2017

Darkness – The Enemy Inside

The Nordic Group continued to meet several times in 2017 to write and further develop their texts. The first meeting was in Reykjavik in February 2017. The meeting was hosted by the City Theater of Reykjavik where the group received a room and facilities to work and write.

During the trip to Reykjavik, KHiO introduced the project to one of the theater's resident dramaturgs. As a result of this residency in Iceland, the City Theater had shown interest to produce a short reading and performance of the play "Darkness – The Enemy Inside" in the Icelandic language.

The Nordic Group met again in Oslo in May 2017, and for the first time, playwright, Albert Ostermaier personally attended.

The Free Time, workshop

The latest meeting of the Nordic Group was in Oslo in August 2017. During this meeting, the Nordic Group had the opportunity to exchange dialogue and ideas with the group writing "The Free Time," since both Gian Maria Cervo and the Presnyakov Brothers were present in Oslo workshopping their play.

On August 28th, KHiO organized a reading and presentation of parts of the text for "The Free Time." The exhibition was open to the public and was followed by a debate moderated by Gianluca Iumiento. Actress Sarah MacDonald Berge performed the reading during the event. We used this opportunity to discuss Polyvocality with both the Presnaykov Brothers and Gian Maria Cervo, and the writers from the Nordic Group, and fostered an ongoing debate between the two writing teams.