About
winter guests
winter guests is an international touring company performing works by Alan Lucien Øyen from Bergen, Norway. They tell stories of the contemporary world with words, video, music and movement. The works are based on real life experiences, including original text, transcribed recordings and improvisations. The company often inserts its own reality into the subject matter of the piece - resulting in rich and eccentric performances in a constantly shifting format.
winter guests presents their avant-garde theatre and dance in both independent venues and in the context of opera stages.
They have won several awards and gained international acclaim while touring over 20 countries for performances and residencies at places such as The Watermill Center, New York Theatre Workshop, Théâtre National de Chaillot, and Banff Center for the Arts among others. In 2014 they won the HEDDA award, the most distinguished award for theatre in Norway, in the category best written stage-play, for their epic 5 ½ hour long play Coelacanth. The piece also earned them nominations for best play and best director.
In 2018, Alan was one of the first two guest choreographers commissioned to create a piece for Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, which is currently touring the world.
The company receives annual funding from The Norwegian Arts Council.
People
Alan Lucien Øyen
Artistic Director
Alan Lucien Øyen Alan is one of the most exciting artists from Norway today, whose work as a writer, director and choreographer has been highly acclaimed in his home country and abroad.
Read MoreAndrew Wale
Creative Associate
Andrew has worked extensively, and internationally, as an actor, director and writer. With Alan Øyen (for Winter Guests) he has written, and performed in; America - Visions of Love, Avenida Corrientes and Bird in Magic Rain.
Read MoreDaniel Proietto
Performer/choreographer
Daniel Proietto, was born in Argentina, where he studied classical ballet with the school of Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. Proietto has been engaged with several companies since the age of 16.
Read MoreShōji Kōjima
Performer/choreographer
Shōji Kojima, ( 小島章司, was born in Tokushima, Japan He graduated from Musashino Academia Muiscae, (vocal music course), where he studied the vocal music, the piano, the classic ballet, the modern ballet, he came in contact by chance with the world of flamenco.
Read MoreYvonne Øyen
Performer
Yvonne Øyen was educated as an actress with the Academy for dramatic arts in Bergen and received great critical acclaim for her stage debut as Ophelia in Nordland Teater's production of Hamlet, (2000).
Read MoreContact Info
Alan Lucien Øyen
Artistic Director
+47 9228 5849
alan@winterguests.com
Martin Flack
Managing Director
+47 9345 9470
martin@winterguests.com