BLIKK - Mine Nilay Yalcin

Girls don't spit.
Girls don't swear.
Girls don't glare.
Girls don't hit back.
Girls don't fight.
Girls don't kick.
Girls don't push other girls' heads into the ground.
Did you think ...

The year is 2018, and in a schoolyard in Oslo, a group of girls get into a mass brawl. Just a few days later, it happens again. The headline in the media reads: "The girls fight because of 'blikking' in the schoolyard".

Gazing is often invisible.
It is only visible to those who are subjected to it.
It is a phenomenon where people use the "gaze" to exercise power.
Being subjected to "gazing" can be perceived as threatening. And gazing quickly becomes the basis for major conflicts.
And the conflicts that arise. They degenerate into mass fights.

In BLIKK, parallels are drawn to the myth of Medusa. The woman who is cursed by Athena and turned into a monster with black eyes, where everyone who looks into her eyes turns to stone. Medusa therefore retreats to the edge of the world where she remains an eternal target for warriors who want to kill the "monster".

Girls who act out, get angry or use violence are often seen as "abnormal", they do not follow the norm, and can easily be ostracized and stigmatized because of this.

BLIKK is a performance with only girls in the ensemble on stage.
A performance for youth/young adults that takes gawking, bullying, girl gangs and angry girls out on stage.
Because there is too little talk about it. It's a topic that is difficult to address, precisely because this type of bullying is so hidden.
But in this performance, the gaze will be up and out.
It's a performance that hits like a punch in the stomach, transforming good girls into warriors without inhibitions and Medusa's doppelgangers.

Target group: Youth/young adults

Venue: Pilotscenen

Cast:

Director: Mine Nilay Yalcin

Dramaturg: Christine Helland

Stage manager/Producer: Anja Kjærnli

Actors: Hina Zaidi, Amalie Eggen, Madeleine F Røseth, Lisa Birkenes Thun and Julia Sørensen

Costume: Synne Føreland

Lighting designer: Clement Irbil

Technician: Linda Nikolaisen

Photo: Maren Moen Blomstereng

In collaboration with Kloden teater and SPKRBOX

Supported by Arts Council Norway, Fond for Lyd og Bilde, FFUK, Fritt ord and SPENN

Tuesday, April 9

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