Two homes

What is it like to experience your parents moving away from each other?

The girl you meet in the play Two Homes experiences that her parents suddenly will no longer live together, and that she herself will have to live in two homes.

Last year, 20,000 couples were divorced or separated in Norway, and almost 25,000 children were separated. From 2010 to 2016, 6,612 children under the age of 18 in Oslo experienced their parents divorcing.*

Toril Solvang and Birgit Nordby have been involved in this issue for many years. Four years ago, they began talking to young people to find out how young people themselves put into words their experiences of their parents' breakup and living in two homes. 

Birgit and Toril have spoken in particular to young people who have been part of the ROBUST program. This is Kirkens Bymisjon's offer to young people who need someone to talk to when they experience challenges and conflicts. If you want to know more about ROBUST, you can reach them on their website: www.kirkensbymisjon.no/tiltak/robust or by phone 920 32 916 .

Actors

girl: Andrea Vik
the boy: Henrik Hoff Vaagen
mother: Birgit Nordby
father: Martin Karelius Østensen

Cast

screenplay and direction: Toril Solvang
based on an idea by: Birgit Nordby
scenography and costumes: Elias Kahn
choreographer: Maja Roel
lighting design and technician: Kristjan Belgau
composer: Julian Skar and Øyvind Mathisen
dramaturg: Kristina Kjeldsberg at Dramatikkens Hus
workshop: Kroloftet by Frans Friis
Design: Almost Similar

The performance is produced by Tigerstadsteatret and Nordby Produksjoner .

Thanks to our regular partner Oslo Nye Teater for good advice, lending and help.