On her native soil just above the Arctic Circle, Norwegian-Dutch theatre director Eline Arbo recalls her teenage spirit: 'I was so bold, eager and looking for fun – I often think back on those days.' Today, she feels like a fighter trying with all her might to turn the tide in an alienating and unjust world.

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In The Storm Within, Arbo reflects on her role as a leading theater director as she rehearses for the new play Haugtussa, based on a Norwegian cycle of poems in which a young woman with magical powers seeks refuge in nature. With a dark and mysterious theatrical adaptation, Arbo aims to create a world never before seen on stage. In her view, the ominous mythical scenes of nineteenth-century Haugtussa are profoundly contemporary.