Marius von der Fehr

Marius von der Fehr is a playwright/author, theatre director, visual artist and performer/musician with an MA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. He is based in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. von der Fehr writes dramatic works in Norwegian, English, Spanish and French. His best known works internationally are the theater production WAYS OF SEEING (Black Box Teater, 2018) in collaboration with Pia Maria Roll and others, selected by the leading Nordic theatre magazine as one of the 25 best pieces of the century, and NATIONALTHEATRET BEKLAGER/NATIONAL APOLOGY (2016), also with Roll. He has presented works in stages all over Europe like Kaaitheater Brussels, Monty Antwerp, The Place London and La Villette Paris. In 2024 he initiated the performing arts group EXILIO TARAB with choreographer Nada Chouaib from Lebanon/France. POUR AMAL (2024), addresses the genocide in Palestine and Lebanon. The play premiered in French in Festival Les Aubes in Geneva, Switzerland, and was adapted into Spanish for TNT Atalaya in Seville, Jerez de la Frontera, Jaén, Trebujena, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Morón de la Frontera, Jimena de la Frontera, Durango, Grazalema, the 5th Festival de Teatro en el Jardín in Jerez de la Frontera, Alcalá del Valle, the 7th of October 2025 in Cádiz and in Teatro Moderno, Chiclana de la Frontera the 10th. The English version premiere took place in Tromsø Kulturhus, Norway 10th of April 2026. His next piece Tu debes vivir will premiere in Spanish in Teatro Moderno, Chiclana de la Frontera, Spain, the 30th of October 2026 and his autobiographic YOU MUST LIVE is projected for spring 2027 in Tromsø Kulturhus. Marius von der Fehr was the initiator and chairman of the think tank TeaterTanken. He ran the event series NEW FRONTIERS in Oslo, at the intersection of art, philosophy and political activism. He has taught for a number of years at the Theater Academy in Oslo. He gives theatre classes at Tarab al-Andalús in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain and directs the final year performance of the school.