JUNE 14 - 18 2022

Grenland Friteater: Herøya 1943

Herøya 1943 tells the story of the deadly US bomb attack on July 24, 1943 and the events leading up to it – Hydro’s collaboration with Nazi Germany on the construction of the light metal industry on Herøya.

Machine de Cirque (can)

Are you ready for equilibrist acrobatics, strong emotions, body poetry and a good dose of humor?

Welcome to Machine de Cirque!

Atalaya (esp) : Electra.25

In a whirlwind of a performance, Spanish Atalaya takes us back 25 centuries, to Evripides’ eternally current story of revenge.

Wakka Wakka (us/n) : The Immortal Jellyfish Girl

The visualt theater company Wakka Wakka acts out and explores the role of man and wild journey of denial into a more and more probable future.

Leo Bassi (esp) : I, Mussolini

Ridicules power. Laughter against intolerance!

Leo Bassi is back!

Raz Weiner (il) : The Returnings

Fredrik Brattberg is the Norwegian playwright who is most played abroad, after Jon Fosse and Arne Lygre. Since most people do not travel abroad to see theater, we brought one of these foreign productions home to PIT.

Grusomhetens Teater : Røde Emma

Røde Emma – Red Emma – is Jens Bjørneboe’s latest work, possibly the last he wrote at all. The play deals with Emma Goldman and the anarchist movement in the USA in the 1890s.

Teater Innlandet : Mistero Buffo

Terje Strømdahl interprets these juggler monologues from the Middle Ages in a way you have never experienced before!

Grenland Friteater : Solvitur Ambulando

Solvitur Ambulando

Or: The art of putting one foot in front of the other

Meet Leo Bassi

Leo Bassi. Spanish clown. Born in New York. English father. Italian mother. Artist. Activist.
Meet Leo Bassi!

Kjartan Fløgstad in conversation with Tor Arne Ursin

Kjartan Fløgstad is one of today’s most important Norwegian writers. Meet him in dialogue with Tor Arne Ursin.

Brusteinsball på Rådhusplasen

Now is the time. Now is summer. Now is PIT. Now is Cobblestone ball and Festival opening. Juggelers, jesters, dancers. Watch out for sudden entertainment!

Dagskonferanse: Ny politikk for scenekunsten?

Trenger vi en ny scenekunstpolitikk? … og hvor går veien framover for norsk scenekunstpolitikk?

Street of Fools

Fools, jugglers, clowns, madmen and -women take control of the streets of Porsgrunn. They all have one thing in common: The Street is their Stage.

Bakgården ungdomshus

Åpent fra kl 12:00 til kl 22:00 alle dager under PIT – med et stort og rikholdig program.

Ravneloftet

Norges skumleste spøkelseshus Ravneloftet holder åpent under PIT 2022.