Missed call by Nora Dåsnes
To the Youth.
Just under a month after the July 22 terrorist attacks, Rebekka is set to start high school. She didn’t know any of the victims, and thinks she should be able to get back to her normal life. She tries to get involved in the school revue, in Daniel with the curly hair, in parties and school and friends. The only problem is that she thinks about it all the time.
“Unanswered Call” is about searching for meaning in the face of the meaningless. About how difficult it can be to reach out to one another, and how important it is when we manage to do so. The play is also a story about enduring friendship, and about the fact that there are ways back!
When the National Theater adapts Nora Dåsnes’ award-winning graphic novel *15 Years After July 22*, the goal is to give young people hope and help them understand their own anxiety in the face of a troubled world.
Maja Christensen, from NRK’s hit youth series “Rådebank,” plays the lead role. The people around her are played by Amina Mohamud, Jawad Aziz, Arjan Nilsen, and Christina Sleipnes.
What people are saying about the book
“Full of hope (...) a triumph”
VG (6)
“A book that engages, moves, and makes the reader reflect on both collective, political social issues and individual, existential questions”
Winner of the Nordic Council Children’s and Young People’s Literature Prize
On stage
Maja Christensen, Amina Mohamud, Arjan Nilsen, Jawad Aziz, and Christina Sleipnes
Team
Director and playwright: Toril Solvang-Kayiambakis
Set and costume designer: Marcus Olson
Lighting and video designer: Oscar Frostad Udbye
Composer, sound designer, and musical director: Ida Flåten Kampenhaug
Dramaturg: Liv Gulbrandsen
Producer: Bastian Stabell
By Nora Dåsnes.
Adapted by Toril Solvang-Kayiambakis.
World premiere: Oslo / Nydalen, September 17, 2026
Tour premiere: Egersund, September 22, 2026
Produced by Riksteatret
