Heddadagene: Living on - Rimfrost productions

In the monologue performance Å LEVE VIDERE we meet the sister who was on Utøya with her brother. She was 17, he was 23. Her brother never returned home. She lives on, but the experiences from the terrorist attack become traumas that affect every part of her life.

I feel like I'm going to die. Every time.

My heart is pounding, I can't breathe, I just have to get away. 

Just because I see a man in a police uniform.

Breathe in, breathe out.

It's not dangerous. There you go, there you go. 

It's going well.

Remember how you taught me to breathe like this?

At the same time, she witnesses Norwegian society becoming more polarized, and the perpetrator's extreme views gaining ground in more and more people. Her frustration grows and brings out feelings she has not previously been able to face. She is facing a reckoning.

Welcome to the difficult room. Å LEVE VIDERE is made by Rimfrost Produksjoner in collaboration with Kloden teater. The production is written and directed by Nina Wester based on conversations with a family from Northern Norway who lost one of their own on Utøya. The monologue reflects experiences after the terror, and experiences from the attack that happened on Utøya. The production is mainly made for a young audience without memories from July 22, 2011.

"I go through what happened over and over again for my brain to find a way to understand. Why did it happen? How is it possible? And why was it so quiet afterwards when we promised each other we would never stop shouting?"

Target group: Youth

Venue: Pilotscenen

Duration: Approximately 70 minutes

Triggers: Description of terrorist incident and gunshot wounds

Cast:

Script and direction: Nina Wester

Actress: Christina Sleipnes

Set and costume design: Mari Lotherington

Sound designer: Andreas Wangsbro

Lighting designer: Øystein Heitmann

Project manager/dramaturge: Kristine Myhre Tunheim

Dramaturg: Kristin Bjørn

Technical liquidator: Peder Unger Weierholt

Sigh: Annie Dahr Nygaard

Producer: Neste Trinn v/ Siri Hallingby Børs-Lind

Artistic director Rimfrost productions: Kristine Myhre Tunheim

Communications manager: Stine Anette Figenschau Hemmingsen

Seam: Hilde Skaffloth

Supported by: Norsk Kulturråd Fri Scenekunst Prosjekt, Scenekunstbruket, Fond for lyd og bilde, Tromsø Kommune, Dramatikkens Hus, Fritt Ord, Fond for frilansere, Rådstua Teaterhus, Davvi senter for scenekunst v/ Raske Penger and Artlab.

Å LEVE VIDERE is a production by Rimfrost in collaboration with Kloden teater, and premiered during the Showbox Festival 2023 in Oslo.