Our past work in Iceland

Viva Holding is a theater company that is committed to creating new live theater and dance works while empowering women theater artists to collaborate and innovate in various roles, including playwrights, directors, technicians, and actors. Their US based affiliate, off the WALL productions, has been staging shows in Pittsburgh and New York City for the last 17 years, and they are now showcasing their performances at Tjarnarbio.

June 2023

Mother Lode

Mother Lode deals with the end-of-life decisions that must be made by dutiful daughters, as well as the discord, conciliation, warfare, and ultimate acceptance (whether they like it or not) between strong, independent women bound by love and family. More...

June 2023

Etty

Etty Hillesum’s life ended at Auschwitz when she was only 29 years old. In the play, Etty, drawn entirely from Hillesum’s diaries and letters of 1941 to 1943, we meet a remarkable young Dutch woman: insightful, determined, poetic, sensual. More...

August 2022

The Women Who Rode Away

Featuring original music and projected paintings by Zukerman, this intimate portrait recounts the artist's journey of finding her own voice through the stories of the women in her life that paved the way. More...