CIRCO HERENCIA ON TOUR
Autumn 2011 Frida Odden and Gaston Sanchez are touring Norway for 7 weeks with Circo Herencia. Their performance of juggling, balance and music is performing in The Cultural School Bag – the Norwegian programme for culture in schools in three different counties. Circo Herencia will also perform an open show at Showbox in Oslo – a festival that focuses on performing arts for children and youths. Teater Manu, Oslo, November 16th 2011, www.showbox.no

PAIN SOLUTION: WHAT`S UP JOE?
Pain Solution will visit the performance art festival En smärtsam helg in Luleå, Sweden. Håvve Fjell will present the installation What´s up Joe?, a visual and beautiful suspension with complicated rigging and clean lines. Kulturens Hus, Luleå, November 18th – 19th 2011, www.painperformance.com, www.painsolution.net

THE NORWEGIAN THEATRE: THE JUGGLER
This year´s family Christmas play at The Norwegian Theatre will be the The Juggler. The performance is based on a medieval legend from France, about a poor boy that becomes a famous and popular juggler. But still he sadly ends his days as a lonely, poor man. But before he collapses and dies in the cathedral under the midnight mass, he manages to make the Jesus child smile…. During the last 15 years the Norwegian Theatre has made several performances that involve circus in different ways and quantity. This time the Norwegian juggler Tomm Percy will be part of the production, a poetic and visual Christmas story.  Det Norske Teatret, November 10th – December 22nd 2011. www.detnorsketeatret.no

INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCES ON TOUR IN NORWAY

CIRKUS CIRKÖR: WEAR  IT LIKE A CROWN
In October – November Cirkus Cirkör is touring Norway with Wear it like a Crown. They are performing in culture houses in the south of Norway, and parts of their tour are organized by the Cultural School Bag. In occasion to the performances in Fredrikstad, Cirkus Cirkör, Fredrikstad Culture School and Arts & Business will arrange two seminars; Seminar on Success Factors: Development of a professional circus environment & Totally Circus! – Interactive seminar on creation, innovation and development. November 2nd and 3rd 2011, http://www.artsbusiness.no/kalender, www.cirkor.se

CIE DOBLE MANDOBLE: MI OTRO YO
Rudi Skotheim Jensen Works presents the Spanish-Belgian company Cie Doble Mandoble and the performance Mi otro Yo, directed by Rudi S. Jensen (2009). This performance is a hybrid between theatre, dance, illusions and circus and is suitable for both children, youths and adults. Also the Mi otro Yo tour is partly organized by the Cultural School Bag. Performances at Nötteröy Kulturhus, October 23rd and Bärum Kulturhus, November 5th and 6th 2011, www.rudiskotheimjensen.com, www.doblemandoble.com

Editor of news from Norway: Sverre Waage, The Circus Village Network / Circus Xanti
sverre(a)cirkusxanti.no