Biennale programme 2026
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A Study of Losses
Performance
Through circus, contemporary magic and object manipulation, Kompani Giraff creates its own universe in A Study of Losses, playfully exploring the magnetic pull of what has been lost. Four circus performers and a col ...
Acrobatic movement theatre workshop
Workshop
Explore DynamO Théâtre's artistic approach: acrobatic movement theatre. How do you script movement in space? What are the rules? The idea is to focus on the fun of acting through various theatre-of-movement developm ...
Afropocalypse
Performance
This energetic and hugely imaginative production follows the journey of a group of story tellers in an apocalyptic setting as they share their fables of hope and resilience. Afropocalypse’s fourteen strong ensemble ...
ARTIST TALKS - a relay
Talks
A relay of artist talks, where artists meet one on one in open conversations about process, practice, inspiration and method. Drop in, listen, and take part artist talks across disciplines.
bibu PARTY
Social events
What do Finnish karaoke, Helsingborg's best actor-DJs and Helsingborg's most exciting food court have in common? They all form the basis of the bibu PARTY!
bibu-MINGLE
Social events
If you arrive to Helsingborg on Tuesday 26 May, welcome to the bibu-MINGLE in Helsingborg City Theater's foyer!
Binnánaš balus – Nesten ikke redd – Almost not afraid at all
Performance
In the gamme, Anna has cocoa and a cozy surprise ready as Biret enters with wet feet. Biret prefers being indoors surrounded by people than having to worry about animals and nature lurking outside the thin gamme wal ...
Book release - Sensory drama in specialist education
Social events
Theories and methods in sensory drama are published in book form with clear lesson plans in script form, ready to be used in the classroom.
Boys Don't Dance
Performance
Boys Don’t Dance is a poignant dance theatre show by acclaimed disabled director, choreographer and dancer Marc Brew, reflecting on his journey as a boy who defied society’s expectations to embrace his love for danc ...
Danshörnan med Kroppsklubben & ZebraDans
Social events
A meeting place for dance throughout the festival. In Danshörnan, you can take a break between performances, meet colleagues, rest your body and move it. Here you will find both scheduled programme items and spontan ...
Danspaus - Kroppsklubben & ZebraDans
Social events
Dansring - Kroppsklubben & ZebraDans
Social events
Extreme Icebreaker
Social events
Don't know many people at Bibu? No worries!
Figurer
Performance
Figurer is an imaginative dance performance in which three mischievous characters with shaky self-esteem sneak into a theater on a mysterious mission. Inside, the dusty interior comes to life and the performance tra ...
Fine Lines
Performance
The work of Roser López Espinosa is based on strong physicality, with a great passion for precision, delicacy, acrobatic elements and detail. A lively and playful physical universe of refined poetics and often a tou ...
From Representation to Authorship: Disabled Led Creation on Stage
Talks
Beyond “inspiration” stories: this seminar challenges stereotypical disability narrative centring disabled artists as creators and exploring how commissioning can support authentic authorship.
Gudarnas väktare - Guardians of the Gods
Performance
Guardians of the Gods is a unique global production created within The Childhood Project, initiated by Unga Klara. Through a collaboration involving 11 countries across five continents, the play explores the relatio ...
How Does a Performance Taste – and Where Does It Really Make Itself Felt?
Talks
How is criticism changing in an era of digitalisation, co-creation, and new publics? A unique Nordic conversation between researchers and critics on how children and young people can become co-creators through creat ...
Jobbigt
Performance
Jobbigt is the first dance piece by Ofelia Jarl Ortega made for a younger audience. Together, Marcus Baldemar, Ane Carlsen, Andrew Hardwidge and Laura Linna address the existential issues of being in a group togethe ...
Klädställningen
Performance
Klädställningen is a playful and poetic circus performance. It is based on movement between hangers and clothes with different proportions. It is its own little world within the framework of a rather limited space a ...
Live Report from the United States: Performing Arts for Young Audiences in a Changing Political Landscape
Talks
A live report from the United States on how political shifts are affecting performing arts for young audiences — and how artists continue to create despite an increasingly pressured and unpredictable cultural policy ...
Mapping opportunities for playwrights in Europe
Talks
The Fence is an international network of playwrights and dramaturges with 275 members from 51 countries. The Center for Dramatic Writing works to widen the fields in which playwrights and scriptwriters work.
Master Class with Zoë Demoustier
Workshop
In connection with her performance What Remains at BIBU, Dansalliansen invites choreographer and performer Zoë Demoustier to lead a Master Class where participants will gain insight into her artistic practice.
Meet the International Selection Committee
Talks
Meet the international selection committee behind bibu 2026. Hear their insights on artistic quality, key trends, and how the performances resonated with jurymembers and audiences. Held in English.
Meet the owners
Social events
We can always be better, different, more amazing! Bibu was founded and is still owned by Teatercentrum and Swedish ASSITEJ. During the biennial you have the chance to meet board members and employees of the two orga ...
Mont St Gumboot
Performance
Mont Silent Gumboot is the highest mountain range on Great Labuan Island. In its centre is an active volcano whose pipe keeps eructing inextinguishable imagination lava into the sky. The total of six locals living h ...
Morning Swim / Morgondopp with ASSITEJ
Social events
Begin the festival with a refreshing dip and coffee by the water. Meet, reflect on performances, and share inspiring conversations in a warm festival community.
Myller
Performance
In Myller the dancers are constantly confronted with emerging landscapes, where various challenges and surprises push the group to find temporary solutions and binding agreements. This ongoing evolution reveals mome ...
OPENING bibu 2026
Performance
The opening ceremony will begin with music performed by the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and conclude with Skånes Dansteater's duet Fine Lines.
PALS
Performance
PALS is a musical theatre work for young audiences by Ellen Renton about the friendship between a sighted girl and a visually impaired girl, using song, text, and movement to create an inclusive performance space.
Post performance discussion Afropocalypse
Talks
Post performance discussions together with participants from the performance together with a representative from the International selection committee. At the end of the talk, the audience is given the opportunity t ...
Post Performance Discussion Mont St Gumboot
Talks
Post performance discussions together with participants from the performance together with a representative from the International committee. At the end of the talk, the audience is given the opportunity to ask ques ...
Post performance discussion Myller
Talks
Post performance discussions together with participants from the performance together with a representative from the Swedish jury. At the end of the talk, the audience is given the opportunity to ask questions.
Post Performance Discussion What Remains
Talks
Post performance discussions together with participants from the performance together with a representative from the International selection committee. At the end of the talk, the audience is given the opportunity t ...
Rotviska
Performance
A sensory theatre adventure through tangled roots, rustling foliage, and everything in between. At the heart of an ancient tree, full of life and movement, Rotviska follows every shift in nature. Here, the old makes ...
Rotviska – creating an accessible performing arts experience
Talks
Andrew Stanford and Eva von Hofsten discuss Rotviska, an accessible show for young people with complex disabilities, created by centering audience inclusion and artistic ambition from the start.
SAFT - Society, Family, Theatre
Talks
How do you find theatre when new in Sweden? SAFT gives Swedish For Immigrants students the chance to experience children's theatre with their families. A seminar about accessibility and inclusion.
Shifting the Stage- Keynote with Caroline Bowditch
Talks
Keynote with choreographer and cultural leader Caroline Bowditch explores how to build a more inclusive performing arts sector for young audiences, highlighting collective responsibility and the power of disabled-le ...
Sjaddo
Performance
Sjaddo means seed in Lule Sami, about growing and developing. To listen to one's instinct and intuition, to feel each other and to be present. It all begins with earth being created: the reindeer's body becomes fore ...
Storyline Discovery – young people tell, young people lead
Workshop
Seminar and workshop on Storyline Discovery. Presentation of the project's journey, methods and youth participation, as well as practical exercises in participatory performing arts and creative storytelling with int ...
The Childhood Project
Talks
The Childhood Project is a global collaborative initiative involving 11 countries across five continents, Initiated by Unga Klara. The project focuses on the international exchange of methodologies and narratives su ...
Trans separatist meet-up
Social events
A forum for trans people to meet, make contacts and exchange experiences within the industry. We offer coffee!Organized by the network Transformers Scenkonst.
Vintergatans bibliotek
Performance
Welcome to Vintergatans bibliotek, a sensory space where movement meets light and shadows meet sound. Here, movable shelves, tactile signs, and light shimmering from the books invite exploration. A moment together i ...
VOICES IN THE NORDICS: AN ARTISTIC LANGUAGE FOR JUSTICE & INCLUSION
Talks
Voices in the Nordics, a seminar exploring how art and culture reshape language around diversity and inclusion, sharing experiences and inviting audience dialogue.
Walk and Talk
Social events
Walk and talk through the streets of Helsingborg with the Nordic Baltic ASSITEJ Network, where we promise engaging conversations and meaningful meetings.
We followed The Tail
Workshop
In the project Svanslandet, Spinn explored and developed new methods to increase accessibility with children´s perspective.
What Remains
Performance
What Remains is a story about beginning and ending, about standing at the furthest point of a line in life, the point at which you start out as a child or end as an older person. The poetry of changing as a human be ...
Working with the Child Perspective
Workshop
In this workshop, we take a hands-on approach in identifying what a child’s perspective could be —and to using it when working with theatre for children.