Sofie Bøttger Bratberg (NO)
Sofie Bøttger Bratberg (she/her) is a performing artist who works with drag, movement, voice, and text to explore the diversity of gender and sexuality. She is particularly interested in the gender-neutral – whether that means a blend of genders or a genderless vacuum. In the fall of 2025, Sofie will begin her final year of a bachelor’s degree in screenwriting and plans to write her thesis script on the lesbian heritage. She has been working with drag as an art form for seven years, a practice that deeply informs her writing. Creating queer art for children and young audiences is something very close to Sofie’s heart. Together with Katinka Steensgaard and Remi Johansen Hovda, she wrote, directed, and performed in the plays PrinsHen and the Vanishing Colours and PrinsHen and the Curse of the Nidhuggeren during Oslo MiniPride in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Taken residency at
Davvi – Centre for Performing Arts
Davvi – Centre for Performing Arts is a hub and a gathering point in Northern Norway for the professional independent Performing Arts community. The organization is a laboratory for new ideas, artistic research, and an open space where different cultures are cared for. We challenge hegemonic thinking and support cross-sectorial artistic working and thinking. We are staff of 11 curios people, we are placed in Hammerfest, Tromsø and Bodø and we are a space that offers residency, laboratories and producer services.
HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts
HELLERAU acts as an interdisciplinary and international centre for dance, performance, music, theatre and media arts. It offers spaces for productions, festivals, concerts performances, exhibitions and discourse, cooperates with various regional cultural partners and is firmly connected internationally. An important part of HELLERAU is a residency program, which offers opportunities for artistic research, networks, production and encounters throughout the whole year.
INITIUM
Foundation INITIUM is a production platform for contemporary art and culture projects. At INITIUM, our mission is to facilitate community development through the transformative power of arts and culture. We collaborate with communities to create and develop innovative theatre productions and art projects that reflect their unique stories, perspectives and experiences. Through these collaborative endeavours, we strive to promote social change and inspire a more inclusive and vibrant society.
