“This is just absolutely fantastic! So manypeoplehave put in a tremendous amount of effort into this, so it’s incredibly motivating to see such a huge interest from people who want to see the show,” says director Line Key Graarud, who has been involved in the production of “…like to Bethlehem” since 1996 as stage manager and assistant director, but this year she shares directing duties with Ingunn Olsen Høgetveit.  

Line Key Graarud

REVISED VERSION

This year, the long-standing production has been adapted by professionals atperforming arts centre Kilden performing arts centre and will be presented in a new and refreshed version. However, the director emphasizes that it will still be a familiar production, set to premiere on November 24.

– The story is the same, and there are plenty of familiar elements from previous productions. But we’ve been fortunate enough to be able to draw on the fantastic expertise of both the workshops at Kilden those who work on the content of the performances here at the theater. So it’s going to be a lot of fun to present a fresh and revised version to the audience this year,saysKey Graarud.

Photo from a previous production:

SINCE 1985

“…Like to Bethlehem”beganas a simple Christmas celebration at Lovisenlund School in 1985 and has evolved into a full-length musical that has become a crowd favorite in Southern Norway. When the show is staged at Kilden, it is a co-production between Kilden and the Like til Betlehem Foundation. It features child actors, youth actors, soloists, professional singers and dancers, and beautiful music, and will run at Kilden December 20.

Listen to the song “…like til Betlehem” in the stable: