The stage is covered with grass and a car is about to enter the stage! Two red-headed figures show up and a neighbor who really wants to have coffee. Grass is dance and music, puppetry and soft circus in a poetic piece about being and seeing.
It is the first collaboration between Claire Parsons Co. and the Marionett Theater/City Theater in Stockholm in an inventive and marvellous tale of friendship, dreams and visual magic.
Since its premiere in 2016, GRASS has toured all over Sweden and also to festivals in Germany and Norway.
In GRASS, the spectator is in the most natural way given the feeling of for a moment being surrounded by the joyous infinity of an experience. GRASS is nothing but a happy grassy spot for everybody.
– Dagens Nyheter
GRASS is a playful and inventive experience with movement, dance and surrealistic images. Claire Parsons explores different dimensions, large and small, people and puppets. It is creative, suggestive and delightful.
– Svenska Dagbladet
CAST 2026
Mira Björkman, Viktor Gyllenberg and Tobias Ulfvebrand
ORIGINAL CAST
Emelie Garmén, Viktor Gyllenberg, Magnus Erenius (Marionetteatern)
CHOREOGRAPHY AND DIRECTION
Claire Parsons
SET DESIGN
Anna Nyberg
COSTUME
Bitte Palm
MASQUE
Gunilla Pettersson
LIGHTNING DESIGN
Olof Carlsson
ORIGINAL MUSIC AND MUSICAL ARRANGEMENT
Mikael Svanevik
PUPPETMAKER
Kay Tinbäck Du Rées
PUPPET PLAY INSTRUCTIONS
Helena Nilsson
GRASS is a co-production between Claire Parsons Co. and Marionetteatern at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern in Stockholm (SE). Premiere 2016.
Photos: Petra Hellberg.
The photos may be used only in connection to performances by Claire Parsons Co. The photographer’s name must be stated.
