Stuffed

It is possible to die not only of hunger but also of an excess of food. I am not speaking only of physical, but also of spiritual death accompanying overnourishment. This illness is naturally closely associated with materialism, consumer society. Every human being needs something worth living, and that could possibly be some other thing than a new car. I am speaking about the necessity to share ideas. I am simply speaking about humanism. (...) How to convince children that they must eat up all they have on their plates, when their father drunk on expensive Cognac has vomited up opulent Christmas dinner? Am I moralizing? No, I am not. I just want to point out that the money squandered in this way should be donated to charity. (...) Our consumer society is ill-disposed towards thought and reflection. We need art not only to amuse us, but also to reflect for us.

Yngve Sundvor, director

And it works! Images – perfect images of our wealth in the form food, food and food again. Love is reduced here to masturbation included in the process of eating – it is enough for turning our stomachs. It is not food that would please everyone. The performance is a straight attack on our closed, satisfied Norway. It is what good satire should be: not only a forefinger lifted for warning, but literally a slap in the face.

Andreas Wiese, Dagbladet, 16 January 2002

Stuffed is an original, provocative play, in which actors perform a brilliant piece of work. Over 90 minutes they transform from ordinary, jovial and kind people into fat and disgusting monsters. The change is initially apparent on their faces, which slowly but persistently lose all signs of life and intelligence and become dead, stiff masks.

Ida Lou Larsen, Nationen, 17 January 2001