SHOWBOX: BLIKK - Mine Nilay Yalcin

SHOWBOX: BLIKK was shown on 30.11.22 at 13:00 and 18:00, on 01.12.22 at 09:30

In collaboration with SPKRBOX.
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: "Girls fight because of 'gawking' 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.

The performance is part of Showbox, a performing arts festival with a focus on young audiences. From November 29 to December 3, we will be staging performances on stages all over Oslo. Welcome! www.showbox.no

Med: 

Director: Mine Nilay Yalcin
Dramaturg: Christine Helland
Stage manager/Producer: Anja Kjærnli

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

Costume: Synne Føreland
Lighting designer: Clement Irbil
Technician: Linda Nikolaisen

In collaboration with Kloden teater and SPKRBOX

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

Wed 30 November - Thu 1 December 2022

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