Wonderland (2026)
"A captivating story with a powerful, physical performance. Both fascinating and thought-provoking."
– Elin Lindberg, Norsk Shakespearetidsskrift
"The artistic devices are striking.
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Ciftci’s skill as a storyteller, together with Bendik HK’s pulsating music, has a fine, instinctive energy to it."
– Mode Steinkjer, Dagsavisen
"Through a physical performance with elements of performance art, Ciftci shifts quickly between tension and joy, and it is impossible not to feel for the character at any point."
– Amalia Sanchez Knotten, FETT
"Wonderland examines what happens when ideals of equality, rights and humanism are administered within a system where gender, ethnicity, nationality and class still matter. It is in this difficult terrain that Wonderland finds its strongest theatrical power."
– Marianne Solberg, Ny Tid
Fraværende helt (2025)
"Pinar and Rohat make a stage duo in perfect sync, an impression reinforced by violinist Olga Kivaeva, who brings an added layer of nerve to the work."
– Grace Tabea Tenga, Norsk Shakespearetidsskrift
"Fraværende helt moves from a reckoning with the father towards reconciliation, in a migration story that crosses generations and class."
– Grace Tabea Tenga, Norsk Shakespearetidsskrift
Nominated for Critique of the Year 2024/2025
"With this text, Pinar Ciftci opens new doors and discursive spaces. After a fairly precise account of the production’s premise, devices and staging, she raises questions that problematise the choices made and the lack of perspectives and nuance in its themes, characters and aesthetic approach. The text is marked by affect, which makes it fearless and clear in how Ciftci communicates her own experience, as a professional, but also as a second-generation immigrant, with reference to her own social background. In this way, the text sheds light on privilege in both production conditions and finances, and raises questions that hold the artists and the theatre accountable, problematising the process that could make theatre accessible and inclusive for everyone."
– Norsk Kritikerlag (The Norwegian Critics’ Association)
Hull (2023)
“An intricate and at times humorous web that gradually unravels, as revelations and truths come to light.”
– Runa Borch Skolseg, Scenekunst.no
"There is a lovely energy to the interplay between the three actors."
– Runa Borch Skolseg, Scenekunst.no