Friday Forum: I’m here for the vibes, not the drama
Extended program Seminar
Black Box teater invites you for the first time to Fredagsforum – a professional seminar where we aim to delve into various current topics related to performing arts. The program includes presentations from the participants, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. There will be light refreshments and coffee/tea served.
The very first Fredagsforum will take its starting point in Hans-Thies Lehmann’s classic Postdramatic Theatre from 1999. It’s a book that has meant a great deal to many and has influenced the conversation around theatre practices for a long time. Now, 26 years later, we want to ask: Where does postdramatic theatre stand today? Does it hold the same relevance as before? What are the prospects for the theatre of the future?
● Panel participants: Florian Malzacher, Trine Falch, Camilla Eeg-Tverbakk, and Ole Johan Skjelbred
● Moderator: Lasse Jacoby Steina Lilleng
ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS:
Florian Malzacher is a curator, writer, dramaturg and visiting professor for dramaturgy and curatorial practice at the University of Design & Arts in Karlsruhe. He is host of the online platform “The Art of Assembly”. His books and essays have been translated into more than fifteen languages, amongst them “The Art of Assembly, Political Theatre Today (engl., 2023).
Trine Falch is a theatre maker whose work includes scriptwriting, directing, and design – in earlier days also acting and performing. She dropped out of theatre studies at the University of Bergen in 1986 to co-found Verdensteatret and later joined the performance collective Baktruppen. She is a founding member of Susie Wang.
Camilla Eeg-Tverbakk is a practicing dramaturg within the scope of interdisciplinary performing arts, and professor in drama and theatre at Oslo Metropolitan University. Her research interests concerns new frameworks for thinking and practicing dramaturgy, staging of documentary material, applied theatre, and ethics and artistic research. She holds an MA in Performance Studies from New York University, and a PhD from Roehampton University/ London where she developed the concept 'Theatre-ting', which is a meeting between the possibilities offered by the spaces of theatre and new materialism, post-human perspectives, and documentary material. Eeg-Tverbakk is former artistic director of the acting program at Norwegian Theatre Academy/ NTA (2007-11), and she is leading the research group for Artistic Research at Institute for Art, Design and Drama at OsloMet.
Ole Johan Skjelbred is a trained actor from the National Academy of Theatre/Khio, graduated in 1998. Has performed in around 60 productions, mainly at the National Theatre. Also at Det Norske Teatret, the Norwegian Theatre in Bergen (DNS), the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, Trøndelag Theatre, and Black Box teater. Has acted in approximately 25 films. Worked as a dramaturge at Dramatikkens Hus (The Norwegian Centre for New Playwriting) from 2013 to 2024. From 2024, he is the program director at the Norwegian Actors’ Centre. Has translated, adapted, and reworked about 40 plays for various theatres. Has done scenography for 16 productions. Has directed performances based on texts by: Herman Melville, Dostoevsky, Hamsun, Michel Houellebecq, Dag Solstad, Robert Woelfl, Lisa Lie, Camara Lundestad Joof, Bernard-Marie Koltès, Karel Čapek, Arne Lygre, Matias Faldbakken, Molière/Brecht, Elfriede Jelinek, Homer/Mercury/Skolseg/Walcott.
Lasse Lilleng is an Oslo-based director and performer. He holds a bachelor's degree in directing from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, where he is currently completing his master's degree in theatre with a specialization in directing. He is also a trained actor from the Norwegian Theatre Academy (NTA).
The seminar is part of Heddadagene 2025