Lars Norén

FEM SCENER NOREN Comes to Dramaten This Year

Lars Noréns dramatik flyttar in i Markus Öhrns säregna universum. En värld som kännetecknas av karaktäristiska masker, förvrängda röster och avskalade rum. Här får vi ett koncentrat av allt det norénska – jobbiga familjesammankomster, bittra relationer och en stor dos dödsångest – serverat på ett helt nytt sätt. 

THE TWELVE-PENNY OPERA is Now Playing at Dramaten

The Twelve-Penny Opera is now playing at Dramaten. Performances run through 27 April, 2024.

Jane Horrocks, Romola Garai and More Will Lead NACHTLAND at the Young Vic

Casting has been announced for the UK premiere of Nachtland, a new satire by Marius von Mayenburg, translated by Maja Zade, directed by Tony Award-winning director Patrick Marber. Learn more about who is in the cast here!

TOLVSKILLINGSOPERAN Comes to Dramaten in December

Londons mest notoriska brottsling, Mackie Kniven, har precis gift sig med sin Polly. Hennes pappa, tiggarkungen Peachum, är dock så missnöjd med äktenskapet att han försöker få sin nyblivna svärson i fängelse. Vilket visar sig vara svårare än han tänkt sig eftersom polischefen råkar vara en av Mackies bästa vänner. Så börjar en vindlande och musikalisk resa i den undre världen bland tiggare, småtjuvar, prostituerade och korrumperade snutar.

THE HOMECOMING and NACHTLAND Set For the Young Vic in 2023/24

Matthew Dunster and Patrick Marber will be at the helm of two major upcoming productions at the Young Vic, Harold Pinter’s powerful masterpiece The Homecoming and the UK premiere of Marius von Mayenburg’s thrilling new satire, Nachtland.  Learn more about both shows here!

Goodman Theatre to Present Midwest Premiere of PEQUEÑOS TERRITORIOS EN RECONSTRUCCI�"N This Month

Goodman Theatre and the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance will present the Midwest premiere of Pequeños Territorios en Reconstrucción by Teatro Linea de Sombra of Mexico City, appearing in a limited engagement September 21-25 at the Goodman.

French Actor Gaspard Ulliel Passes Away at 37

Ulliel lead Joe Orton's play Entertaining Mr Sloane on stage at the Comédie des Champs-Élysées in 2012. He had also appeared in Lars Norén's Démons at the Théâtre du Rond-Point Paris, under the direction of Marcial Di Fonzo Bo.

AFTER THE SILENCE Will Be Performed at National Theatret

After the silence is a poetic and imaginative drama about something most people have a relationship with, and which sets the strongest emotions in motion: family, marriage, loneliness and the fear of dying.

National Theatret Presents AFTER THE SILENCE

A man meets his parents for a final conversation - after the silence. The three are occasionally interrupted by a younger woman and her son, with a story similar to their own.

National Theater in Norway Announces Autumn Lineup

The National Theater in Norway has announced its fall 2020 lineup, including three Ibsen plays, as well as contemporary selections.

Anthony Neilson Directs ACT And TERMINAL 3 By Major Swedish Playwright Lars Norén At The Print Room At The Coronet

A double-bill of hard hitting and deceptively simple short plays from Swedish master-playwright Lars Noren, directed by Anthony Neilson.

LITTLE EYOLF to Make UK Premiere

The National Theatre of Norway returns to the UK for the first time in 18 years with Little Eyolf, one of Ibsen's major but rarely performed prose plays. Director Sophie Jupither puts the child Eyolf at the centre in this production, probes the complex question of how our children fit within our adult relationships - and shows that Ibsen's people speak strongly to us today.

Print Room At The Coronet Announces 2018 Programme

Print Room at the Coronet will present a year of outstanding and emotionally vivid new international performance by some of the world's greatest most creative minds.

Ellen McDougall Announces Inaugural Season as Artistic Director of Gate Theatre

Ellen McDougall announces her inaugural season as Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, running from June 2017 to June 2018, comprising five full productions, and a one-day takeover of local Notting Hill festival InTRANSIT.

Scandinavian American Theater Company to Celebrate Lars Noren's 70th Birthday on 5/19

Producer Bo Corre, translator Marita Lindholm Gochman and Scandinavian American Theater Company, are presenting LARS NOREN TODAY: HIS WORK AND HIS WORLD on Monday, May 19, 2014 at 7pm at the Lynn Redgrave Theater in New York City. There will be a reading of selected scenes from his latest play 3.31.93. The version is being directed by Sofia Jupither who directed the world premiere at the City Theater, Stockholm in 2013. Tickets are free of charge, but RSVP is required to: contact@satcnyc.org (deadline Sunday May 18th at 6pm). The Lynn Redgrave Theater is located at 45 Bleecker Street at Lafayette Street.

Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA Presents the West Coast Premiere of THE UGLY ONE, Now thru 3/24

Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA has announced the West Coast premiere of The Ugly One, a comedy by Marius von Mayenburg (English translation by Maja Zade), directed by Gates McFadden. Starring Robert Joy, Tony Pasqualini, Eve Gordon, and Peter Larney, The Ugly One is set to open today, February 15 with performances at 5pm and 8pm. The limited engagement will run through March 24.

Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA Presents the West Coast Premiere of THE UGLY ONE, Now thru 3/24

Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA has announced the West Coast premiere of The Ugly One, a comedy by Marius von Mayenburg (English translation by Maja Zade), directed by Gates McFadden. Starring Robert Joy, Tony Pasqualini, Eve Gordon, and Peter Larney, The Ugly One will play one preview performance tonight, February 14 and is set to open Saturday, February 15 with performances at 5pm and 8pm. The limited engagement will run through March 24.

Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA Presents the West Coast Premiere of THE UGLY ONE, 2/14-3/24

Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA has announced the West Coast premiere of The Ugly One, a comedy by Marius von Mayenburg (English translation by Maja Zade), directed by Gates McFadden. Starring Robert Joy, Tony Pasqualini, Eve Gordon, and Peter Larney, The Ugly One will play one preview performance on February 14 and is set to open Saturday, February 15 with performances at 5pm and 8pm. The limited engagement will run through March 24.

Wallace Shawn's THE FEVER Comes to La MaMa, Opening 1/24

La MaMa will present The Fever, a gripping play by Wallace Shawn (My Dinner With André, Vanya on 42nd Street, and Grasses of A Thousand Colors), in a new production directed by Lars Norén, one of Sweden's most prominent playwrights/directors, and featuring acclaimed French-Romanian actress Simona Maicanescu. This powerful dramatic monologue, written between 1985 and 1990 but more relevant now than ever, is a fierce, forensic examination of social inequality and the links between the affluence many take for granted and the poverty and suffering that haunt the lives of millions.

SoHo Rep And The Play Company Presents THE UGLY ONE

After nearly 100 productions of the play around the world, including two by the Royal Court Theatre in London, Soho Rep and The Play Company, in association with John Adrian Selzer, will present the New York premiere February 1-26, 2012.