ABSENCE PRODUCTIONS
CIRCUS ABSENCE
By and with Absence | Director: Jo Strømgren | Costume design: Linn Therese Michelsen | Make-up design: Mette Noodt | Lightning design: Einar Bjarkø | Sound: Bjarte Våge | Photo: Jarle Moe/Andreas Roksvåg | Dramaturg: Morten Kjerstad
Meet the silly clowns, the Siamese twins, the mysterious magician and the lady with the beard - and join us in the battle against the sly director and his assistant, the gorilla.
Circus Absence is the story of a breathtaking and successful circus. In the shadow of the fantastic artists is a poor cleaning boy with a big dream of joining the team. When it turns out that the greedy director is a big scammer, it is precisely the cleaning boy who takes action. And it will be a spectacular showdown!
OLDSCHOOL - A BATTLE AGAINST OLD AGE
By and with Absence | Costume design: Linn Therese Michelsen | Make-up design: Mette Noodt | Lightning design: Einar Bjarkø | Sound: Kristian Brusletto Kjærholt | Photo: Jarle Moe | Promopictures: Andreas Roksvåg | Make-Up: Mette Noodt & Live Brændmo | Composer: Ole Hamre | Musical producer: Tomtom Studio, with Andreas Roksvåg, Piero Issa, Daniel Grindeland, Halvard Haldorsen, Christoper Bottolfsen & Ole Petter Knarvik.
When you have fun, time goes by way too fast. One day, the breakers in Absence suddenly wake up, and time has passed by.
They're in a retirement-home gray-haired and trembling, where the day's most important chores are bingo and a cup of coffee. Although the body is not what it once was, the six breakers in Absence take up the fight against old age to hold one last magnificent dance show. Oldschool is a performance about life's joys and transitions that puts life in perspective. With the help of breaking, humor and a good dose of femoral neck-breaking acrobatics, Absence shows that aging does not have to be boring at all.
Norr - When the gods danced
By Absence and DNS as co producers | Costume design: Linn Therese Michelsen | Make-up design: Mette Noodt | Lightning design: Einar Bjarkø | Soundmix: Kristian Brusletto Kjærholt | Sound: Tor Endre Kalvenes | Costume: Gjertrud Soltun & Silje Pedersen| Artistic consultants: Solrun Toft Iversen & Tormod Løvold | Scenography: Hand Petter Harboe | M.m
Inspired by Voluspå and Snorre's Edda, Absence has created a fantastic performance about Norse mythology. The story follows the Norse gods in Åsgard from the creation of the world to Ragnarok, the end of the world. The performance is made in true Absence style, which for many is synonymous with raw breaking, a good dose of humor, fantastic music and acrobatics at an extremely high level.
Askeladden On New Adventures
Co producers: Den Nationale Scene. | Dramaturg: Solrun Toft Iversen. | Artistic consultants: Solrun Toft Iversen og Tormod Løvold. | Lightning design: Arne Kambestad. | Sound: Bjarte Våge. | Soundmix: Absence & DNS. | Costume Designer: Linn Therese Michelsen. | Choreography: Absence. | Voice: Bjarte Hjelmeland. | Photo: Andreas Roksvåg.
We have all heard the classic folk tales before, but this is a version you guaranteed never have seen before! Together with the joking narrator's voice read by Bjarte Hjelmeland, Absence tells the story of Askeladden who will enchant the princess, in an impressive and humorous way. With improvisational theater, acrobatics and breaking, they set out on a journey towards the royal castle.
