But the Norwegian National Ballet's execution and communication of it as dance is absolutely brilliant!
Criticism Dance Podcast

Like a ghost haunting Palestine

The Ghost in the Shell is an important play about two countries in a seemingly eternal conflict, disguised as a family drama.
Criticism Podcast Theater

A breathing space

The Turn of The Screw at the Norwegian Opera manages to bring out the disturbing atmosphere found in the over a hundred-year-old short story, as well as give it a fresh breath of topicality.

Beautiful but confusing

"The Knife in the Fire" at the National Theatre offers a beautiful visual depiction of Kven culture and a life on a journey through the North Sea. The forces of nature and people are set in motion on stage, but are dampened by a heavy, literary stage text and poor timing.
Criticism Podcast Theater

Kill Devil is one of the best plays I've seen.

The performance is important for society. Both because puppet theater is threatened and because we don't learn about slavery in Denmark-Norway in school, argues Samuel Oldaker (20) in this audio critique.
Criticism Puppet Theatre Heddadagene 2025 Podcast