Welcome Guest

We are very pleased to announce a larp from a young Norwegian larpmaker, Heidi Gravarlid, Welcome Guest. The larp is hosted in collaboration with LUDO.

This is a realistic, slightly dystopian LARP with a deliciously twisted plot. An utterly unusual family (who just happen to be cannibals) hosting a perfectly normal dinner party. Their guests are a charming collection of strangers with suspiciously complicated pasts, all gathered for what promises to be a cozy, heartwarming and learningfull evening… give or take a few strange topics. 

The event features a delightful level of escalation, with open possibilities for murder, madness, and maybe even a wedding. Because why not end the night with either love or death?

Players can expect a deceptively calm dinner experience. Polite conversation, awkward small talk, and the faint smell of something suspiciously meaty in the air. It starts slow, like any normal family gathering with gest… until it iset. As the evening unfolds, tensions simmer, secrets spill, and things may escalate from “pass the salt” to “pass the knife” before dessert is served. Expect laughter, discomfort, drama, and possibly a blood-stained toast to love or survival.

The Adoration of the Seraphim

Yet another larp –  but this time, a new premiere! Sverre Markus Launes Johannessen will run his first larp, The Adoration of the Seraphim, at this year's festival. 

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Once every 100 years the Order of the Seraphim gather for the high mass known simply as the Adoration. The Adoration marks the passage of a dying cherubim and the reincarnation as Seraphim. The Seraphim, ranking highest among the angels in power and sheer magnificence is merely mentioned once in the Scripture, yet the description gives a glimpse of the sheer beauty and power of the seraphim as they circle god itself in its throne:

Above him (God) were Seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another:

"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;

the whole earth is full of his glory."

At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.

Isaiah 6:2-4

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The Adoration of the Seraphim is a non-verbal cult-like ritual/larp; it focuses on collaborative movement and dance to provide adoration that aims to celebrate the ascension of an angel of immense power and glory. One participant will play the Cherubim/Seraphim, while remaining players will fill the role as high-ministers and worshippers. 

Other Women

As November moves forward, bringing winter closer, we are very happy to continue presenting the larps that are coming to Grenselandet 2025. Next in line is Other Women by Anneli Friedner! 

Four women surrounding a Great Male Genius. In the history books, they will seem like rivals. Muses. Affairs. His wife and his mistress, her sister, his pupil. 

That is, however, only a fragment of the real story.

The four women are left in the kitchen, and while they clean up, they start to talk. About creating art and taking oneself seriously; about the trappings of womanhood and the limitations on women; about sex. About seeing, and being seen. 

Other Women is a scenario about developing the relationships between these women; about art, sisterhood, friendship, and some great, female artists.

Panopticon

Having been played in Denmark and Finland already, we are very excited to have Nór Hernø and Panopticon travel
their way to Oslo in December, giving us a dystopian larp focusing on personal drama and relations.

In the Panopticon prison, those trapped within live under constant surveillance until the prison begins to glitch, affording them brief moments free from observation.

As the inner walls malfunction, you have the chance to exploit these power outages to frantically move from cell to cell, reconnecting with those from your past. However, you must be back in your cell before the power returns. In the end you will make one final decision that seals your fate, and potentially the fate of those around you, within the Panopticon.

inside:outside

We are very happy to have a Nordic larp classic from 2001 return! Inside:outside by Eirik Fatland and Mike Pohjola!

A bunch of strangers wake up in a white cube, not knowing how or why. They are all prisoners, wearing white, numbered overalls. A voice calls them by numbers, one at a time, to the next room. In the other room, another voice accuses them of unspecified crimes, holds philosophical monologues, and forces them to confront ethical dilemmas
. Then the prisoner is returned with the others. At random times, or if the prisoners are difficult, guards enter the cell and beat up the prisoners.

This Nordic larp classic explores game theoretic ideas of The Prisoner’s Dilemma and Wolf’s Dilemma. It has been influenced by writings of Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett, George Orwell and Jean-Paul Sartre, as well as the films A Clockwork Orange (1971) and The Cube (1997).

Los seres del río

We hare pleased to give you our next programme update: A brand new larp by Maren Wolf - Los seres del río.

This is a larp about a dying river, a vibrant desert and the creatures co-living in its environment. Through movement, sound, touch and the occasional sharing circle the players experience symbiotic relationships, care and loss. You become the creatures living with and through the river that gives life to a flourishing valley in the middle of a burning desert. Playing through the natural and manmade challenges occurring in this place, you will have to negotiate, surrender, gift and receive.

This story is a real one, based on the ecocide of the Río Aguas, a vanishing and exploited river located in the Spanish desert of Andalusia.

Inspired by a song

                  

Grenselandet brings you Inspired by A Song by Torunn Lea

                                                                                                 

A larp about finding yourself – and each other – again.

Welcome to the reunion.

You’re on your way to a gathering you might have
been looking forward to – or perhaps dreading a little.
Each song carries a story – about who you were,
and who you’ve become.
About relationships, longing, anger, and flirtation.

In this larp you’ll flow – through old bonds and new sparks – in a space filled with music, memories, and possibilities.