This is the home page of Suzanne Osten, Artistic Director of UNGA KLARA, the artistically independent theatre for young people within Stockholm City Theatre in the heart of Stockholm. Suzanne Osten is also professor in directing at the Dramatic Institute in Stockholm.

Hello!
Within this home page, you will find information about my life and work within theatre and film, as well as some articles I have written. There are also texts by other people that I recommend strongly to anyone who is interested in this type of work with young people.
The themes of my life and work are childhood, creativity and the question: what is normality? I travel widely to teach these ideas that I believe in so strongly: humour and vulnerability.
Please read on...

LATEST NEWS:

Unga Klara is currently playing Sex, drugs and violence written and directed by Mattias Andersson.

We are also playing Medeas Children in Vällingby, a suburb in Stockholm and China in schools all around Stockholm.

More info www.stadsteatern.stockholm.se


I am rehearsing a new play by Erik Uddenberg called Cabaret UnderOrdning with Cilla Thorell, Simon Norrthon, Nisti Stêrk, Danilo Bejarano and Malin Cederbladh. The play will open at Unga Klara in the spring of 2005.

OLD NEWS:

Singing with your own voice by Orlanda Cook will be published early in 2004. You can order a copy now from our website (www.nickhernbooks.co.uk) to be sent to you upon publication.

Suzanne has been awarded the Swedish Academys Theatre prize 2003

THE MAIN THING (Det allra viktigaste) is back. Opens the 14th of February. You can get your tickets now. Phone: + 46 8 506 20 200 or www.stadsteatern.stockholm.se

Four hours - mandatory (Fyra timmar - obligatoriskt)
This is the youth project at the Dramatic Institut in Stockholm, where the theatre students have, under the supervision of Suzanne Osten, created a unique theatre performance after six months of research among youths in Sweden.
The play will be performed at Orionteatern in Stockholm 16-22 May, and at the Swedish Theatre Biennal on the 29 May in Uppsala. Tickets: biljettbokning@draminst.se

The main thing (Det allra viktigaste) has been elected to the Swedish Theatre Biennal 2003. The play continues to play to sold-out houses. Tickets and information at Stockholms Stadsteater or telephone number +46 (0) 8 506 20200

My new book "Mina Meningar" is now in stores. The book is published by Gidlunds. At present it is in Swedish only, but hopefully it will be available in English before too long.

Birgitta Johansson at Göteborg University is working on an essay entitled Gycklets gemenskap och frihet (The Jester’s Intellect and Freedom) - theatrical concepts in Margarete Garpes and Suzanne Ostens Girltalk.

Just now I am planning a feature film...

Currently this website only features a limited amount of information in english, but feel free to have a look around.