Tormod Carlsen



tormod.kristoffer.carlsen(a)gmail.com+47 99788713
 

Tormod Carlsen is educated as a theatre director form Oslo National Accademy of the Arts. Beyond being a director he also works as a theatre scholar, dramaturge, outside eye and as the artistic leader of Norwegian Landscape Theatre. 

He has been a assosciated artist at Black Box theatre (2017-2018).


CALENDAR:


01.02.25 - 15.03.25            
BERLIN
Rehearsals for “Min forsvundne onkel” 

01.02.25 - 15.03.25            

Premiere MIN FORSVUNDNE ONKEL @ Teater Får302, Cph
More info (NB: In Danish)

01.05.25 - 16.05.25

PLACE: CREATIVE RETREAT 
A ten days creative camp for selected artists in Piemonte, Italy 


28.08.25 - 28.08.25CARPA9: Helsinki
Ecological Design and Performance Pedagogies: Sustainable Practices and Interdisciplinary Acts in a Climate Changed World 


01–01–2025       (004)
MY LOST UNCLE (Min forsvundne onkel) Homosexuality was legal in 1970s China, yet Jimbut's uncle was arrested four times. Now he is trying to find out what happened when his uncle disappeared shortly after the last arrest. Had his uncle moved away or died?

Shaped as a garden the performance is a site for unanswered questions.


03–01–2025       (003)
PLACE - Performing Landscapes is a two year Creative Europe project were we have partnered up with Betlen Theatre (HU) and HIATUS (BE) and offers you the possibilty to develop your own garden or green space in Europe. 




14–92–02025       (001)
Stumbled across an old text that first was published as part of the Blackbox theatre in Oslo’s bookseries in 2018, and thought it was still relevant somehow. It is about my thinking on landscape dramaturgy. It is easily written and not the most profound thinking I have done. However it might be of intrests to some. 





These days most of my thinking is about garden theatres. However on these pages you may also all the other stuff I that buzz in my mind... 




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is the creative production company of theatre maker, gardener and researcher Tormod Carlsen. We work across  Europe on a variety of projects with a belief in connecting humans to places through various perfroming arts related activities. 


Current projects: 
PLACE - (2025-2026)



Past projects: 


INTO THE LANDSCAPE, Sånafest, 2017
LANDSCAPE THEATRE AND THE NORTH, Orkana Forlag, (2021)
BAKERENGA PARK, Oslo, (2015 - ongoing)
DER WELTUNTERGANG, Aalborg teater, 2024
KVAD-RA-TUREN, Bananaz (2021)
RADIO FJELLOM, Fjaler (2017)
PUDEN, Avney T - Copenhagen, (2024)
NORSK SANGBOK, Teatret Vårt (2024)
MY INNER LANDSCAPES (2017 - Ongoing)
RADIO B-TOWN, BiT Teatergarasjen (2017)



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