about
LASSEMO develops and produces projects across performing arts, film, and sound works. The platform is led by André Olsen Lassemo and serves as a framework for his artistic practice, with a primary focus on original works and selected collaborations.
ARTISTIC PRACTICE
LASSEMO is driven by a writing-based practice. The written text is the starting point and primary force behind all projects, shaping work across performing arts, film, and sound works.
The writing often draws from stories situated at the margins of society, focusing on people and environments shaped by exclusion, institutional pressure, and unequal power relations. These are stories where agency is limited, choices are constrained, and consequences are lived rather than explained.
Projects are developed through both independent work and close collaboration. Depending on the project, André works as a playwright, producer, director, and performer, allowing the written material to be carried through development, production, and presentation without losing its core.
André olsen lassemo
André (b. 1992) is a trained actor and multidisciplinary artist, educated at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and East 15 Acting School in London.
His performing career spans a wide range of formats and artistic contexts. Since completing his training, he has participated in more than 30 professional productions across theatre, film, and television.
In parallel with his work as a performer, André has an extensive writing and producing practice. Since 2019, he has written 11 original theatre plays and produced 18 performing arts productions, ranging from intimate solo works and site-specific projects to dance performances, black box productions, main stage works, and touring productions.
In addition to his independent work through LASSEMO, he serves as artistic director of Kanon Produksjon and Vardeteatret Sør, and is the producer of Oslo Fringe Festival, the largest performing arts festival in Norway.
