Hi, we are Boys* in Sync, a transdisciplinary performance collective from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany. Our works combine storytelling, dance and post dramatic theatre with elements of improvisation to create new, queer temporalities.

We met many years ago at the Norwegian Theatre Academy and started our collective in 2018/19. Since then, we have continued working together across borders, finding ways to meet each other and our audiences in a time when coming together feels increasingly difficult.

RAGNI HALLE

I am an actor and pedagogue by education, with a beating heart for puppetry. Sometimes I’m a director, scenographer or writer. 
I work in other peoples productions, and I make my own performances. I'm creating works for young and adult audiences, giving workshops in puppeteering and devising strategies.

SIMON DAVID ZELLER

I am a queer artist, a director and sometimes a performer. I studied Psychology in Berlin, Directing in Copenhagen and Applied Theatre Studies in Giessen. I like to use performative situations outside the theatre repertoire, turning them into readymades on stage, working in Germany, Denmark and Norway.

GREGERS HANSEN

I am a Polish-Norwegian freelance music and performance artist based in Oslo with an artistic background in acting, which I studied at the Norwegian Theatre Academy in Fredrikstad. In my works, I am researching on the element of humor, mixing various entertainment and musical genres.

JAKOB SCHNACK KROG

I am a freelance actor, dancer and physical performer, working in and with contemporary theatre, dance & choreography, writing and delivering text, partnering & contact improvisation and music. I studied Acting (NTA Norway), Physical Theatre and Dance (Denmark), working in Germany, Denmark and Norway.

LIVIA HISELIUS

I'm a performer and theatremaker based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Since graduating from NTA 2019 I’ve worked across institutions for young audiences and created my own work. In my approach I constantly return to humor, quick transformations with a desire to the absurd and twisted.

Our Collaborators

MARKÈTA HREHOROVÀ

I am a dramaturg, researcher and educator based in Prague. I combine my love for exploring, learning and art by translating historical, theoretical and scientific research into creative formats – performances, films, workshops, youth programmes, discussions, podcasts and public events. Educated in Critical Studies in Art and Culture at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, I work for theatre companies such as FARM IN THE CAVE and BOYS* IN SYNC.

Projects involved: InterEuroVision, InterEuroVision Youth Lab

CHIARA MARCASSA

I am an artist from Venice, based in Frankfurt am Main. I studied Applied Theatre Studies in Giessen and work across theatre, text and textile, focusing on the anti-hero and reading reality from a female perspective. I published my first book STRESSED/DESSERTS in 2024 in collaboration with Olga Hohmann. As a dramaturg, scenographer and performer, I have collaborated with artists such as Jérôme Bel, Tino Sehgal and BOYS* IN SYNC.

Projects involved: BIG OTHER

JAY TEBOGO FISKERSTRAND

I am a South African and Norwegian performance artist from Johannesburg. I studied Physical Acting (BA) at the Norwegian Theatre Academy in Fredrikstad, Norway and Acting (MA) at the Institute for Performing Arts in Liverpool, England. Together with my friends, I founded BOYS* IN SYNC in 2018, producing shows until 2024. Currently, I am taking a break from arts and performing, working in the UK, Norway and South Africa.

Projects involved: MERGING, Instructions For Those At Home, ZAPFENSTREICH

FRITHJOF GAWENDA

I am a light and sound artist who started out as a film actor, debuting in Axel Ranisch’s Ich fühl mich Disco, and later studied Applied Theatre Studies in Giessen. I work between technical design and artistic processes across theatre, film and performance, shaped by my background in acting, directing and collective work. I collaborate with artistic groups such as KHWOSHCH, PINSKER+BERNHARDT, haufen, and, since 2021, with BOYS* IN SYNC.

Projects involved: MERGING, HAPPY VINEYARDS, ZAPFENSTREICH, BIG OTHER

Thoughts on Sustainability:

As a European theatre group that has to cross borders in order to meet physically, we ask ourselves: How can we share our work in sustainable ways?

In 2025, we put this question into practice by setting out on tour: five people traveling through five different countries in an electric minibus. We performed in a café, a museum, a community centre, a high school, theatres, and a local brewery.

For us, it was an extremely important experience - one that allowed us to learn more about our audiences and to explore resourceful and sustainable ways of making theatre!

Performing at Café Crumble in Frankfurt