Konträr

11/05/2026

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07/05/2026

ANGRY BIRDIES
A collaboration between Konträr and Stockholm University of the arts (SKH)
May 22-25 2026

Performed at SKH
Address:
Valhallavägen 193, Ettan

Obedience to gravity is the biggest sin
Simone Weil

Angry Birds is a Finnish mobile game in which birds battle pigs… Close your eyes and you can hear them—the black-throated loon, the raven. They have flown through the darkness from the Land of a Thousand Lakes to give voice to their rage. Now they are here-the messengers of vengeance.
For in the heart of the oppressed, a fire lies smouldering-one that will consume us all.
Five forgotten exchange students from Finland have arrived to claim retribution, to scramble for work, to demand justice. Through mythology, swan maidens, battle chants, dove women, and theatrical duels, they take the audience on a journey through minority experience and seething anger-beyond the Finland ferries, across the heavens, and, if all goes well, into the freedom of wings.
Parempi kymmenen lintua metsässä kuin yksi kädessä.

Languages: Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian

Artistic team
Concept and direction - Linda Forsell
choreography - Ossi Niskala
Mask - Emma Eastop
Costume - Nils Harning
Sound - Nikki Lindholm
Light - Ragnar Fäst
Photo: Daniel Pherson

Actors och co-creators
Selma af Schultén - Erasmus student from svenska Teaterhögskolan/Konstuniversitetet in Helsinki, Bachelor year 3
Larissa Barck - Erasmus student from svenska Teaterhögskolan/Konstuniversitetet in Helsinki, Bachelor year 3
Maria Skrudland - Erasmus student from Svenska teaterhögskolan/Konstuniversitetet in Helsinki, master year 5
Willjam Tigertedt - Erasmus student from Svenska teaterhögskolan/Konstuniversitetet in Helsinki, master year 5
Essi Parkas - Erasmus student from Svenska teaterhögskolan/Konstuniversitetet in Helsinki, master year 5

06/05/2026

RATHAUS

TEXT & DIRECTOR Freja Hallberg
LIVE MUSIC Anton Alfvén
CAST Alexander de Sousa and Ella Schartner
SET DESIGN Ylva Norlin
COSTUME Maja Mirkovic
LIGHTING DESIGN Maja Lindström
TECHNICAL DIRECTION Froste Myrin
PRODUCTION SWEETS

16-29 may
LANGUAGE: Performed in German with English subtitles.
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27/04/2026

25/04/2026

VÅRPROGRAM / SPRING PROGRAMME 26 — PART 2

8/5
BALTIC TAKE OVER: OBLICUS – IevaKrish

10/5
BALTIC TAKE OVER: CLAP AND SLAP – Agniete Lisickinaite, Igor Shugaleev

16–29/5
RATHAUS – Freja Hallberg

12–16/6
A SWEDISH MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – Sweets

15–22/8
VERKLIGHETEN – Administrationen

and more to come…

03/04/2026

BALTIC TAKE OVER:
CLAP & SLAP

By Agniete Lisičkinaite, Igor Shugaleev

MAY 10 2026

Language: English

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03/04/2026

BALTIC TAKE OVER:
OBLICUS

BY IevaKrish
MAY 8 2026

Language: English

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03/04/2026

VERKLIGHETEN
Administrationen
August 15-24 2026

Administrationen bygger upp en fullt fungerande filmstudio i rummet och spelar in en långfilm live. Publiken följer inspelningen och blir kanske själva en del av den som statister. Rummet de sitter i kommer att förvandlas till en stuga i Hälsingland, förhistorisk natur, Aspuddens bokhandel och en rymdfarkosts kommandobrygga med hjälp av teknik och AI. De medverkar i en storslagen film om vår längtan efter att känna oss levande på riktigt.

Språk: svenska

Administrationen sets up a fully functioning film studio in the room and records a feature film live. The audience follows the filming process and may even become part of it themselves as extras. The room they are sitting in will be transformed into a cabin in Hälsingland, prehistoric nature, the Aspudden bookstore, and the command bridge of a spacecraft through the use of technology and AI. They are participating in an epic film about our longing to truly feel alive.

Language: Swedish

Written & directed by Emil Brulin, Hampus Hallberg 
Performed by Emil Brulin, Hampus Hallberg m.fl. 
Scenography & costume by Ylva Norlin 
Produced by Lovisa Lilienberg Tosti 
Picture by Administrationen
Supported by Region Stockholm, The Swedish Authors’ Fund & The Swedish Arts Council

03/04/2026

A SWEDISH MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Sweets
June 12-16 2026

Last year’s hit is back! A Swedish Midsummer Night’s Dream returns to Konträr. The team behind the Christmas show is back with a bold and unpredictable reckoning with the most Swedish of holidays, on the brightest night of the summer. Herring, schnapps, and “Små grodorna.” S*x, vomit, and Swedish falukorv. As tradition dictates, we gather in Björns trädgård with accordion music and a dance, continuing on to a midsummer lunch and dancing up in the barn. It’s funny, absurd, and deeply relatable. But even on the brightest of nights, the darkest darkness lurks.

Language: English

Förra året succé är tillbaka! A Swedish Midsummer Night’s Dream åter på Konträr. Gänget bakom julshowen i en djärv och oförutsägbar uppgörelse med den svenskaste av högtider under den ljusaste av sommarnätter. Sill, snaps och små groderna. S*x, spya och Swedish Falukorv. Traditionsenligt samlas vi i Björns trädgård med dragspel och långdans vidare till midsommarlunch och dans upp på logen. Det är roligt, dråpligt och med stark igenkänning. Men även i de ljusaste av nätter lurar det mörkaste mörkret.

Språk: engelska

By & With Janna Granström, Jenny Möller Jensen, Nils Närman Svensson
Light-, Sound- & Set Design by Froste Myrin
Photo By Tobias Granström

03/04/2026

BALTIC TAKE OVER MAY 8-10
CLAP & SLAP
Agniete Lisičkinaite, Igor Shugaleev
May 10 2026

The performance CLAP & SLAP explores a complex and paralysing tension which emerged between Lithuania and Belarus, following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th 2022. This tension is examined through historical, political, geographical, and social lenses, alongside the personal experiences of Agnietė and Igor. Being politically engaged in the events of the Belarusian revolution in 2020, Igor participated in protests in Belarus, while Agnietė participated in demonstrations in front of the Belarusian embassy in Vilnius. Igor was forced to leave his homeland; Agnietė made the decision not to collaborate with Russian-speaking artists. 

Today, meeting on the same stage, these two artists make an attempt at a dialogue that seems impossible outside of art.

Baltic Take Over is a performing arts festival that takes place in a different city each time. On 8-10 May 2026, Baltic Take Over will map its way through Stockholm. 

Language: English

Authors of idea & choreography by Agniete Lisičkinaite, Igor Shugaleev
Performed by Agniete Lisičkinaite, Igor Shugaleev
Composed by Agne Matulevičiūtė
Scenography by Oles Makukhin
Dramaturgy by Bush Hartsorn
Consultant director: Olga Lapina
Light design by Povilas Laurinaitis
Production by Be Company / Agniete Lisickinaite

03/04/2026

BALTIC TAKE OVER MAY 8-10
HELD IN HUMAN ll: ROSE IN YOUR BRAIN @ Tranströmerbiblioteket
Liis Vares & Taavet Jansen
May 9 & 10 2026

Something is changing, I can no longer make sense of what here means, as I increasingly feel that while I am here, I am also always a little bit there. There, where my thoughts are, there where my imagination roams — and not only mine, but someone else’s as well, simultaneously.

This performance is a second iteration of the artistic research project Held in Human, exploring presence, attention, and space through collective storytelling. It unfolds as a poetic space for thought—a choreography of thinking and a three-dimensional reading experience.

Baltic Take Over is a performing arts festival that takes place in a different city each time. On 8-10 May 2026, Baltic Take Over will map its way through Stockholm. This show will be performed in Tranströmerbiblioteket.
Language: English
Content warnings: VR headsets used during the performance
Suitable for ages: 7+
Registration will open soon!

Authors by Liis Vares and Taavet Jansen
Mixed reality solution by Norbert Pape
Sound design by Mihkel Tomberg
Graphic design by Jaan Evart
Room design by Mari Möldre
Photography by Alissa Šnaider
Video by Piibe Kolka
Produced by Anu Almik, elekrton.art