Members

Búi Dam (1979-)

Artistic Direction

Búi studied at the Danish National School of Dramatic Art, The London School of Dramatic art and Musicians Union Music School in Iceland (FIH). In addition to this, he has been under the mentorship of American jazz saxophonist John Purcell and Indian poet and playwright H.S Shivaprakash. He has won the M.A. Jacobsen award in both 2009 and 2022. In 2020, he received the Geytin film award, and was also awarded Best Actor at the 2021 Winter Film Awards in New York.

Kristina Sørensen Ougaard (1979 -)

Performance

Kristina has a BA (hons) in Contemporary Dance from The Place and a MA in European Classical Acting at London Drama Centre. Following her training and education, she has pursued a successful career as a choreographer, dancer, actress and theatremaker. She is currently working with various companies, touring globally, and, at times, she also partakes in local productions at the Faroese National Theatre.

Sámal Blak (1983-)

Design

Sámal has a degree in Design for Performance from Central Saint Martins. He was one of the individual winners of the Linbury Prize for Stage Design 2009. Subsequently, he designed Verdi’s OTELLO for Birmingham Opera Company, directed by Graham Vick, nominated for the 2010 RPS music award for Opera and Music Theatre. Sámal’s work was chosen to represent the United Kingdom as part of the ‘Make/Believe: UK Design for Performance 2011-2015′ exhibition at the V&A, previously at the Prague Quadrennial.

Jens L. Thomsen (1980-)

Sound

Jens has a degree in Music Technology, BA (Hons), graduating from Thames Valley University in 2006, where he also received the Student Achievement Award the same year he graduated. He has composed music for theatre, in addition to composing music for soundtracks for various award-winning short films. His work is credited on over fifty album releases. He won 1st prize at Liet International 2010 and also at Stockholm Fringe in 2015, and was runner up for the Nordic Council Music Price in 2009. His project, ORKA, was nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2016.

Dánjal á Neystabö (1979 - )

Music

Dánjal graduated from Malmö Academy of Music in 2006. He has release a large amount of music both as solo artist and in colaboration with others. As musician, songwriter and composer Dánjal has worked on projects in Europa, Asia, Australia and USA, and has has received awards and nominations both at the Danish and the Faroese music Awards. Dánjal has also composed for theater and film, and has received the Faroese film award Geytin.

Bergtóra Patursson (1991 -)

Research

Bergtóra has a MA degree in history of ideas from Lund University. Her primary research interest is the intersection of ideas about nation and gender, sexuality and race in Faroese 19th and 20th century history of ideas. She is currently working as a high school philosophy teacher and librarian.

Urd Johannesen (1967-)

Production

Urd has a Cand. Mag. degree in English and International Studies from Aalborg University, and a M.A. in Arts Management from City University in London. She has produced music, theatre, film and literature. Furthermore, she has worked as a publisher, translator and writer. She has been employed by the Faroese Cultural Ministry, the Nordic House and has been the literary coordinator of FarLit, promoting Faroese literature abroad. Currently, Urd is working as the cultural coordinator in Runavík municipality. Lastly, she is also a radio host and poet.

Kjartan Hansen (1982-)

Performance

Kjartan trained to be an actor in Luleå, Sweden, and graduated with a BA (hons). He has also studied at the Voice Studio with Nadine George. At the moment, he is part of an ensemble at Århus Theater, in Denmark. Kjartan has produced several projects and has collaborated with a wide array of musicians, gastronomes and performance artists. In 2015, he introduced the clown technique to the Faroe Islands, performing in the critically acclaimed show Terry’s Saga, directed by clown maestro Mario Gonzales.