SKH students in an internship at Dramaten

Our four theatre directing students get to do an internship at Dramaten by presenting their presentations to an audience at Målarsalen, Dramaten.

They each direct a 30-40 minute performance that is put together into one – in a shared space.

The performances will take place between 30 November and 3 December 2023.

För sent! #Måsen2.0

"I'm terrified, Mum, please hug me - recognise my talent for fuck's sake! ... What is this and what have I got myself into? Damn, I'm an idiot, afraid of being a failure, afraid of not being able to talk about the art I want to talk about right now."  – Konstantin

Farzin Fatih – director, playwright, dramaturge          

Becoming a genius

Being a director. Being an artist. Being a woman. Not being able to be yourself. Becoming a genius is a movement-based work that addresses the director's own artistry, body and experience. The work is based on images, feelings and associations related to what it is like to be a member of the future generation of directors in a restrictive theatre culture. 

Jennifer Löfgren – director

Hjem

Bernhard Øye – director

En taskig situation

I'm doing a show about self-censorship. I don't know what it is. So yes, I will do something about it. If anyone reading this knows what self-censorship is, feel free to contact me and explain. You can reach me by email, text or Instagram.
Email: elin.blomstrom.01@student.uniarts.se
Phone number: 0707205024
Instagram: elinblomstrom

Elin Blomström – director  

Actors:

Paulina Jonsson – acting student, year 2
Rasmus Nystedt – acting student, year 2
Emir Waldmark – acting student, year 2
John Grahl – acting student, year 2
Zarah Nilsson – acting student, year 2
Linnea Sidén Rosberg – mime acting student, year 3
Hanna Elffors Elfström – mime acting student, year 3

Tindra Monsen – alumni from Acting, graduated spring 2023

August Rohde Aass – circus student, year 3

Ellen Jelinek – from Dramaten
Tanja Lorentzon – from Dramaten
Hulda Lind Johannisdottir – from Dramaten
Johan Holmberg – from Dramaten
Christoffer Svensson – from Dramaten

Production team

Sara Raisse – dramaturgy – playwriting/dramaturgy student, year 3
Karla Hübbe Bechmann – scenography and costume – scenography student, year 3
Thabiso Kubheka Persson – light design – light design student, year 3
Casper Wijlhuizen – light design – light design student, year 3
Maria Bergström – sound design, sound design student, year 3
William Dahlberg – sound design
Thea – make-up design, Dramaten
Malin Eriksson – project manager, Dramaten
Fanny Twardomanski – producer, Dramaten

About the project

The project “Kamp and also Struggles” came into being through the series of conversations between Mattias Andersson and me about the possibility of increasing the visibility of SKH students before they officially become part of the professional theatre scene of Sweden. The idea behind this collaboration was to offer the soon -to be -emerging artists an insight into a professional theatre context already during their studies, by inviting them to stage a joint production on one of Dramaten´s stages.

Dramaten´s generous invitation was very inspiring for the directing students who traditionally don´t get that kind of invitation during their internship period. They saw it as an opportunity to have their voice heard, but to also test their ability to apply the knowledge they have gained throughout their education in the largest and very unique theatre institution in Sweden.
Mattias and I agreed about the basic prerequisites for this collaboration: one conceptual platform, one room and four 30 minutes long etudes. I moved on by giving my students an open call to pick the subject which they felt concerned them, and that is how this idea was born.

As the process was moving forward, the students felt they were all interested in addressing the subject of self-censorship. I was intrigued with this idea at first, thinking mostly about why they felt this topic was of such relevance to them. I guess I was relaying on their youth and the general idea that being young means wanting to change the world that is “out of joint”. But I realized soon enough that their perception of this subject and the world is indeed very fascinating, sometimes painful and sometimes filled with self-irony and humor, and that it definitely deserves attention.

I have always believed strongly in the idea that the art pedagogy should revolve around the concept of not only educating the students to fit in their respective artistic field but to also influence it by new and fresh ideas and strategies.
I am therefore, more than happy about this collaboration because it offers a platform for dialogue between a National theatre and an artistic school. It will help us get better ideas of who we are and what we stand for in this exchange process, but also what the up-and-coming new theatre forces can contribute with in this dialogue, that I hope has only just started.

Anja Susa, Professor of Theatre Directing at SKH