Jag är Gud

An autobiographical one-man show by the dancer Danne Dahlin about living with bipolar disorder. I designed the scenography and, with Jonas Johansson, the video; the lighting was kept deliberately plain so the room stays with Danne, who carries the whole piece alone.

Dahlin was headed for a career in dance when the illness took hold. The piece looks back across nineteen years: a first manic episode in New York, the stable years that could no longer hold it back, and being found in Los Angeles in 2018 surrounded by police with drawn weapons.

It premiered at Kilen, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, in November 2024, sold out, and was staged a second time.

See the project at Jonas Johansson

Scenography: Rose HallgrenLight and video: Jonas JohanssonPerformer: Danne DahlinActor and director: Jakob Bladh

Press: Svenska Dagbladet

Danne Dahlin alone on the stage at Kilen
The set seen from the audience
Projection across the stage
Danne mid-performance
The stage in wide view
A moment in the piece
Lighting detail
Danne in silhouette
The set during the show
Closing image of the performance