Dark times and dark family dramas characterize the National Theatre's spring – among other things, Eugene O'Neill's classic "Long Day's Journey into Night" is being performed across the country. It's a beacon of light in the darkness, says Krister Henriksson.
EntertainmentThe director and playwright Suzanne Osten is dead. In connection with her 80th birthday earlier this year, she was greatly celebrated at the Royal Dramatic Theatre as a pioneer and central figure in Swedish theatre life, particularly in children's and youth theatre.
EntertainmentArtistically, Dramaten is going strong. But economically, the theatre is increasingly under pressure. In three years, we will not be able to run an ensemble- and repertoire theatre like this, says artistic leader Mattias Andersson.
EntertainmentLinus Tunström is setting up "The Christmas Oratorio" at the Dramaten in the spring – a family history about how pain is transformed into creation and where music plays one of the leading roles. We want to create a performance that is musical, he says.
MusicAn accessible authorship, which simultaneously explores serious and major issues in a new way. This is how this year's Nobel Prize winner in literature Han Kang is described. A traditional novelist, who at the same time tells about her country's traumas, says the author and critic Jens Liljestrand, who predicted Kang as the winner in advance.
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