Serve and Protect

Direction: Jan Husták, Nela H. Kornetová

CREATIVE TEAM
Jan Husták, Nela H. Kornetová, Øystein Elle, Ellen Røhr-Staff, Björn Honsson, Arnt Christian Hellum Teigen, Per Magnus Barlaug, Guillermo John Magno, Mohammed Ellyas Lehry, Daniel Halvoník, Annalisa Dal Pra, Henrik Olsson, Kristin Honsson, Trym Grønner Flikke, Serafina Wexels-Moore, Felix Noslier, Lukáš Kubičina, Tomáš Florea and others.

The project tour has received support from Arts Council Norway/Kulturdirektoratet, Fond for utøvende kunstnere and Performing Arts Hub Norway

The production contains scenes of nudity, smoking and violence. The show is recommended for audiences 15 years and older.

Premiere: 20 April 2024

SERVE AND PROTECT by the Czech-Norwegian ensemble Direct Action Theatre uses riot police uniforms as the main visual and symbolic element. The production uses uniforms in absurd or uncommon situations, thus playfully and surprisingly challenging the status quo of the Police as an institution or authority.

Performers dressed in police uniforms balance on the borderline between art and activism (artivism), drawing the audience into surreal situations where the structures of power are dismantled.

Inspired by their interventions in public space, the production touches on the issues of environmental grief, war, uniformity, and crowd brutality through the art of dance, thus aligning them closer with the true essence of their own moto: To serve and protect people, nature, pleasure, beauty and life as such

Serve and Protect

Direct Action Theatre

Special thanks to our festival partners for their support!

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