On March 27, 2012 winter guests received base funding from the Norwegian Arts Council.

As of 2012 the company will receive annual funding aimed towards developing winter guests as a production platform for the creation of innovate and exciting performances. This means not only a strong increase in annual funding, but enables us to fly by the seat of our pants, as the funds are not earmarked specific projects.

We feel proud and humbled with these news. And very, very excited!

Link to the Norwegian Arts Council.

Bird in Magic Rain with Tears is invited to perfor at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC as part of their Nordic Cool Program.

in the press:

The play is braided together in a montage of acting and live video - a mix reminiscent of Robert Le Pages works, but here in an unmistakable 2011-version with you-tube as a best friend. […] Would Ibsen have been writing like this today? - Informationen, (DK)

AVENIDA CORRIENTES gets a run at the Norwegian Opera House! Tickets/info

"A little bit Almodóvar, a little bit Woody Allen, and a lot of dancing..."  Expressen (SE)

Wale and Proietto Sparkle in the roles as the couple who does everything together."  Bergen Tidende (NO)

FLAWED is praised in great reviews:

 "The critically acclaimed Norwegian choreographer Alan Lucien Øyen’s new performance is a naked, raw and almost brutal performance, which questions the human tendency to denigrate others. Only rarely does such an ugly text become gripping. Self-hatred, hatred of Jews, racism, gay dirty talk, bullying and grotesque stories have here found a form and an expression that engages. Alan Lucien Øyen is a star on Norwegian theater scene. You might just as well familiarize yourself with his work. Last time he dazzled us with the show ‘America - Visions of Love’."

- Aftenposten (NO)