De Utvalgte is an autonomous theater company that has made its mark during the last twentyfive years by displaying a desire to seek new expression, but also new content in the stage arts.

Today the company consists of Kari Holtan, Boya Bøckman, Torbjørn Davidsen, Anne Holtan, Ida Holthe Lid, and Vibeke Lie. In the performances they work with other artists as needed for the different projects.

De Utvalgte deals with contemporary theater and their performances are moving in the borderland between theater, visual art and performance. They create a distinctive and multifaceted expression through the assembly of self-made instruments such as video, text, sound and music.

The company mixes the comic and the tragic in bold ridicule of their own and others’ inadequacies.

In 2014 the company received the Norwegian Arts Councils base funding.