CONNECTOR programme
WILDTOPIA travels to international festivals and markets as part of our core mission: to foster festival and industry development. We believe that working internationally with environmental responsibility doesn’t mean avoiding travel - it means making every journey count.
Our Approach
Before every trip, we ask ourselves:
How can we use this journey to benefit others?
This commitment translates into offering workshops, talks, and mentoring or coaching at each destination. It also means collaborating one-on-one with artists and companies whose work holds powerful artistic and cultural relevance. Our goal is to amplify their international opportunities and networks - both during our visit and beyond.
The CONNECTOR Programme
We launched this initiative in January 2026, traveling to New York for Under The Radar and the ISPA Congress. There, we collaborated with two outstanding Nordic artists: Oda Kirkebø-Nyfløtt from the international new magic company THE KRUMPLE (Norway) and Louise Beck from the innovative opera company OPE-N (Denmark). The experience was so rewarding that we decided to continue the CONNECTOR programme. Included in the programme is an international strategy development.
Join Us
If this resonates with you, we’d love to hear from you. We only work with artists and companies whose values align with ours and where we believe we can make a genuine difference. See where we are going next:
Selected festivals/marketplatforms
we go to more festivals and marketplatforms, so please reach out if you to hear more
19 - 22 May 2026: ISPA Singapore (16 - 18 May Taiwan - Chiayi danceplatform)
7 - 30 August 2026: Edinburgh festivals - Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe
9 - 14 November 2026: CINARS, Montreal - No more availability for the CONNECTOR programme - as we work for the DANISH delegation - selected and supported by the Danish Arts Foundation
January 2027 - tbd: Under The Radar and ISPA, New York
Previous CONNECTOR collaborators
Meet co-artistic director Oda Kirkebø Nyfløtt from the physical theatre and new magic company THE KRUMPLE that is committed to "the re-enchantment of the world". "CHIMERA" is their latest work
"It's like the effect of the Northern Lights; when you see it, something stops and falls back into place, and even though you know what it is, you still can't fully understand it, and that's why you like it, because you forget the unimportant things and remember the important ones."
Yngvild Aspeli about Chimera
THE KRUMPLE approaches their mission of "the re-enchantment of the world" with a profound sense of urgency. Renowned for its visually arresting theatre, the company blends masterful magical illusion with the precision and athleticism of physical theatre, crafting experiences defined by surprise, wonder, and emotional resonance.
The company has made 9 shows to date, several of them highly critically acclaimed. They have toured extensively internationally, visiting 10 countries so far – such as the renowned festivals Ruhrfestspiele in Recklinghausen (Germany), GIFT in Tbilisi (Georgia), the Aranya Theater Festival (China) and The Tank in New York (US).
The guiding premise in the making of CHIMERA has been the words of Gabriel Garcia Marquez ("A Hundred Years of Solitude"):
“Things have a life of their own. It’s simply a matter of waking up their souls.”
Oda Kirkebø Nyfløtt will be pitching their newest production CHIMERA at Norway Now in New York.
Meet founding artistic directore Louise Beck from OPE-N dedicated to expanding Opera.
OPE-N is an award-winning and interdisciplinary opera company that was founded by artistic director Louise Beck in Copenhagen. She describes her artistic work:
My artistic work begins with a simple fascination: How our cultural heritage and political structures shape not only the world around us, but also our inner lives. I am drawn to opera because this fantastic artform is expansive enough to hold these dual perspectives - the personal and the societal view - at the same time. In my practice, I revisit stories from the past to understand the present, creating large-scale productions that illuminate the forces shaping contemporary identity. At the same time, I explore the intimacy of everyday life through close-up portrayals that foreground the emotional realities we all share.
OPE-N has co-produced large-scale opera productions in Asia, Australia, and Scandinavia, while their smaller works are touring in North America and Europe.
Please note that the “furiously beautiful and in-your-face experience” LOL – Laughing Out Lonely will be playing at Tapestry Opera in Toronto, Canada, on 16–17 January 2026, and at Mois Multi Festival on 14–15 February 2026. It will also be performed at Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, from 18–30 August 2026.