REQUIEM is a twelve-hour funeral for humanity, premiering at Nitja Centre for Contemporary Art in Oslo on February 6, 2027, in collaboration with Black Box Teater in Oslo.
Death is pressing in. Ecological grief, natural disasters, war, and genocide are occupying an increasingly large space in the world. In our Western reality, however, death remains theoretical—a smoldering, ominous mantra in public discourse. How can the inherent liturgy of the theatrical setting engage in a dialogue with religious aesthetics to create a comforting communal space for rest, reflection, and solidarity?
REQUIEM will be a visceral, immersive, and emotionally nurturing space where the audience breathes, lives, and inhabits the concept and all its narratives alongside the performers. A community united by the most undeniable of shared human facts: we are all going to die. A Requiem for humanity!
REQUIEM will take the form of a twelve-hour performance meditating on our mortal transience. The piece is being developed throughout 2026 across four laboratories—*Dead Theater*, Dead Dinner, Preparing the Corps, and Eternal Sleep—all of which will culminate in open public showings.
Credits:
Ibrahim Fazlic – playwright, director
Sjur Marqvardsen – producer
Actors
Saila Hyttinen
Annette Röde Hagnell
Per Bogstad Gulliksen
Jonas Andersen Sandvik
Frida Vige Helle
Audiovisual team
Eilif Fjeld Theisbo – spatial design, scenography, lighting, visual design
Thomas Gallagher – spatial design, scenography, lighting, visual design
Amund Ulvestad – composer, musician, sound
Martinus Sjuikerbuijk – AI conceptualization, spatial design, visual design
Frida Vige Helle – costume design, visual design
Birk Karoliussen Grøndalen – sewing/construction
Supported by: Arts Council Norway (Kulturdirektoratet), Fund for Sound and Image
Co-producers: Black Box teater, Nitja Centre for Contemporary Art, Arctic Arts Festival (Festspillene i Nord-Norge), Tou Scene, Bergen Dramatikkfestival, Grenland Friteater
Residencies at: Riksteatret, Dramatikkens hus, Oslo Nye Teater
REQUIEM premieres at Nitja Centre for Contemporary Art on February 6, 2027.
The exact time will be announced later.