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Fieldwork: Meeting the Young where they are
A central part of NSKB’s 3Place fieldwork has been long-term cooperation with Kuben High School in Oslo. By engaging students who did not already identify performing arts as “their place”, the project tested new ways of building trust, relevance and belonging.
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Video: Kitchen table at Heddadagene 2025
What do young people think about performing arts criticism? How did it feel to step into the public sphere as a critic — and how did they go about finding their own voice?
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Fieldwork: Using Youth Dialogue as Artistic Research
The production Metamorphosis (13+) at Drak Theatre was developed as part of the 3Place project through a process that deliberately integrated dialogue with young people as a form of artistic research. Rather than treating youth feedback as an add-on or evaluation tool, the creative team positioned it as a central element in shaping both the concept and…
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Digital Workshop #9: Merging digital and physical experience
Rather than scheduled meetings, the workshop unfolded over several days, with participants contributing during walks, city exploration and shared activities
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Podcast: Kloden Theatre – on building, history, and what’s next
Artistic Director Ådne Sekkelsten of Kloden Theatre in conversation with Espen Røiseland, founding partner and architect at Transborder Studios.
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Camp Physical: Performing Arts as a Third Place in the City
Camp Physical was the third and final international camp in the Creative Europe project 3Place – Performing arts as the Third Place for the young audience.
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Fieldwork: Summer Theatre Camps, Theatre as a speedrun
Drak Theatre’s summer theatre camps evolved during the 3Place project from leisure-oriented activities into intensive artistic laboratories for teenagers.
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Digital Workshop #8: Transformation as Artistic Practice
The workshop was directly connected to DRAK’s development of a new production inspired by Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and involved 13 participants.
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Digital Workshop #7: Exploring Urban Gaps as Potential Third Places
How can overlooked or underused spaces in our cities become places for young people to gather, create and belong?
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Video: Kuben Media students: what are third places?
Spring 2025, the media class at Kuben high school made several video podcasts discussing third places, and how they were important to them.
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Fieldwork: The need for space
17-year-old Theodor, William, and Dominic, students at Kuben Upper Secondary School, recently completed a placement at Scenekunstbruket and Kloden Teater. During their time there, they worked extensively on creating films and interviews about upcoming performing arts productions. They also attended three different theater performances at three different venues in Oslo.
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Digital Workshop #6: A Shared Space for Reflection, Creativity and Future Thinking
How can digital formats support young people’s engagement in theatre across borders?
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Video: Camp Artistic at Drak
How can performing arts function as a real third place for young people – a space for belonging, exploration and shared experience across languages and national contexts?
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Digital Workshop #5: Antigone, Myth and Contemporary Identity
This was designed as a preparatory workshop for the production Antigone, which participants were to see later during Camp Artistic.
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Podcast: Into the Theatre
In our latest 3place podcast episode, Seda Witt and Ingeborg Larsen share their experiences from Into the Performance. How can play and performing arts methodologies transform theatre into a shared third space for children?
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Fieldwork: Networking get-together „Treffen mit Aussicht!“
Report networking get-together „Treffen mit Aussicht!“ (meeting with a bright view) meets and treats! Report: Zelda (14) and Marie (13) On the 14th of June 2024, in one of the rooms of the JES we organized a meeting of multiple youth theatre clubs and advisory board of theatres from multiple places in Baden-Württemberg. This get…
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Fieldwork: Kitchen table at Heddadagene
Within the framework of 3Place, Unge Stemmer serves as a concrete example of how young people can actively shape artistic conversations and contribute to more inclusive, participatory cultural spaces.
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Meet DRAK
Meet partner Dark theatre and their 3Place-team!
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Julian Karenga: – Theater has made me freer
When Matilde Landlie (15) from Bergen had an internship at Kloden theater this spring, she interviewed director and playwright Julian Karenga (28). t the moment he is at Kloden teater with the performance “Veien sitt ansikt”. Read about how Karenga deals with writing blocks, what motivates him and what tips he has for young people…
