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Kallocain

8 June 2019
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A dystopian classic comes to life! And I have the honour of directing the performance. From the 30th of July to the 3rd of August Musikteater Unna will play Kallocain in Hide Kulturbrott on Gotland. Johan Theodorsson is script writer and solo actor/storyteller, breathing life into the protagonist of the tale, the tormented Leo Kall. […]

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Zwolle Unlimited: Bittersweet

21 May 2019
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From the 31st of May until the 2nd of June Zwolle Unlimited will fill the streets of its namesake city, including performers within the fields of music, street theatre and storytelling. And with regards to that last category, I enter the picture this year. I will travel to the Dutch medieval city together with my […]

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Krig, Minner, Håp

10 May 2019
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Today, the 10th of May, The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History are opening three new houses in their open air museum at Bygdøy, Oslo. The houses in question – an apartment building, an outdoors toilet and a cow shed are all from the northern county of Finnmark and the museum wants to convey this county’s […]

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Myth OFF

5 March 2019
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The eighth of February 2011 the concept Myth OFF had a world premiere in Stockholm. Four storytellers, four mythologies, a seriously informal competition. Together with Clare Muireann Murphy from Ireland and Love Ersare / Mats Rehnman from Sweden I took the stage brandishing my mythical scimitar of choice – Persian mythology. Since then Myths have […]

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Tales of the Sea

8 February 2019
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Sorry, this entry is only available in Norwegian Bokmål.

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500 Years of Books

30 January 2019
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The first printed Norwegian book is 500 years old! And to celebrate this event MiniØya, the music and arts festival for children in Oslo, has commissioned a new performance for May 2019. Together with my storytelling colleague Marianne Sundal I will develop and perform a piece currently with the innocuous title 500 Years of Books, […]

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Read-tellings this spring

28 January 2019
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Since 2016 I have been reading and telling books for kids age 6+ at The House of Literature in Oslo.   The spring of 2019 is no exception. The 5th of February I will tell and read from Astrid Lindgren’s timeless classic Brothers Lioneheart. In 45 minutes! The tale of the the adventures of Karl […]

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Theatre Saturday in Molde

20 January 2019
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Teatret Vårt in Molde, Norway kickstarts a new concept – Theatre Saturday – performances for children. Together with my dear musician colleague Morten Minothi Kristiansen I have received the honour of playing the premiere show! Saturday 26th of January we will perform The Fantastic Mr. Fox for the children’s families of Molde. Read article from […]

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Fortælletid.dk

20 November 2018
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Kasper Skaarup Sørensen is an old friend and storytelling colleague from Denmark. We first met in Stockholm in 2007 at the start-up of The Nordic Storytelling Group. As part of that cooperation, we initiated and organised the storytelling competition StorySlam on a Nordic level from 2008 – 2011. Kasper runs the storytelling scene/company BestTellers in […]

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The Fifer’s Christmas

14 November 2018
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New performance in the works! Every year there is a great Christmas celebration at Akershus Fortress, with guided tours, activities and shows for all ages. This year the entire family can experience The Fifer’s Christmas at The Museum of Defence the 1st and 2nd of December. An interactive storytelling performance starring me dressed as a […]

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