DRIVING THE DOUBTS AWAY — AN INFO COMEDY
WHEN OLOF APPLIES to art school, he’s so sure to fail – that he's not even nervous. So the jury gets confused, and he gets in. But he still doesn't know if he's got it in him to be an artist.
BUT FINALLY, AT A COMEDY open mic night at a McDonald's, called 'Mac and Jokes,' Olof finds a way – to drive his doubts away.
AN INFO COMEDY is 40% information, 30% comedy, 20% autobiography, and 10% melodrama.
DRIVING THE DOUBTS AWAY is an info comedy about how jokes work, why people hate performance art, and about a urinal that's been voted the most influential art work of the 20th century.
AND IT’S ABOUT THE DREAM of being an artist, and how to survive when doubt is killing you.
IF YOU EVER WANTED to create something, but an had an inner voice that said “no” – this is the show for you.
Upcoming
THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 21:00, STOCKHOLM FRINGE
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MONDAY 31 AUGUST 18:00, GOTHENBURG FRINGE
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THURSDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 17:30, GOTHENBURG FRINGE
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Voices on Driving the Doubts Away
“Mind-blowing.”
Marie Wennersten, Swedish National Radio
“Incredibly funny and thought-provoking.”
Torben Sangild, comedy critic
“So funny in that ‘extra-special funny’ sort of way.”
Philip Matesic, artist
“Olof Olsson has invented a genre ahead of its time."
Sira Stampe, actor and writer
“I laughed, and felt smart, and smarter. It just doesn’t get better.”
Letitia Despina, writer and founder of Supertime Books
"Olof Olsson is the secret lovechild of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Lady Gaga."
Sarah Gampel, poet and film-maker
“By way of his joyful contrivance, Olsson pushes past the art world desire to be taken ‘seriously,’ and he is thus able to escape both the skull-sized kingdom of the self and the prison pedestal of art."
Macon Holt, researcher in popular culture, Copenhagen Business School
Previous performances of Driving the Doubts Away
2026
COPENHAGEN, KUNSTNERHUSET, 3 February
ZÜRICH, SANDWICH, Dynamo, 13 February
COPENHAGEN, LIVE ART ZINE, 20 March
STUBBEKØPING, DET GAMLE RÅDHUS, 24 March
LEIPZIG, BACKSTEIN WEST, 15 May
BERLIN, EECLECTIC, 22 May – SOLD OUT
COPENHAGEN, LYGTEN ST, 3 June – SOLD OUT
2025
COPENHAGEN, DEN FRIE, 16 Jan – SOLD OUT
COPENHAGEN, DEN FRIE, 17 Jan – SOLD OUT
EBELTOFT, GLAS – Museum of Glass Art, 31 January
VILNIUS, CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE, 17 April
STOCKHOLM, ID:I GallerI, 18 June
COPENHAGEN, SUPERTIME BOOKS, 21 October
RINGSTED, RINGSTED GALLERIET, 24 October
MALMÖ, ANTI SALONG, 30 October
AARHUS, PERFORMANCERUM, 31 October
BUCHAREST, SALONUL DE PROIECTE,19 November
BUCHAREST, SALONUL DE PROIECTE, 22 November – XTRA SHOW!
STOCKHOLM, ID:I Galleri, 27 December
2024
COPENHAGEN, FATAMORGANA,15 November
MØN, 44MØEN, 28 November
VIENNA, KOHLENRUTSCHE, 7 December
LEIPZIG, KAPSEL, 13 December
2023
AARHUS KUNSTHAL AARHUS, 13 May
COPENHAGEN, LYGTEN ST, 7 September — SOLD OUT
COPENHAGEN, LYGTEN ST, 14 September — SOLD OUT
2022 PREVIEWS
COPENHAGEN, FOTOGRAFISK CENTER, 19 May
COLOGNE, TEMPORARY GALLERY, 24 September
COPENHAGEN, DEN FRIE 11 November — SOLD OUT
AARHUS, PERFORMANCERUM, 25 November
GOTHENBURG, HAGATEATERN, 28 November
2021 PREVIEWS
COPENHAGEN, BIKUBENFONDEN, 13 August
AARHUS ART HISTORY ALUMNAE ASS, 11 November
BERGEN, UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN, Faculty of Fine Art. 15 November
2020 PREVIEWS
COPENHAGEN, SYDHAVNSAMBASSADEN, 21 August
SVENDBORG, SAK KUNSTBYGNING, 28 September