The system versus the individual

Image of boy doll being squeezed under a stamp.

Jonas is a story about the bravest among us. Only the brave, the true rebels, the ones who will change the world, escape. Everyone else adapts.

This new adaptation of Jens Bjørneboe's most famous novel is a deeply humanistic story that shows the complexity of humanity for better or worse.

The themes in "Jonas" about the individual's struggle against the school system are also highly relevant in 2020.

In the show, we follow Jonas Andreassen, the little boy with the big head and round belly who sees pictures instead of letters, who learns that he is lowering his school's score and doesn't fit in. We follow Jonas from the first day of school until he runs away from home to escape the threat of the special school, fellow pupils teasing him, and the yellow dog lurking in the city streets.

We meet teachers who each in their own way want to make a difference, but who don't always manage to see the students in the myriad of educational plans. We meet parents. We meet a group of young people on the threshold of adulthood, trying to figure out what the meaning of this life is.

Because is there anything to fight for anymore?

Is there anyone to fight?

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Premiere January 31st