Det Norske Teatret: Skodespelet (The Play) By Jon Fosse

A darkly comic and enigmatic new work from Nobel Prize-winning playwright Jon Fosse

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The Coronet Theatre is proud to host the UK Premiere of Nobel Prize winner Jon Fosse’s Skodespelet (The Play). Both unsettling and unexpectedly uplifting, this is the latest work from one of contemporary theatre’s most singular voices.

Richly layered, surprisingly funny and crafted with Fosse’s inventiveness, depth and composition, Skodespelet blends metaphysical mystery with macabre humour. 

“One of Fosse’s very best plays, perhaps the best…. A well-written and extremely clever piece of drama” – Würmstuggu

A middle-aged couple arrives at a strangely deserted pier, suitcases in hand, to find a younger couple already waiting there. They are all due to board a boat, though no one seems to know when it will arrive or exactly where it’s going. 

A small troupe of actors appear out of nowhere, offering to entertain the passengers while they wait. Then they discover that there is a condition to their journey: no one boards the boat before seeing The Play.

The Coronet Theatre has championed Fosse’s work in the UK for over 10 years, with previous productions including The Dead Dogs (2014), Shadows (2019) and last year’s haunting Einkvan.

Premiering at Det Norske Teatret during the 2025 Fosse Festival, this new production reunites acclaimed director Johannes Holmen Dahl and set designer Nia Damerell following their celebrated staging of Fosse’s Sterk vind, which received outstanding reviews.

In Norwegian (Nynorsk) with English surtitles.

Text: Jon Fosse

Direction: Johannes Holmen Dahl

Cast: Kenneth Homstad, Sigrid Kandal Husjord, Gina Bernhoft Gorvell, Hibba Najeeb, Mohammed Aden Ali, Thea Lambrechts Vaulen, Marianne Krogh, Jon Bleiklie Devik

Set Design: Nia Damerell

Sound Design: Alf Lund Godbolt

Lighting Design: Gyril Hagberg

Costume Design: Nia Dammerell