Cabaret

Welcome to the Kit Kat Club – the place where you can leave your troubles and disappointments at the door and throw yourself into the hedonistic and uninhibited night. Inside, life is beautiful, the girls are beautiful, yes, even the orchestra is beautiful. We are in Berlin, back in the 1930s, in a time of upheaval where the city has both a seductive allure while the political alignment takes root. The contrasts are stark between the liberated artistic environment and society at large. To this capital comes the American Cliff Bradshaw. The young writer is immediately drawn into the city’s vibrant nightlife. Here he meets and falls in love with the cabaret singer Sally Bowles. A place where nothing is taboo The Kit Kat Club is a shabby and sweaty nightclub, where the ceiling is high and you can be whoever you want. A sanctuary from the grim political backdrop that looms outside. Pulsating life, exciting rhythms, and high tolerance stand in contrast to fascism and the increasingly rhythmic call for a strong leader. But the end of the world is not here yet, and even as the political reality creeps closer, the party continues at the Kit Kat Club where nothing is taboo. The grand musical venture in autumn 2026 Kjersti Horn is directing this autumn’s musical venture, and together with her regular set designer Sven Haraldsson and Patricia Svajger on makeup and costume design, she will take us back to the 30s’ trendiest capital. Several large screens are set up on stage, and the story of the musical will unfold in various period-appropriate settings built at the theater. There will be intimate performance scenes projected onto the screen, as well as spectacular musical numbers and sweaty nightclub atmosphere on the theater’s Main Stage. Dancer Silas Henriksen is choreographing a large ensemble of dancers, and at the helm of the entertainment at the Kit Kat Club, we find Sara Khorami in the role of Sally Bowles. Preben Hodneland is the club’s Emcee, and musical supervision is by Svenn Erik Kristoffersen. Oscar Udbye is the lighting designer. The musical Cabaret premiered on Broadway in the 60s, and has proven to possess a power that makes it as potent, entertaining, and frightening now as it has throughout the post-war period.