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Discourse | Free | METEOR 2025

Susie Wang’s surprise eggs

by André Eiermann

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Accessibility Accessible with wheelchair No blackout No stage smoke or scents No strobe lights Seated or seating options With English text/speech

On the occasion of the Bergen premiere of theatre group Susie Wang’s horror theatre production Mumiebrun, André Eiermann, Associate Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Bergen, will give a lecture on their work. The group is known both for their surprises, and for their predilection for eggs. Shortly before the premiere of their sixth work Heavy Breathers the title changed, and in their fifth work The Look the museum guard from their second work Mumiebrun was originally supposed to return. But things always seem to turn out differently than expected with Susie Wang, and the surprise that hatched from the egg in their debut The Hum was just the first example of this.  

Bio

André Eiermann is Associate Professor in Theatre Studies at the University of Bergen. He has studied at the Institute for Applied Theatre Studies in Giessen in Germany, where he also received his PhD with the thesis Postspektakuläres Theater – Die Alterität der Aufführung und die Entgrenzung der Künste. His subsequent research on illusion in contemporary theatre currently focuses on the Norwegian theatre group Susie Wang. He has previously worked in different academic positions in Germany and Norway and has been a dramaturg since 2014. 

 

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Lecturer: André Eiermann

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The lecture is held in English.

The lecture can be combined with the event Where there’s a villa, there’s a way, organised by the theatre studies department at the University of Bergen. The event will take place on Litteraturbåten Epos, which is docked around the corner and will be transformed for the occasion into Teatervitenskipet Opsis. The event marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the former theatre studies institute at Villaveien 5.
Programme:
15:00–15:45: Where there is a villa, there is a way – to Teatervitenskipet Opsis: Anniversary lecture and exhibition opening.
16:00–16:45: The artist collective Walk of Shame presents its work and introduces the project Building a school.
17:00–17:45: Students from the Academy of Performing Arts present the project Floating Academy.
19:30: Open roundtable discussion to launch visions for the future of performing arts.
Rest of the evening: Open bar, and the opportunity to experience Floating Desire by Walk of Shame in the ship’s lounge.