Konträr bites

A conversation with Andrej Nosov, theater director, activist and founder of the institution Heartefact based in Belgrade. He directed the performance KOSTYA – THE BALLAD OF PIGS AND SEAGULLS that recently premiered at Konträr. Nothing you make will outlive the week. The world cleans its surfaces every morning – quickly, precisely, almost synthetically. So: one disillusioned pig. One dead writer. O...

A conversation with Linda Forsell, Swedish artist and one of the founding artistic leaders of ⁠⁠Konträr⁠⁠ . She recently presented on Konträr’s stage the performance THE ESCAPE ROOM, created and performed in collaboration with Adrian Kautsky and Ambrose Watts. A surreal adventure in to your inner world. Entering what first appears to be a classical escape room, the audience encounters riddles, sym...

A conversation with Marie Karlberg, writer and director of I’M JUST A SYMPTOM OF A MORAL DECAY, that was recently presented at Konträr. The year is 2089, and most of the world has been burnt to a crisp. Survivors embrace servitude for subsistence. In one household, Loosey (Marie Karlberg) has a compulsive need for sex – a new social norm. She keeps two servants: GiGi (Jaana-Kristiina Alakoski), lo...

A conversation recorded live from Konträr in which Jenny Jensen interviews Elin Skarin for "Contemporary Actors Studio" a talk show to discuss the methods and professional life of artists. Elin Skarin is an actor who has, among other things, been described as “one of Sweden’s most extreme actors” (GP 2025), and who often works in co-creative collective processes as well as creating her o...

A conversation recorded live from Konträr in which Jenny Jensen interviews Mattias Lech for "Contemporary Actors Studio" a talk show to discuss the methods and professional life of artists. Mattias Lech is an actor and director who creates original works through exploratory collective processes. At Konträr, he has been a co-creator and performer in Baywatch (2022 & 2026) and Bråk (20...

A conversation recorded live from Konträr in which Jenny Jensen interviews Sepideh Khodarahmi for "Contemporary Actors Studio" a talk show to discuss the methods and professional life of artists. Sepideh Khodarahmi is a dancer, actor, director and performance artist. Khodarahmi created  SMASH COLLECTIVE – The Erotic Clown  (2024), participated in  Keeping ip with the Iranians  (2024) and...

A conversation with Mille Bostedt, writer and director of HYBRID , a post-human musical, that premiered in February in Konträr. HYBRID is a newly written musical, with music by Tami T, about not identifying as human, but as something else. It invites audiences into an Alice in Wonderland universe where humans undergo radical transformations, not only of their bodies, but of their entire existence....

A conversation with Jenny Möller Jensen, Swedish actress and one of the founding artistic directors of the independent stage ⁠Konträr⁠ in Stockholm. At Konträr, she recently presented the performance A SWEDISH MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, that she created and performerd in collaboration with Janna Granström and Nils Närman Svensson. A satirical and surreal summer performance created by the team behind...

A conversation with With Ella Schartner, Alexander de Sousa and Freja Hallberg, respectively actors and director of the performance RATHAUS, recently presented at Konträr. Two acts about execution, what we allow – and what we become. Set within an absurd and unsettlingly bureaucratic universe, the work explores the relationship between everyday systems and systemic violence — not as something obse...

A conversation with Heneliis Notton, freelance writer, dramaturg, curator, critic and lead producer of the performing art festival Baltic Take Over, whose 2026 edition has been co-produced with Konträr. The performing arts festival Baltic Take Over 2026 has taken place from 8–10 May in Stockholm, Sweden. Baltic Take Over presents performances by artists primarily working in Baltic countries. It’s...

A conversation with Majula Drammeh and Joseph K. Kasau Wa Mambwe, who presented at Konträr the performance installation WHAT IS ALREADY HERE? Majula Drammeh is a performer, dancer, dramaturg and performance maker based in Stockholm and Malmö, Sweden with a focus on interactive, participatory immersive work within the fields of dance and performance as well as somatic practices. Joseph K. Kasau Wa...

A conversation with Freja Hallberg, Swedish playwright and director and one of the founding artistic directors of the independent stage Konträr in Stockholm. She works with performance across different scales and formats. Her practice includes plays, durational works, participatory formats and long-term artistic projects. Her work exists where performance meets philosophy and politics — raw, emoti...

A conversation with Jasna Žmak, who presented at Konträr the performance THIS IS MY TRUTH, TELL ME YOURS. Jasna Žmak is a Croatian dramaturg, writer, researcher and counselling therapist that in this performance appears on stage in the role of the performer for the first time. Dealing with questions of truthfulness and representation, participation and responsibility, she guide the audience throug...

A conversation with Hana Umeda, who presented at Konträr the performance RAPEFLOWER. Hana Umeda is a Japanese-Polish choreographer, performer, and dancer. She is also a Natori (master) of the Jiutamai Hanasaki-ryu school. RAPEFLOWER explores experiences of sexual violence. Umeda approaches rape as a transcultural weapon used to control women’s bodies. In a striking fusion of traditional Japanese ...

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