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Kan själv!
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Here you'll meet two people trying. Trying hard to work together. And getting better! To struggle with an impossible task, o find solutions and most of all never to give up - is something children can! And if children can, we grown-ups also could. Once …
Smålands mörker
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Not long ago it was all clear to Erik. In his view, some people were more worth and others less, and this was something that needed to be changed in society. Not just changed, actually, but burnt to the ground so that something new could rise from the …
Troll i utkanten av samhället
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Welcome to the verge of the community. To the far out places. To the trolls. Those who don’t fit in, can’t afford or are too apart. Those who never have family activities, soccer tournaments, birthday parties or cosy Fridays. Those who need to be …
Vahák
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The performance Vahák - violence - takes place in a reality where colonial and homophobic violence act together. Queer desires, love declarations, grieves and dreams meet in a performance that stages what unites us minorities in minorities, and invite to …
ÖFA: MONSTER
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ÖFA: Monster is a performance that invites you inside, a show and an experience here monstrous emotions ravages, and where monsters makes room for dreams about alternative realities. Together with the 14-16 year old audience, we will dig deep in inner …
JUCK
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JUCK is a movement, JUCK is activism, JUCK is power, JUCK is not oops I did it again, JUCK is dance. JUCK is. …
Six drummers på Operaverkstan
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Where does music begin, and where does it end? What does silence sound like? What do you hear? Autumn 2014 Malmö Opera´s laboratory Operaverkstan invited music collective Six drummers to their venue. The goal was to, together with Operaverkstan and their …
Vår klass
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The play Vår klass tells the story of ten teenagers in a small Polish village in 1925 and through the nazi and sovjet occupations all the way to this day. What happens when the sincere friendship from childhood years turns into hostile enmity? Who is the …
Chotto Desh (UK)
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Akram Khan’s Desh was an instant hit with audiences and critics alike when it was first presented in 2011. Now, Akram Khan Company and Theatre-Rites director Sue Buckmaster have adapted this much-loved production for children aged 7+ and their families. …
International reception
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The mayor of Helsingborg welcomes our international guests and shows the town hall. A drink and a snack will be provided by City of …
Girls will make you blush!
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As one of the first performances on the theme of menstruation and puberty we have seen recently, Girls will make you blush is a piece that cuts straight to the chase and devour the audience in giggles and guffaws. Skillfully portraid in a …
Mellan oss
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What are boundaries, and what do they do to us? Which boundaries can we cross, and are they open to all of us? How does something become boundary-less or boundless? In the performance Between Us, the choreographer Nadja Hjorton, together with the …
Hela familjen
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Poor Leia (yes, she is named after the lady in the bikini in Star Wars) has a secret love who will dump her twice, but she doesn’t know that yet. Leia´s mom and a dad are eating meat on the balcony but say they are vegans. And she has a sister who tries …
Glängtan
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Below the ground, where we cannot see, the trees lead their mysterious lives. They talk to each other, take care of their youngsters, and they might even remember things. They feel when someone’s chopping in them, warn each other of diseases and when it’s …
5114 dagar
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How is it to have lived in 5114 days? To be almost adult, but looked upon as a kid. Filled with secrets and longing, but at the same time scared to death. The age of paradoxes when everything clashes. The actors’ ”then” is the audience’s “now”. 5114 days …
Vill ha hund
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Playful paws, kisses from a wet nose, soft cuddly fur. The idea of a dog on your own that always wags the tail when it sees you can be pure happiness and worth every effort. You tend to look positive at everything, but after a while things may …
a place
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In MELO Collective’s latest performance a place the space is shared by the audience, dancers, musicians, singers and students from Kung Saga Highschool and the Royal Swedish Ballet School. "An interplay on equal terms. So beautiful and moving with a place …
Förhör
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Sara hasn’t been to school for over a month. She is tormented by anxiety, which grows so strong that she vomits if she is trying to get anywhere near the building. But there is a reason for it. A reason which she will refuse to the greatest lengths to …
Hemligt
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"Dear diary! I think Emma is angry with me. She’s best friends with Gretchen. We never fought before Gretchen came along but now we do even though Emma’s the one starting all the fights and who doesn’t wanna be best friends anymore because she’s got …
Hopp och hinder
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About discovering, mastering and living out your inner hobbyhorse. Three hobby horse riders are born in a hockey rink where the hockey sticks quickly transform into three lively horses. Angelica with C who likes to show up but is afraid to fail, the …
Into the Roots
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A dance performance where, Fanny Kivimäki, expresses her feelings of homesickness as well as ours. Some of us left home of our own free will, while others were forced into exile. Into the Roots portrays the nostalgia which we, for better or worse, …
DNA - Dansa nära anhörig
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When did you last ask your mother to dance? "I am aware that I still exist, that I am alive. That there is someone who calls me mom, that means somebody loves me." DNA - Dance Nära Anhörig (Dance close to a relative) is an invite to dance again. How would …
Gregarious
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Two sublime circus artists. The best of friends and the biggest competitors. Fiercely they struggle to be best, fastest, strongest. They compete until the last drop of sweat and drive each other mad. Gregarious is a wonderfully anti-heroic study of the …
Rabbinens katt
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Rabbinens katt (The Rabbi´s Cat) is a music and puppet show about a cat that starts talking and the consequences of it. The show is about seeing things from new perspectives, about different ways of relating to tradition and religion, about the longing …
Riddare av tusen äventyr
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An unreal campsite, a girl hike and a collective dream. PotatoPotato creates a show, Riddare av tusen äventyr (Knight of a thousand adventures) based on the Swedish Girl Scout movement. It's dark but the Girl Scouts can see anyway. They have practiced all …
Tråkmånsafton
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Tråkmånsafton (A Humdrum Day) is a circus show about the most boring day of the year. When Antti is bored he goes to Jonny The Scrap Collector and Leif Nordin - the best neighbors in the world. They claim that just like Christmas Eve and Midsummer’s Eve, …
Bounce!
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Bounce! happily discusses the failure, an universal experience, an unexpected start for a new way of living: the beginning of an adventure, gushing, questioning how to bounce! The quartet moves in space, musicians tune, dancers heat up. Gestures are …
Future Beats
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The earliest rhythm can be perceived as ritualized everyday occurrences: Calm and attention, satisfaction and protest, hunger and fulfillment. Our closest caregivers are the first ones to use speech melodies, rhythmic word games and noises, to constantly …
Listening Party
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Listening Party is a party on stage and the hosts are a big group of teenagers, aged 13-17 years old. The group is going to play their favourite music. Sometimes they will sing along or dance along, cry along or simply hang out and listen to music in …
The Ballad of the Apathetic Son and his Narcissistic Mother
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Lucy and Raedie are Mother and Son. They both REALLY love the singer Sia. They love her music, her videos and especially her hair. They love the way it moves in a choppy, black-on-platinum swivel. This high-energy performance exposes the inherent …
Vilka är ni?
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Both humorous and serious, Vilka är ni? (Who are you?) is an existential mediation on humankind that in collaboration with the audience explores identities and expectations. What can the animal and plant kingdoms teach us about our humanity? What does it …
Snubben lättar på sitt hjärta
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Snubben lättar på sitt hjärta (The dude opens up) Bro. Brothers. Brate. Habibi. Brate moj. Brakam. Akhi. Ukhti. One more time I’ve turned my cheek. One more time felt like shit – didn’t fit it. The weird dudes, that’s us. They said: Romeo, didn’t we …
So Sorry
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A dance collage of popular culture, packaged in pink plastic. A playful, intense collage of pop culture’s expression and dance. The dancers push their bodies to the limit, testing where their exhaustion takes them, both physically and mentally. They …
Fisken och Bintou – Flickan som fick alla att lyssna
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Bintou and her siblings are orphans and live with their kind grandfather. When he dies their greedy and lazy relatives move in to the house and make the children do all the work. How will Bintou make the adults listen and take responsibility? The help …
Hugo – elak, blodtörstig och jättefarlig
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Hugo has been forced to leave his life as a circus performer behind, and finds himself far out in the woods. Having been a tightrope walker, he is of course no ordinary crocodile, and loves to knit and bake. He wants nothing more than to receive guests in …
Mitt kalas!
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“Everyone is invited to MY party. Aaaaall of you! Not just the boys, or just the girls. But NO babies! I hate babies! I have a little brother, he is 28, and everyone says! 'He is soooo cute!' HE IS NOT CUTE! He has goatee, it's NOT cute! Place yourself …
Vi vet var du bor
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An electronic opera about freedom of expression. What is your teacher up to when he/she’ s not at work? Is it okay to do whatever you fancy doing outside of work?doing outside of work? As long as it doesn´t affect your teaching, of course. Can you …
Four Go Wild in Wellies
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Four Go Wild in Wellies is a whimsical adventure featuring bobble hats, scarves, tents that have a life of their own and, of course, lots of fun in wellies! A playful look at the joy of inventiveness and curiosity, the negotiation of social structures, …
Stranden
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Stranden is based on the poem "Dover Beach" written by Matthew Arnold and the audience is invited to the scenery where the poem takes place, a poetic beach café by the sea. British director Tim Webb’s work is multisensory, playful and interactive. The set …
Shakespeares hjärtslag
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Shakespeares Hjärtslag (Shakespeare’s Hearbeat) is based on William Shakespeare's play Pericles. Using a number of selected scenes and rhythmic lyrics, music and songs from the the children/young people are invited to participate. Together with the …
Djurens karneval
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In Djurens karneval (Carnival of the Animals) a magical universe full of imaginative creatures awaits. To the tones of Camille Saint-Saëns’s classical masterpiece ‘Le carnaval des animaux’, these spectacular beings welcome you to a place outside our …
Anchors Away
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Three little people with big dreams of sailing. Following the performance "Smashing", our interpretation of tennis as art, we now want to continue our investigation with sailing as a theme: Three dancers in a wordless performance about the noble art of …
bibu is a four day Performing Arts Biennial
bibu is the most important meeting place in Sweden for professional performing arts for a young audience – an arena where all of us who work with children, young people and performing arts and culture, get together to experience and discuss performing …
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Former programmes
Here you can find the programmes of jury chosen performances and other activities such as seminars, workshops, extra performances for the biennials …
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Jury chosen performances Bibu 2020
Eleven persons – eight in the Swedish jury and three in the international jury – with different background, age and experience, have under almost 2 years spent a lot of time to see performances and have a continuous dialogue with their jury companions. To …
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bibu's archive
Here below you can find earlier programmes, including performances, seminars, workshops etc, for bibu 2016-2022. Programmes for bibu 2008-2014 can be downloaded as …
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Bibu Archive
Here below you can find the program, performances, seminars, workshops etc for Bibu 2024, 2022, 2018 and 2016. Programs for Bibu 2008-2014 can be downloaded as …
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Bookings and tickets
Next Bibu is 17-22 of May 2022 in Helsingborg! Bookings and tickets will be available 2021/2022 - We will keep you updated on the dates on our website and social media - please stay …
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Biennial programme 2020
The programme for Bibu 2020 will be presented here in early spring. Jury chosen Swedish and International productions will be presented in January. The whole programme will be published in middle of March, when the booking also opens. Looking forward to …
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Helena Cedrins
- Project manager
- helena@bibu.se
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Jonna Wakeham Ölund
- Executive manager
- jonna@bibu.se
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Carolina Lindén
- Project coordinator
- carolina@bibu.se
- +46 735 46 59 22
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Josefin Persson
- School bookings
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- 042-106443
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Måns Lagerlöf new chairperson for Bibu
Måns Lagerlöf is the new chairperson for Bibu. "Bibu is in my opinion an important arena to strengthen the art of performing arts for children and youth. An area whose artistic status often is questioned. Therefore meeting places for those who defend …
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How can we create stories for a new time? How does texts formed in an international context look like?
How can we create stories for a new time? How does texts formed in an international context look like? A seminar about reflections from an intercultural and artistic exchange in theatre for children and youth - Prospero Workshops II. The seminar was …
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World's Worst Children's Theater - seminar
During this spring Bibu has in collaboration with Månteatern and their actors workshopped with 75 students from the 5th and 7th grade. The theme for the workshops has been “what is good and poor theatre”. The aim for the project has been to inspire the …
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Transitos Habana - Scandinavian exchange since 2012
Bibu participated in this year's edition of the festival Jornadas de Intercambio Cultural con Paises Escandinavos: Transitos Habana in Havana. The Swedish company Memory Wax has been co-organizing the festival since 2012. At the festival, artists from …
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Making culture
Making culture – an anthology on the cultural habits of children and young people in the Nordic countries. Monday the 16th September the anthology was presented at a seminar in Gothenburg. Bibu's board member Anna Berg was present at the seminar. The …
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FUNKTION
Besides from the ordinary program, we have received extra funding and are very happy to announce that we will have a thematic program next Bibu with performances, seminars and workshops all within the field of creating inclusive performing arts. Theme …
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Research on how children’s culture strengthens children’s status
Many children spend several hours a day on culture. Music, literature, tv programmes, films and digital media - children’s culture varies enormously. What is common to all these channels is that they influence children’s development. Work at the Centre …
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