Performance
Avgang 2025: Sunniva Moen Rørvik / Big Papa Slug – The Musical
The performance Big Papa Slug – The Musical is Sunniva Moen Rørvik’s graduation project in master choreography at KHiO.
Big Papa Slug and the sluggylicious divas take you on a tour of their bizarre and wondrous world in this premiere, extravaganza and debut.
Forever on new excursions, Big Papa Slug appears - as a russegutt, a pop star and a Namsos cultural educator.
And in the spirit of their queer ancestry, Big Papa Slug is always joking but is never a joke. They want to reel you in and let you loose, shake KHiO’s floors a little and sneak dyke camp past you while you bounce along to DDE. Don’t worry darlings, all instructions are included.
Pulling from their childhood cultural memory, moments of Norwegian adolescence run through their work, seeming familiar and yet strange or queer. See what you recognise in your own nostalgia, as we come together and bond over the silly things.
Both charming and defiant, Big Papa Slug is building their own dance floor. From trønderrock to trans rights, this is a performance you need to not just witness, but truly listen to.
"From trønderrock to trans rights, this is a performance you need to not just witness, but truly listen to. Come watch us fail spectacularly and enjoy living the fantasy"
Credits
Choreographer and Star: Sunniva Moen Rørvik aka Big Papa Slug
Performers, co-creators and sluggylicious divas: Laura Lihu Nilsen, Ella Billqvist, Erik Sand Angelsen, Hedda Stokland, Nora Landau Werner, Jenny Krog, Inga Soley and Cecilie Norrud
“Security guard”: Yelena Arakelow
Composer: Hjalmar Bjerner
Music producer: Hjallisen Fritiof Bjerner
Søppelbænd:
Violin- Amanda Marie Nielsen
Violin- June Gjellestad
Viola- Johanne Leathem
Cello- Live Tønnesen Norberg
Percussion- Amund Falk
Costume designer: Pål Mikael Sterk-Hansen
Cape: Löe D’arcy
Supervisor: Per Roar
External supervisor: Henriette Pedersen
Lights: Martin Brandvoll
Technical team at KHiO: Kjetil Skåret, Are Skaanes Engebretsen, Anders Hamre, Olaf Stangeland and Tormod Fuglestad.
Stage Manager: Hanna Kristine Dybfest
Thank you to all my classmates Vetle Springgard, Malene Olsen, Magnus Emaka Einang and Anna Einemo Frøysland.
Special thanks to Miriam Levy, Sula Castle and Oliver Sale for all the knowledge, conversations and creative help you brought to the process.
Accessibility and trigger warnings: There will be use of loud music, some flashing lights og partial nudity.
