For Inside Out, the Coronet Theatre’s digital programme during the pandemic, Alan Lucien Øyen created a 44-minute film that offers a rare insight into his creative process.
A walk through recent works.
Instead of a traditional interview, Øyen takes a walk along the river outside Oslo. Recorded in May 2020, as society slowly began to reopen, the film carries both intimacy and distance — a personal reflection shared across borders at a time of global isolation.
As he moves through the landscape, Øyen looks back on the creation of four major works — Simulacrum, Bon Voyage, Bob, The Hamlet Complex, and Story, story, die.
Short excerpts from each are woven into the film, giving audiences glimpses of the stage while hearing directly about the ideas and processes behind them.
Inside Out for the Coronet Theatre, London. Duration 44min.
A recurring topic in all of my work is the play between fiction and reality.
More than a document of its moment, the film remains an enduring portrait of winter guests’ work — where text and dance merge, where fiction and reality blur, and where performance begins long before the stage.
For those familiar with the productions, it is a chance to see beneath the surface. For new audiences, it offers an intimate introduction to the imagination of a maker and the collaborative world of winter guests.