elefantmannen - oslo nye teater (link here)

premiered at centralthetret 28th of august 2024.

director - sargun ossana

set and costume design - david gehrt

lighting design - martin myrvold

video and sound design - o'future

dramaturg - ilene sørbøe

photos - lars opstad

what does it do to a person to live with the outside world's constant gaze on them, while one is ostracized, exploited and exhibited as a sick phenomenon? what does it mean to be normal and what or who defines "normal"? what inherited norms about body, skin, intelligence, disease and deformity are hidden in our society? how can language create or distort reality?