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Absurd Dreams
Theatre · Music · Culture · Experiences
We take ideas that might seem unlikely, unconventional or even absurd, and make them happen.
01What we do
Making unlikely ideas happen
Experiences
Workshops, talks, gatherings and cultural events.
Creative projects
Collaborations, experiments and original work made from scratch.
02About us
Absurd Dreams
Absurd Dreams is an emerging independent creative production initiative based in Sri Lanka, created to bring distinctive artistic knowledge and experiences to local audiences.
Working across theatre, performance and other creative projects, it aims to create opportunities for artists, audiences and ideas to meet in unexpected ways.
The producer
Dinuli Mendis
Behind Absurd Dreams is Dinuli Mendis, a Sri Lankan actor, vocalist, theatre practitioner and dance enthusiast, with a background in social media marketing, communications and project management.
Driven by a long-standing ambition to work across different forms of performance and creative production, Absurd Dreams is her step towards building projects that bring people together through art in Sri Lanka.
03Absurd Dreams presents · our first production
Karen Houge
Dreamgirl
Colombo · 17–20 November 2026
The show
What if you accidentally followed Syrian refugees across Europe… on your way to clown school?
Dreamgirl is a warm and playful solo show, written and performed by the Norwegian filmmaker and actor Karen Houge. She is telling her real life experience following refugees in her mid 20s - through storytelling, clown, games with the audience… and a bit of Lego.
Dreamgirl has won four awards from DarkChat during Edinburgh Fringe 2026, including BEST SHOW and BEST THEATRE, and after sold-out shows in Pakistan, India, Australia, Norway and Great Britain, Dreamgirl gets played in Colombo for the first time!
- Namel Malini Punchi Theatre
- 65 min
- English
Supported by Fund for Performing Arts Norway & The Studio - Fine and Performing Arts Academy
The artist
Karen Houge
Actor · Director · Playwright · Theatre practitioner
Karen Houge is a Norwegian theatre artist whose work combines performance, storytelling, play and physical theatre, exploring contemporary social issues through humour and unconventional storytelling.
With around 20 years of experience across comedy, theatre and film, she has worked around the world, and often across various cultures. Her projects connect to global challenges and reflect the world we live in now.
In Colombo she performs Dreamgirl and shares her practice with Sri Lankan performers in a three-day workshop, Freedom on Stage.
- Trained at École Philippe Gaulier, Paris
- Bachelor's degree in film directing, Westerdals University
- Performed in several countries around Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Australia
Winner of four DarkChat Awards, Edinburgh Fringe 2026
★★★★★
“Not a Fringe show, a message to the world.”
★★★★★
“Profound, playful and compelling.”
★★★★★
“What brings us back to Edinburgh every year.”
★★★★
“Four stars.”
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043-day workshop · 17–19 Nov
Freedom on Stage
Explore comedy through connection, presence and play in this three-day workshop led by Norwegian performer, director and clown Karen Houge. Discover the art of timing, vulnerability and daring to fail, while learning to embrace unexpected moments and turn them into opportunities for connection with your audience. Designed for actors, theatre-makers, comedians, storytellers and anyone interested in performing for a live audience.
Register for the workshop
- WhenTue 17 – Thu 19 Nov
- Hours10am – 5pm
- WhereOvinto, Colombo
- Group8–12 people
- FeeLKR 8,000 per person (all 3 days)
- Open to all levels, no prior stage experience required.
“I recommend it for every live stage performer.”
“The best workshop I have ever been to.”
“I haven’t learned so much about myself in such a short time in ages. Maybe never.”
Workshop supported by ASSITEJ Norway
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