FREJA HALLBERG
playwright
theatre director

Not a voice, but a choir. Not an explanation. An experience.

Not a voice, but a choir. Not an explanation. An experience.

FEATURED WORKS

  • Two ostriches walking near a pond, with a rocky landscape and a herd of animals, including some goats, in the background.

    THE BIRDS (2026)

    A darkly poetic performance about transformation and community — and what we become when we stop belonging to the world we knew.

    World premiere, Dramaten, 22 October 2026. Full script available on request.

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  • Office space with employees working at desks, large plants, and a grid pattern ceiling in a vintage, open-plan office.

    RATHAUS (2026)

    Two colleagues. Two computers. Endless reports. A performance in two acts about what it means to do your job.
    In German.

    World premiere, Konträr, 16 May 2026.
    Available for international touring from 2027.

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  • Two women in very large dresses.

    ART & MONEY (2025)

    An impossible love story between art and capital – a performance about loneliness, dependence, and the quiet cruelty of needing what you cannot live with.
    In Serbian.

    On repertoire in Belgrade.
    Available for international touring.

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  • Four people in formal attire gathered around a table with cooking ingredients and utensils, engaged in a cooking activity on stage.

    FIGHT (2022)

    A four-hour performance about conflict, intensity and human closeness – a relentless, absurd and musical quarrel with no resolution.
    In Swedish or English.

    Available for international touring 2027.

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  • Two performers sit on high chairs on a stage, wearing goggles and swimwear, with empty chairs scattered around the stage.

    BAYWATCH (2022)

    A philosophical and playful performance about conversation as survival – slow, sincere and slightly absurd.
    In English.

    Available for international touring.

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2026

JANUARY

  • Baywatch — Stockholm
    23, 24, 26, 29, 30 Jan

  • Art and Money — Belgrade
    22 Jan

FEBRUARY

  • Art and Money — Belgrade
    13 Feb

  • Baywatch — Stockholm
    20 Feb

  • Art and Money — Stockholm
    21, 23, 24, 25 Feb

MARCH

  • Art and Money — Belgrade
    11 March

APRIL

  • Art and Money — Belgrade
    20 April

MAY

  • Rathaus — Stockholm
    16, 17, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29 May

  • Art and Money — Belgrade
    12 May


‍ ‍AUGUST

  • Guided tour of the untrue History — Pesaro
    World premiere TBA

  • Baywatch - Liepāja
    22 Aug

    OCTOBER

  • The Birds — Stockholm
    World premiere 22 Oct
    24, 25, 28 Oct


    NOVEMBER

  • The Birds — Stockholm
    3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 25, 27, 28 Nov

DECEMBER

  • The Birds — Stockholm
    2, 5, 6, 13, 15, 22, 29 Dec

“The most refreshing thing I’ve seen in a long time.”
Sydsvenskan

Working with me

Book a finished production for touring

Stage one of my existing plays‍ ‍
with or without my involvement

Co-produce a new work

Commission a new work

Invite me for a residency

Invite me to your festival
for a talk, panel, keynote or jury duty

Invite me to write‍ ‍
an essay, programme text or artistic reflection

Practical info

→ Co-productions or booking finished productions: Contact SWEETS
→ Curatorial work or programming collaborations: Contact Konträr
→ Commissions, talks or new collaborations: Contact me directly

“Inexplicably captivating.”
Göteborgs Posten

Formens etik

I care about what things do
not just what they say.

A piece can speak about freedom while enacting pressure.
It can talk about care while exhausting everyone in the room.

I think about how a work behaves.
What it allows.
What it demands.

I want to create forms that hold uncertainty without punishing the ones who carry it.

I trust the audience.
Not to “understand”

but to feel what’s there.


“A small, perfectly polished stage gem.”
— Ivan Medenica