Tigerstadsteatret was established in 2016 so that all children and young people in Oslo can experience theater that can mean something to them for the rest of their lives.

I FNs barnekonvensjon artikkel 31 står det at alle barn har rett til kunst og kultur. I Oslo bor det mer enn 145000 barn og unge under 18 år. Veldig mange av dem blir av ulike grunner ikke tatt med på teater.

For å møte de barna som ikke blir tatt med i teatret, har vi utviklet Tigerbussen, –et teater på hjul som spiller oppsøkende og gratis, med et langsiktig fokus på bydeler med særlig høy andel familiefattigdom.

Tigerstadsteatret jobber bakkenært og målgruppeorientert. Alle våre forestillinger tar utgangspunkt i møter med barn og unge og deres virkelighet.

I 2019 mottok vi Heddaprisen for beste forestilling for ungdom i samarbeid med Oslo Nye Teater, og i 2022 fikk vi Oslo bys kunstnerpris. Vi har også blitt nominert til Norsk Publikumsutviklings pris for vårt arbeid med Tigerbussen.

Everything we do, we do because we believe children deserve relevant and accessible performing arts and we believe that Tigerstadsteatret can contribute to making Oslo the world's best city to grow up in.

Tigerstadsteatret is a non-profit AS that works with the social mission of children's right to art and culture. We receive operating support from the Municipality of Oslo, and seek production funding from public and private funds and foundations, such as BUFDIR, the Norwegian Arts Council, Sparebankstiftelsen DNB, Stilftelsen DAM, Anthonstiftelsen and Bergesenstiftelsen.

Now private companies can also contribute funds to Tigerstadsteatret's ticket fund .

–We dream of Oslo becoming the world's best city to grow up in!

Se debatten fra Tigerbussen under Arendalsuka 2025, med Christian Ringnes (Styrelder, forretningsmann og kunstsamler); Wenche Viktorsdatter Paulsen (Teatersjef, Riksteatret); Ole Robert Reitan (Adm. direktør. Initiativtager og eier av Nye Hjorten Teater og PoMo, Reitan Retail); Andreas Roaldsnes (Forsker, UiB: Institutt for informasjons- og medievitenskap); Maria Mediaas Jørstad (Direktør, Kunstsilo Kristiansand); Trude Storheim, (Statssekretær (AP), Kultur- og likestillingsministeren) og Tage Pettersen (Stortingsrepresentant (H), Første nestleder i Familie- og Kulturkomiteen).

Moderator er Marte Spurkland

KULTUR ER BEREDSKAP!

Se debatten fra Tigerbussen under Arendalsuka 2024, med kulturminister Lubna Jaffery (Ap), forsvarssjef Eirik Kristoffersen, direktør i DSB Elisabeth Aarsæther, nestleder i kulturkomitéen Tage Pettersen (H) og tidligere statssekretær i KUD Emma Lind (V).

Moderator er Marte Spurkland og innleder er Mariken Lauvstad.

Hilde explains why all children have the right to art and culture in Sommer i P2 (2023). Click here ©NRK

Feature about the Dragon in the Sunday Review, September 15, 2024 ©NRK

STAB

Hilde Brinchmann
Theatre director and general manager
Mobile: 980 73 235
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Director educated at the Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm. Hilde has directed for several institutional theatres in Norway and Sweden. For her interactive version of The Wizard of Oz at the Brageteatret she received the Hedda Prize for the year's best children's and youth performance in 2015. She also received the Hedda Prize in 2019 for best performance for children for Mio, min Mio and best performance for youth for Ingenting .

Heidi A. Lundbakk
Produsent og turnéleder
Mobil: 917 06 646
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Production manager, acting general manager when needed, and tour manager for Tigerbussen. Urbanist and culture enthusiast with a cand.mag. in film and media studies, eleven years of experience in the film industry and a master's degree in property development and management.

Mari Noodt
Dramaturge
Mobile: 952 67 456
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Dramaturg graduated from the University of Copenhagen. Mari has long and broad experience with children and youth work, both from the voluntary sector and the school system. Through an extensive education, she has further specialized in performing arts for children and young people, where she bases much of her work in pedagogy and psychology. Mari has also worked with communications and marketing for Heddadagene, and has previously run and written for the theater criticism website teaterungdom.no

Morten Quist Hommersand
Art director
Mobile: 918 13 227
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Graphic designer and illustrator educated at the Norwegian School of Arts and Crafts (SHKS). In Tilnærmet Lik AS, he has worked for advertising agencies, organizations, and among others, the Labour Party and NRK.

THE BOARD

Ivar Køhn – STYRELEDER

Ivar Køhn comes straight from his job as drama director and editor at NRK and is now general manager of Rubicon TV. Køhn is educated at the Dramatic Institute in Stockholm and has extensive experience in the film and television industry, including as a feature film consultant, drama consultant and series creator.

Erik Ulfsby

Erik Ulfsby is an actor and director educated at the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre Arts (KHIO). Since his directing debut in 2000, he has distinguished himself as a skilled and sought-after director in both theatre, musicals and revues. Ulfsby has been theatre director at Det Norske Teatret since 2011. From 2024 he will be artistic director of Peer Gynt at Gålå.

Marianne Borgen

Marianne Borgen (f. 1951) er utdannet sosiolog og tidligere ordfører i Oslo (2015–2023) for SV. Hun har lang erfaring fra arbeid med barn og unges rettigheter, blant annet i Redd Barna og Barneombudet. Hennes engasjement for sosial rettferdighet og kultur gjør henne til en verdifull ressurs i Tigerstadsteatrets styre.

Tsega Gaim Kebreab

Tsega Gaim Kebreab is the principal of Sofienberg School in Oslo.

Eskil Johnsen

Eskil Johnsen is a journalist educated at Oslo University College. He is co-owner of Tigerstadsteatret, and works as a Media Planner at NRK.

Wenche Torrissen

Wenche Torrissen holds a PhD in Theatre Studies from the University of London (2009), and is Professor of Theatre and Drama at Volda University College, as well as Associate Professor at the National Centre for Arts and Culture in Education (Nord University). From 2017–2024 she worked as Associate Professor II/Professor II at the National Centre for Culture, Health and Care (Nord University).

Numa Norderhaug

Actor and musician from Oslo. He has released several albums and appeared in a number of TV series and theater productions. In Tigerstadsteatret, Numa has played in "Jungelen" and "Ubåt", and he is the Tiger Troop's dream interpreter; Baltazar.

Suzanne Osten (1944–2024)

Our dear friend, mentor and board member, Suzanne Osten, passed away on October 29, 2024 – at the age of 80. Without Suzanne, Tigerstad Theatre would never have existed. We promise to continue your fight for children and the arts!

Suzanne Osten was a Swedish film and theatre director, and the founder of the legendary theatre UNGA KLARA in Stockholm. Suzanne helped raise the status of children's theatre worldwide and was a passionate advocate for children's rights to the arts. Osten was a professor of directing at the Dramatiska Institutet (now Stockholms Konstnärliga Högskola) from 1995–2009. She wrote books, plays and screenplays and received numerous awards for her work around the world.

TIGER ALUMNI

Wenche Viktorsdatter Paulsen

CO-FOUNDER, OWNER, FORMER THEATRE MANAGER AND BOARD CHAIRMAN

Wenche stepped down as theatre director in 2025 when she took over as theatre director of the National Theatre the same year.

She is one of the founders of Tigerstadsteatret and is a graduate of the Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm.

Once a Tiger always a Tiger.

Toril Solvang-Kayiambakis

CO-FOUNDER

Toril Solvang is a playwright and director. She is a trained dramaturg and playwright in Aarhus and Stockholm. She works in institutions and in the independent field, with both her own projects and commissions.

Toril has been interested in theatre for children and young people and class issues in her work. In addition to writing her own works, she has dramatised a number of novels for the stage.