Ready for the DUS Digital Festival

This weekend, the public can see five different youth groups sharing their contributions. This year's participants are Kristiansand Children's and youth theater, Ungdomskilden, Munin Rosegården Youth Theatre, Vågsbygd upper secondary school and Knuden - Kristiansand Cultural School.

Producer Christine Helland praises the young people, who have prepared their contributions under extremely demanding conditions.

Working hard

- "Everyone has worked very hard, and even though we can't have an audience in the auditorium, the young people are very interested in showing their productions. In fact, one of the groups has hardly met each other physically, but practiced on Zoom. This performance will also be shown on Zoomand I'm very excited about what we'll experience this weekend," says Helland.

The regional edition of DUS is a collaboration between Kilden Teater and The Norwegian Theatre and is part of a nationwide project that works to raise the level of youth theater in Norway.. The concept is that young people between the ages of 13 and 19 create performances based on newly written texts and concepts. Festivals are organized in all participating regions, culminating in a nationwide festivalwith one contribution from each region, at The Norwegian Theatre in Oslo most likely after the summer.

Here are this weekend's performances:

Munin - Rosegården Youth Theater: Invisible by Kjersti Wøien Håland

Friday, April 23 at 17.30: Munin - Rosegården Ungdomsteater

MUNIN – Rosegården Ungdomsteater iscenesetter «USYNLEG» av Kjersti Wøien Håland. I
forestillingen møter vi 9 ungdommer som alle har mottatt en mystisk invitasjon. Handlingen går for seg på et nedlagt psykiatrisk sykehus, hvor ungdommene må ta valg hvor de ofrer seg selv eller andre.
Hvem er egentlig menneskene vi omringer oss med? Hva er et «ekte» menneske? Følg med når ungdommene utforsker dilemmaer og ultimatum i dette kammerspillet.

KBUT - Kristiansand Children and Youth Theater: I can be someone else by Monika Isakstuen

Saturday April 24 at 13.00. Kristiansand Children and Youth Theater.

"I can be someone else" is about friendship. Who are you when you meet other people? Do you have to
become someone else in order to adapt? Or can you be an island and not have to relate to others? Who do you choose to be?
Monica Isakstunen's characters are called I, Someone else, You, A friend, Someone who wants to own a friend, Everyone, An island, A river, Someone who wants to be friends with everyone, Two people who are almost exactly the same and A new friend. These are all traits you can adopt when meeting another person.
Due to the pandemic, KBUT has chosen to do a Zoom version of the play. It is a new and exciting way to do theater. We hope you will join us in our zoom universe for an hour.

Director: Laura Christina Brøvig Vallenes
Assistant director/producer: Fredrik Landmark
Actors: Kurt Baatz Strandberg, Linnea Holmquist Aarvik, Emma Kristiansen Løjen, Camilla Thomassen, Sander Finsens Sælør, Alva Lindahl Ringvold, Emilie Harket Bakne, Hedda Olivia Annikensdatter Hovden, Tiril Bærø Undhjem and Marie M. Friis.

Knuden - Kristiansand Culture School: Answer me by Hanna Adolfsen Fjeldbraaten

Saturday, April 24 at 15.30: Knuden - Kristiansand Culture School

In Svar Meg, we meet seven young people who are about to make the transition from childhood to adolescence and all the questions and feelings that arise when this time comes. Through the young people, we get to see different aspects of what it's like to suddenly move away from the security of childhood and into something unknown and different.

Instructor: Mari Rustad Kaalas
Assistant director: Maria Lied
Sound/lighting: Tarjei Fjørtoft
Assistant: Louise Christine Glad
Actors: Amanda Kvame Naglestad, Christiane Ottosen Gjøvland, Elise Christiansen, Oda Jensen Bratland, Magnus Moseid Fauchald, Maria Hognestad Sæbø, Maria Isabella Synnes Mayora

YouthSource: NOW by Demian Vitanza

Sunday, April 25 at 14.00: UngdomsKilden

Where will you be in 5 years? 10 years from now? In 70 years? What have you experienced? What mistakes have you made, and what did you get right? What shaped you as a teenager and created the foundation for who you are today? Demian Vitanza plays with time and fiction in this innovative performance that follows a theater group from cradle to grave, literally.

Directed by: Sondre Haakonseth
Actors: Mathea Kilane, Emma Kilane, William Espeland, Samuel Balsnes, Mina Estanegzai, Iben Quist, Eline Rodt, Martin Roaldsnes, Iris Bjoraa, Espen Garriott, Peder Dovland and Ida Hegland

Vågsbygd Upper Secondary School: Invisible by Kjersti Wøien Håland

Sunday, April 25 at 16.30: Vågsbygd High School

Invisible is about a group of young people. They don't know each other beforehand, yet they meet in a place no one knows about. No one knows why they are there or what is planned for them.

Instructor: Ellen Kalvenes
Actors: Gashbin Salimi, Juliana A. Endemann, Vilde Olsen Usland, Karl Rikard Øhrn Fredwall, Kajsa
Hjelmerud-Rosendahl, Bård Magnus Henriksen, Sofie Aniela Stalsberg, Linnea Susann Vegtun, Asle Evensen