Being Norwegian

Fringe 2026

Being Norwegian

Sean invites Lisa back to his apartment for a drink. Sean hasn't unpacked after a year. Lisa says she's Norwegian. In this dark, funny encounter, two outsiders reach out to each other across the deep fjords of the heart. Starring Clarice Eckford and Graham Mothersill. Directed by Amy DeFelice.

'In Norway we're used to darkness in people's heads. We even prefer it. Because if there is no darkness then what in heaven's name are you thinking about? We Norwegians think people who are happy are perhaps just a little above themselves, don't you?'

Amy DeFelice is Artistic Director of Trunk Theatre, where her productions include: A Number, The Amish Project (Sterling Award recipient for Best Fringe Production and Direction), Ashes to Ashes, Emphysema: A Love Story, Good with People, The Clean House and In the Next Room or the vibrator play. Productions elsewhere: The Diary of Anne Frank (The King’s University), Constellations and The Fever (Shadow Theatre).

Clarice Eckford was last seen at the Fringe in The Colleen Bawn (Trunk Theatre). Other credits include The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble (Theatre Network), Doubt, The Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre), The Lonesome West (Atlas Theatre Co-op), Kingfisher Days (Covenant Theatre), and The Love Course (SPIRIT). Clarice received Sterling nominations for Kingfisher Days, The Love Course, The Lonesome West and The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble and a Sterling Award for The Amish Project. She is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s BFA Acting Program.

Cody Porter (Sean) - Stage: Into the Woods (Carter Ryan); Angry Alan (Northern Light Theatre - Sterling Haynes Award Winner 2025); As You Like It & The Tempest (FreeWill). Die-Nasty Cast Member. Sterling nominations for The Flying Detective, Tragedy: a tragedy, This Lime Tree Bower (Performances), Betrayal, Days of Wine and Roses and Passion Play (Outstanding Indie Productions). Film & TV: Painkiller (Netflix); Connecting Flights (Link to The Past); The Mou