Danse- og teatersentrums scenekunstpris (The performing arts award of Performing Arts Hub Norway) 2008

"KATMA: When it comes to KATMA, referring to one single production fails, because all the productions are part of a holistic artistic mindset, in which KATMA wishes to achieve genuine, direct meetings with its audience, an audience which is all the time specifically imagined, and in which the artistic terms, the expression and the intention is crystal clear. In the artistic work the artistic effects and expressions employed, from mixed forms of visual theatre, image theatre, site specific theatre, object theatre, are weighed according to the chosen expression's genuine ability to communicate. That's why KATMA, using its professionally stringent frame, can drill in the deep kingdom of childhood, in joys and sorrows, in a way that strikes and communicates. The target group thinking is a communication tool and not an artistic premise. KATMA has the will and the courage to express itself that carries the artistry. It also opens for drawing children and youth into its work in new and unusual ways within clear professional frames!!"