TRANSponert – En musikalkonsert på skeiva

Welcome to TRANSponert and our pilot concert! We’ve brought together a group of talented trans and gender-diverse musical theatre performers who, with a live band, will treat you to a concert packed with bold, moving, catchy and fun songs from across the musical theatre canon. Expect solos, duets, trios and ensemble numbers, all with a unique queer twist. We promise a wonderful evening with a great atmosphere and even better music!

TRANSponert is a concert concept created and performed by Mio Eggen and Gabriel Wilson Ness. It grew out of a desire to make trans and gender-diverse performers in Norway’s musical theatre industry more visible, and to challenge expectations about who can play which roles. Even in such an open and accepting environment, it can be challenging to find your place when you break with norms around your voice, gender expression or both—and these norms affect more than just trans people. We hope TRANSponert can help foster greater openness and gender diversity on Norwegian musical theatre stages, while also casting a fresh, queer light on familiar musical theatre repertoire.

Doors open: 19:00 Concert starts: 19:30 Duration: 90 minutes (including a 15-minute interval) Age limit: 20+

Performers: SINGERS: Mio Eggen, Gabriel Wilson Ness, Sofie Lauritzen, Olivia Håheim and Elliot Hegland. BAND: Mikael Morvik Kyrkjebø, Allan Tolnæs, Marianne Bragstad Eid and Gilles Monteiro Teixeira.

About ticket prices: Because it matters to us that art is accessible regardless of income, we use a somewhat unconventional ticket system with 6 different price levels between 150kr and 500kr. The prices aren’t based on whether you’re a student, a senior or buying an early-bird ticket; they simply reflect how much you’re able to contribute. We don’t want anyone to feel that their wallet is too small to experience our concert. If you really believe in our concept and would like and are able to support queer performing arts—or simply have a little extra to spare—we’d greatly appreciate it if you chose one of the higher price levels. All ticket income goes back into the concept and helps us fund future concerts. You can also buy a ticket at the door, where you can choose between two price levels: ORANSJE (200kr) and GRØNN (300kr).