education
1977-82 Oslo School of Architecture
1982-83 Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden
– State scholarship from the German Democratic Republic
1984 Oslo School of Architecture – Diploma
1985-86 Academy of Fine Arts, la Cambre, Brussels – Belgian state scholarship
positions
2006- Freelance director and scenographer
2009-11 Academy for Circus and Performance Art, The Netherlands.
Visiting professor, performance art workshops
2000 Professor of Scenography
1998-06 The Norwegian Theatre Academy – Artistic Director, Dean
1996 Artistic Director of the International Festival of Theatre Schools
– Copenhagen, European Cultural Capital 96
1995-98 The Danish State Theatre School, Copenhagen – Head of the Department of Scenography
1986-95 Freelance scenographer
exhibitions
2023 Clôitre Saint-Louis – Avignon – France
2023 Cathédrale de la Cité Médiévale, Vaison la Romaine – France
2017 Ducal Palace – Szczecin – Poland
2003 Centre for Advanced Visual Interaction Århus – Denmark
2002 The City of Schwerin Annual Arts Exhibition – Germany
2001 Stavanger Art Museum – Norway
2000 The City of Schwerin Annual Arts Exhibition – Germany
1994 The Museum of Arts and Crafts – Oslo
1994 Fattoria La Loggia – Firenze – Italy
direction
2024 ELEKTRA 2024 by Rolf Alme – Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway
2024 CALIGULA 2.0 by Rolf Alme – Theatre of the No, Athens, Greece
2024 CALIGULA 2.0 by Rolf Alme -Teatr Druga Strefa, Poland/SALT, Oslo, Norway
2024 DRACULA by Bram Stoker and Rolf Alme – Rogaland Theater, Norway
2023 THE CARD INDEX by Tadeusz Różewicz – Teatr Jaracza, Lodz, Poland
2022 PROMETHEVS by Rolf Alme – Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway
2022 ROMEO AND JULIET AND OTHER CATASTROPHIC LOVE AFFAIRS by Rolf Alme / Shakespeare – Gdansk International Shakespeare Festival, Poland
— Winner of the World Competition of The European Shakespeare Festival Network
2021 APHRODITE by Rolf Alme – Nordic Black Theater/Nordland Theater, Norway
2021 ANDROMEDA by Rolf Alme – Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway
2020 ROMEO AND IMPOSSIBLE LOVE by Rolf Alme/Shakespeare – Nordland Theater, Norway
2019 ROMEO OG JULIE by Rolf Alme/Shakespeare – Nordland Theater, Norway
2019 ANTIGONE by Rolf Alme/Sophocles – Vega Scene, Oslo, Norway
2018 ODIPUS REX – Oslo School of Arts Communication and Technology, Norway
2018 ACID SNOW by Henrik Ibsen/Rolf Alme – Teatr Polski, Wroclaw, Poland
2018 TARTUFFE by Molière/Rolf Alme – Rogaland Teater, Norway
2018 MEDEA by Euripides/Rolf Alme – Nordland Theater, Norway
2017 MACBETH by Shakespeare – Rogaland Theatre, Norway
2016 WANT ME by Rolf Alme – Oslo ACT, Norway
2016 Medea by Rolf Alme – Oslo ACT, Norway
2016 Jonas by Jens Bjørneboe – Nordland Theatre, Norway
2015 Electra by Rolf Alme – Oslo ACT, Norway
2015 Caligula by Camus – Oslo ACT, Norway
2015 The Interrupted Act by Tadeusz Rozewicz – Teatr Norwida, Poland
2014 The Black Rider original text by William Borroughs – Rogaland Theatre, Norway – Music by Tom Waits – Norwegian adaption by Rolf Alme
2013 A Clockwork Orange-fucking men by Rolf Alme – Nordland Theatre, Norway
2012 Lord of the Flies by William Golding – Rogaland Theatre, Norway
– nominated for the Norwegian Hedda price: – “Youth Performance of the Year”
2011 Physical Statements – Academy for Circus and Performance Art, The Netherlands
2010 Home for Christmas by Kristian Erhardsen~~Aalborg Theatre, Denmark
– nominated Danish Reumert-price: Performance of the Year – Director of the Year
2010 Nora’s Sons (The Sons of Postfeminism) by Rolf Alme
– Teatr Polski, Wroclaw, Poland
2010 Nora’s Sons by Rolf Alme – Århus Theatre, Denmark
2009 A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess – Aalborg Theatre, Denmark
2008 Electra by Sophocles – Aalborg Theatre, Denmark
2008 IRRITATIeON by Rolf Alme – ESAC, Brussels
2006 Nietzsche Antichrist by Rolf Alme – The Norwegian Theatre Academy
2002 Medea Reemake multi-media performance by Rolf Alme
– Hildesheim City Theatre, Germany
1999 Laboratory/Medea/Mother of Wars
– interactive multimedia performance by Rolf Alme – The Norwegian Theatre Academy
1985 Inferno by Dante, visual theatre – Nordic Workshop for Architecture and Art, Oslo
scenography
2012 The Nightingale by H. C. Andersen
2012 Lord of the Flies by William Golding~~Rogaland Theatre, Stavanger, Norway
2011 Don Ranudo by Holberg~~Aalborg Theatre, Denmark
2011 PHYSICAL STATEMENTS~~Academy for Circus and Performance Art, The Netherlands
2010 Home for Christmas by Kristian Erhardsen~~Aalborg Theatre, Denmark
2010 Nora’s Sons (The Sons of Postfeminism) by Rolf Alme~~Teatr Polski, Wroclaw, Poland
2010 A Doll’s House by Ibsen~~Århus Theatre, Denmark
2010 Nora’s Sons by Rolf Alme~~Århus Theatre, Denmark
2009 A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess~~Aalborg Theatre, Denmark
2009 The Glasmenagerie by Tennessee Williams~~Aalborg Theatre, Denmark
2008 Electra by Sophocles~~Aalborg Theatre, Denmark
2008 IRRITATIeON by Rolf Alme~~ESAC, Brussels
2008 Macbeth by Shakespeare~~Aalborg Theatre, Denmark
2008 I will not die by Torunn Kjølner~~Aalborg Theatre, Denmark
2007 Natmandens Datter by Holberg~~Aalborg Theatre, Denmark
2006 Nietzsche Antichrist by Rolf Alme~~Norwegian Theatre Academy
2005 Social Group 3 by Norén~~Århus Theatre, Denmark
2005 Sera opera by Helstenius~~National Opera, Warsaw, Poland
2004 Pierre Lunaire opera by Arnold Schönberg~~Cool Opera, Stavanger, Norway
2002 King Kong’s Daughters by Theresia Walser~~Århus Theatre, Denmark
2002 No Title Performance opera by Maja Ratkje~~Høvikodden Art Centre, Oslo
2002 Medea Reemake by Rolf Alme~~Hildesheim City Theatre, Germany
2001 Jean de France by Holberg~~Aalborg Theatre, Denmark
1999 Laboratory/Medea/Mother of Wars by Rolf Alme~~Norwegian Theatre Academy
1998 Gelsomina by Pierrette Dupoyet~~Haugesund International Film Festival, Norway
1997 Hoffmann’s Fairy Tails opera by Offenbach~~Göteborg Opera, Sweden
1997 The Peace by Aristophanes~~The Danish Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark + Nuuk, Greenland
1997 Big and Small by Botho Strauss~~The Theatre of the Catholic University of Lima, Peru
1996 An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen~~Theatre Ibsen, Norway
1996 Mein Kampf by Tabori~~Eta Hoffmann Theatre, Germany
1995 Back and Forth by Ödön von Horvath~~Schlosstheater Celle, Germany
1995 Private Lives by Noel Coward~~Theatre Mungo Park, Copenhagen, Denmark
1994 Tartuffe by Molière~~Rogaland Theatre, Norway
1994 The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen~~Rogaland Theatre, Stavanger, Norway
1993 A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare~~Rogaland Theatre, Stavanger, Norway
1993 The School of Wives by Molière~~Oslo New Theatre, Norway
1993 Morning and Evening by Astrid Saalbach~~Rogaland Theatre, Stavanger, Norway
1993 A Devilish Woman by Holberg~~Nordland Theatre, Norway
1993 The last Days of Don Juan by Tirso de Molina~~Rogaland Theatre
1993 Titus Andronicus by Shakespeare~~The National Theatre, Bergen, Norway
1993 Other People’s Money by jerry Sterner~~Rogaland Theatre
1992 Love’s Labor’s Lost by Shakespeare~~The National Theatre, Bergen
1992 The Hamlet Machine by Heiner Müller~~The National Theatre, Bergen
1992 Playboy of the Western World by John Synge~~Rogaland Theatre
1992 Betrayal by Herold Pinter~~Rogaland Theatre
1992 The Restless by Ludvig Holberg~~Trøndelag Theatre, Trondheim, Norway
1992 Elin Helga Gudridur by Thórunn Sigurdardóttir~~The National Theatre, Reykjavik, Iceland
1991 The Battle of Hafrsfjord by Åse Marie Nesse~~Rogaland Theatre
1991 Frozen Patterns ballet by Denis de Visscher~~Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussels
1991 The Awakening by Julian Garner~~Rogaland Theatre
1991 The Foregner by Larry Shue~~Hålogaland Theatre, Tromsø, Norway
1990 Black Coffee by Rainer Werner Fassbinder~~Trøndelag Theatre
1990 Abiriel’s Lion by Erling Kittelsen~~The National Theatre, Oslo
1990 Don Juan by Molière~~The National Theatre, Oslo
1990 Nordal in our Hearts by Gunnar Staalesen~~The National Theatre, Bergen
1990 The Park by Botho Strauss~~The Norwegian Theatre, Oslo
1989 Jesus Christ Superstar by Lloyd-Webber, Rice~~The Norwegian Theatre
1989 Platanov by Anton Chekhov~~The National Theatre, Oslo
1989 Cabaret by Ole Paus~~Vika Theatre, Oslo
1989 Figaro’s Wedding by Mozart~~The Norwegian State Opera School, Oslo
1987-89;;Head of Scenography, Rogaland Theatre:
In the Land of Flowers by Siri Senje
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
Bugsy Malone by Allan Parker
The Indian Wants the Bronx by Israel Horowitz
Jaques Brel cabaret
Lover for 40 Years musical program
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare
The Hakkebakke-Forest by Torbjørn Egner
The Salamander War by Pavel Kohout
Ritter, Dene, Voss by Thomas Bernhard
Caligari-an Opera of Horror in Latin by de Visscher~~Halle de Scharbeek, Brussels
Homage to Loneliness Film about Fartein Valen
Breath short film
Duel ballet by de Vissher~~The National Theatre, Bergen
1986-87 Head of Scenography, The National Theatre, Bergen:
The Life with Marilyn by Knut Faldbakken
Poems for all its Worth by Arild Dahl
The Magic Chalk by Zinken Hopp
The Bird Daddy by Steffan Götestam~~Oslo New Theatre
It Makes no Difference by Manfred Karge~~Black Box Theatre, Oslo