Bibby and Barth

An Afternoon of Fish // Oslo Drag Festival 2025

https://www.oslodragfestival.com/weirdsisters

When: Saturday, May 31 at 14:00.

Where: Langhuset, SALT Art & Music, Langkaia 1, Oslo.

Bienvenue to an aquatic afternoon with your favourite french sisters!

For this special après-midi Éloïse et Louise have decided to delve into a topic they are curious about: what does it mean to be fish/poisson? After having been called fish queens one night out in their village (Paris), they became committed to solve the mystery of what lies behind this comment. To help them on their way, they have invited magnifique guests who will serve their own fish interpretations. Will they be able help the sisters understand what this is all about? Could anyone be or become fish?

But wait! While rehearsing her new routine for this show, Éloïse was caught in a fishnet, and had to leave Louise on her own. Will Louise be able to run this dragucational afternoon without her sister? Or will Éloïse detangle in time? 😳

Hold your breaths! It’s going to get fishy.

Les invités: Owl, Jelena Skankovic, Luna Palmer et Brødskive 🐬🐟🐠🐡

Performers

The Weird Sisters 

Bibby & Barth are a theatre-maker duo based in Oslo, with a love for absurd physical theatre. Both studied physical theatre in London, and between them they have further education in clowning, drag, butoh and opera singing. The realisation that they both speak fluent French and share appreciation and knowledge of French culture led to the development of the French characters ‘The Weird Sisters’ in 2020. These peculiar sisters, Eloise and Louise, most often appear in camp Coco Chanel-inspired style and inhabit a bizarre world of Beckettian references, where french songs, a nostalgic 60s aesthetic, and sumptuous glamour set the scene for their absurd antics. The sisters communicate in french and broken english, but the main focus is on the physical, the non text-based and the visually absurd. Bibby & Barth have created performances starring The Weird Sisters every year since 2020. Photo Credit: Karina Rønning

http://www.bibbyandbarth.com.

Owl

Birds of a feather or a murder of crows, this night creature can be your worst nightmare or your beautiful songbird. But can owls be fish too? Only one way to find out. Photo credit: Pernille Sommer.

Jelena Skankovic

«If I’m wearing a bikini … where do I keep my [poke]balls? Teehee… woman’s secret.” A wild JELENA appeared! Jelena burst onto the drag scene in 2022 as part of OsloMet’s Kunsten å dragge (where she befriended Barth), won the Eurovision Lipsync Contest in 2023 and has since then dazzled audiences at above and beyond. A trailblazer, and she produced the first-ever drag show at Oslo City Hall during Oslo Pride in 2023. By day, she’s a senior engineer and project manager for the City of Oslo, and in that sense a proud amateur in the field of drag. From Kragerø to the big stage, Jelena is proving it’s never too late to shine! Photo credit: Karina Rønning. Grapic design: Alvar Aronija.

Luna Palmer

Luna made her debut on the Norwegian drag scene in 2019 and has since left her mark on Norwegian drag through both solo performances and as one of the founders of the Bergen-based drag group Haus of Friele. Art mediation is her day job, and she often draws inspiration from her field of expertise, as well as everything else her passionate activist heart cares about. In Luna’s universe, you’ll encounter everything from Caravaggio to Kesha, from religious rituals to Greta Thunberg, all presented with a distinctive perspective and a warm sense of humor. Photo credit: Pernille Sommer.

Brødskive

Brødskive aka Jens Martin Hartvedt Arvesen has worked with many different art media, most notably Drag, Dance and DJing. Jens Martin is currently working freelance as a performance artist. They started their Drag career in 2013 together with the others in Princessilicious. They have initiated and had a finger in many different concepts for the Queer and Drag community in Oslo. Current editions of collaborations for queer artistic infrastructure and accessibility of the arts include, but is not limited to, Karmaklubb*, Oslo Drag Festival and Queer Community Club (QCC). They are also continuously expanding and researching knowledge about drag through concepts like Draglaboratoriet and Oslo Drag Festival, and currently teaching Drag at OsloMet. Photo credit: Agata Wozniak (2025) «Kjærlighet, Strid og Stolthet». Oasis – Come and taste us. Open Drag Stage. SALT Art & Music.

The Weird Sisters Café: The Festival Édition

Bibby and Barth present «The Weird Sisters Café: The Festival Édition».

The Weird Sisters – Éloïse et Louise – try their very best to run a festival café with the resources they have. Since they are now in Gothenburg, away from their Oslo-based café, they have to find new creative methods to cater to their guests. Expect the unexpected in this interactive performance that combines lip syncs, clown acts and bizarre glamour. The two French sisters invite you to come explore their menu and see what you get.

Bibby and Barth both have their backgrounds in physical theatre. In their current project they work as a drag-clown duo, and have been exploring the theatrical potential of drag since 2020. Since then, they have developed a rich universe around The Weird Sisters, with their own unique physicality and indiosyncratic way of interacting with their audience. The sisters speak french and broken english, as well as communicating nonverbally.

>>TWO shows: 6th september at 6.30 pm and 8th september at 4pm<<

Creative directors: Sophie Barth & Anja Bibby
Actresses: Sophie Barth & Anja Bibby
Sound design: Josh Spear

Dreaming of a Prom Noir/upremiere (2024)

In a house in Damstredet The Weird Sisters are preparing for their very first prom. The music of Edith Piaf and Roy Orbison accompanies Éloïse and Louise as they engage in bizarre beauty rituals and party games. Will they be able to put on their gowns and go outside, or will they remain in an endless loop at home?

This performance is part of Bibby and Barths explorations of drag and clowning in more intimate spaces. This project is part of a bigger project called «Press P for Persona – Prom Noir» created by Ann-Helen Schjølberg and Josh Spear, and co-produced by Voxlab. The full show will premiere in September.

Never seen us before?
Bibby & Barth are theatre makers who have been exploring the theatrical potential of drag since 2020. Since then, they have developed a rich theatrical universe around The Weird Sisters, with their own unique physicality and idiosyncratic way of interacting with their audience. The sisters speak french and broken english, as well as communicating nonverbally.

Initiativ/project manager: Ann-Helen Schjølberg
Directors/ actresses Dreaming of a Prom Noir: Anja Bibby and Sophie Barth
House owner: Kjersti Anfinnsen

We have TWO shows: One at 18.30 and another at 20.45. They both last one hour, and we have a capacity of 20 people per show. The show will start precisely at the times mentioned, so meet up 15 minutes in advance

A Weird Sisters Christmas på Salt (2023)

After their sold out Christmas Show at in 2022, the Weird Sisters, Éloïse et Louise, return to invite you to the most bizarre julebord you will experience in 2023. The glamorous duo will be serving up absurd welcome rituals, lip syncs and awkward dancing in this partly improvised show that combines elements of a drag show with physical theatre, clowning and performance art.

Wait! That’s not all!…

Attendez, Louise et Eloïse! Votre mères sont là!
You wouldn’t think you could celebrate Christmas, without your mothers, non?
There’s no such thing as Christmas without family! Elisa et Vera will come and help you girls out.
There’s nothing a mother can’t do! We are very good at fixing, cleaning, bringing, singing, lipsyncing, dancing, washing and baking. After all we are your mothers. You get it from us, oui!
Spending quality time during Christmas with your family, is the most wonderful time of the year.

That’s right! This year Vera Brå and Dr. Elisa Test will be ‘helping’ Éloïse et Louise, whether they like it or not! Be prepared for even more charming chaos than you would normally expect from a Weird Sisters show!

This show has something for everyone, whether you love Christmas or whether you hate it.
Bring your favourite people and enjoy a joy-filled evening of laughter and absurdity, where well known Christmas traditions are turned upside down and inside out!

Aldersgrense: 18

Weird Sisters Birthday Extravaganza (2023)

We invite you all to a petit birthday celebration with The Weird Sisters!

Expect plenty of improvisation, surprises and weirdness around the theme of celebrations and birthdays.

After running the café at the old Munch Museum a few times, they are now turning Dogyard into their playground! Dogyard is a new and exciting venue in Fornebu.

Get ready for birthday games, singing and dancing, and peut-être there will be some cake too!

This birthday performance will last about 1h and then the audience are welcome to stay to celebrate as it’s Louise’s alter ego Sophie Barth’s actual birthday. There will be a simple bar menu. You are welcome to bring your own food, however, drinks have to be bought at the venue. Cakes are very welcome!

Tickets give entry to the performance and the afterparty. Consider it as giving a birthday gift to your favourite Weird Sisters  Tickets are 100/150/200.

About the Weird Sisters:

The Weird Sisters are a drag duo who are known for their over the top audience participation and plenty of physical comedy. Dressed in glamorous Coco-Chanel inspired couture, The Weird Sisters express themselves in French and broken English, as well as through absurd physical comedy, gestures and facial expressions. You do not need to have seen the Weird Sisters before to enjoy this evening as Louise and Éloïse’s guest, but if you have, get ready to fall more in love with the chaotic charm of these sisters.

Soirée Improvisée Christmas Edition (2022)

They’re back by popular demand! After a wildly successful first edition of Soirée Improvisée in September, the Weird Sisters return with Soirée Improvisée – The Christmas Edition.

This December the duo will serve up a glamorous, hip and happening soirée in the Old Munch museum café! For one night only! Be prepared for bizarre welcome rituals, lip syncs and awkward dancing in this improvised show that combines elements of a drag show with physical theatre, clowning, and performance art.

This evening of improvisation is closely rooted in scenes from their debut show The Weird Sisters, with extra audience participation and plenty of physical comedy. Dressed in glamorous Coco-Chanel inspired couture, The Weird Sisters express themselves in French and broken English, as well as through absurd physical comedy, gestures and facial expressions. You do not need to have seen the Weird Sisters Show to enjoy this evening as Louise and Éloïse’s guest, but if you have seen the show, get ready to fall more in love with the chaotic charm of these sisters and look out for familiar elements.

There will be a possibility to buy drinks after the show and hang out with the sisters, so bring your friends and indulge in this truly camp pre-Christmas event.

Show start: 19.30, doors open at 19.15

Duration: 1h

The Weird Sisters: Soirée Improvisée (2022)

> We have two shows: One at 4.30 pm and one at 7pm! Duration: approximately 1h each.

The Weird Sisters are a performing duo that combine drag, clowning and physical theatre.

This is a unique opportunity to experience them in an unusually intimate setting at the old Munch Museum:

‘Well bonjour!
We didn’t know you were coming!

We were just settling in for a quiet evening at home

Mais of course! Now that you’re here, you must come in!

Please be our guests for this Soirée Improvisée!’

*In French culture a ‘soirée improvisée’ is when you spontaneously entertain guests in your home. Soirée improvisée can also be translated as an evening of theatrical improvisation. Witness The Weird Sisters as they try to serve up a glamorous, hip and happening soirée in their living room! Be prepared for bizarre welcome rituals, lip syncs and awkward dancing in an improvised show that combines elements of a drag show with physical theatre and performance art.

This evening of improvisation in the Weird Sisters’ own living room is closely rooted in scenes from their debut show The Weird Sisters, with extra audience participation and plenty of physical comedy. Dressed in glamorous Coco-Chanel inspired couture, The Weird Sisters express themselves in French and broken English, as well as through absurd physical comedy, gestures and facial expressions. You do not need to have seen the Weird Sisters Show to enjoy this evening as Louise and Éloïse’s guest, but if you have seen the show, get ready to fall more in love with the chaotic charm of these sisters and look out for familiar elements.

What people have said about The Weird Sisters debut show:

«70 minutes of pure entertainment!»
«I think it was so difficult to do, it was so random and so absurd»
«Åh, herregud»

Tickets: Prices are 150 for students and 200 for ordinary tickets. We recommend getting tickets in advance to avoid disappointment, but it’s also possible to buy through vipps at the door. The people with pre-booked tickets will be prioritised.

The Weird Sisters// Oslo Drag Festival 2022

First Show: The Weird Sisters (2021)

The Weird Sisters, aka Louise and Élouïse, welcome you to the premiere of their first TV variété show in front of a live audience. Get ready to enter a universe where French chansons, nostalgic 60s & 80s aesthetics and clownish glamour collide! Louise and Élouïse’s antics will amuse, delight, confuse and move you in equal measure. In the midst of their innate incompetence to host a TV show, the sisters will deliver rousing lip syncs, beautifully absurd physicality, gorgeous costumes and at least one scene that will leave you saying ‘I have no idea what that was, but I liked it!’. The sisters communicate mainly in french and broken English, but their main mode of expression is their over the top physicality.

The Weird Sisters are the creations of Bibby & Barth, two bio queens and theatre makers approaching drag through the lens of physical theatre.

Concept, direction & dramaturgy: Anja Bibby & Sophie Barth

Performers: Anja Bibby & Sophie Barth

Costumes & props: Anja Bibby & Sophie Barth

Voiceover & track editing: Anja Bibby & Sophie Barth

Technician & lighting designer: Stig Berg

A big thank you to Salt for letting us rehearse in Pyramiden and for hosting the premiere of this show.

We would also like to thank: All our supporters on Spleis and indiegogo, our families, Royal Junk in Vålerenga (Facebook: royal junk/ Instagram: royal junk by stuntsquad), Vålerenga Verksted, Pia De Mailly (photos), Lea Josephine Tetrick (film), Celina Christoffersen (photos), Daniel Kosacki for driving and general production support, Drag Follies and Bibby’s Bonanza for providing arenas for testing material.