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.
OLOF OLSSON is a product of the charter tourism industry – his Dutch mother and Swedish father met in Mallorca.
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, author, and clown
“I laughed, and felt smart, and smarter. It just doesn’t get better.”
Letitia Despina, author 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
Tuesday 3 February, 19:00 COPENHAGEN, KUNSTNERHUSET, Classengade 7
Friday 13 February 19:30 ZÜRICH, SANDWICH, Dynamo, Wasserwerkstrasse 19
Friday 20 March, 20:00, COPENHAGEN, LIVE ART ZINE, Nørrebrogade 5C
Friday 24 March 19:00, STUBBEKØPING, DET GAMLE RÅDHUS, Torvet 1
Friday 15 May 20:00 LEIPZIG, BACKSTEIN WEST, Giesserstraße 4
Friday 22 May 20:00, BERLIN, EECLECTIC, Lindenstr. 91 – SOLD OUT
Wednesday 3 June 20:30, COPENHAGEN, LYGTEN STATION, Lygten 2 – SOLD OUT
2025
Thursday 16 January, 19:30, COPENHAGEN, DEN FRIE, Oslo Plads 1 – SOLD OUT
Friday 17 January, 19:30, COPENHAGEN, DEN FRIE, Oslo Plads 1 – SOLD OUT
Friday 31 January, 19:30, EBELTOFT, GLAS – Museum of Glass Art, Strandvejen 8
Thursday 17 April, 18:00, VILNIUS, CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE, Vokiečių g. 2
Wednesday 18 June, 19:00, STOCKHOLM, ID:I Galleri, Tjärhovsgatan 19
Tuesday 21 October, 18:30, COPENHAGEN, Supertime Books, Blågårdsgade 31C
Friday 24 October, 19:30, RINGSTED, Ringsted Galleriet, Bøllingsvej 15
Thursday 30 October, 19:00, MALMÖ, ANTI SALONG, Stora Nygatan 18
Friday 31 October, 19:00, AARHUS, PERFORMANCERUM, Galleri TESE, Graven 21
Wednesday 19 November, 19:00, BUCHAREST, SALONUL DE PROIECTE, Palatul Universul
Saturday 22 November, 15:00, BUCHAREST, SALONUL DE PROIECTE – XTRA SHOW!
Saturday 27 December 17.00, STOCKHOLM, ID:I Galleri, Tjärhovsgatan 19
2024
Friday 15 November, 15:00, COPENHAGEN, FATAMORGANA, Bispevej 25A
Thursday 28 November, 19:30, MØN, 44MØEN, Fanefjordgade 44, Askeby
Saturday 7 December, 19:30, VIENNA, KOHLENRUTSCHE, Am Tabor 29
Friday 13 December, 19:30, LEIPZIG, KAPSEL, Naumburger Straße 40
2023
Saturday 13 May, 15:00, KUNSTHAL AARHUS, J.M. Mørks Gade 13 — PREMIERE
Thursday 7 September, 19:00, COPENHAGEN, LYGTEN STATION — SOLD OUT
Thursday 14 September, 19:00, COPENHAGEN, LYGTEN STATION — SOLD OUT
2022 PREVIEWS
Thursday 19 May, 19:00, COPENHAGEN, FOTOGRAFISK CENTER, Staldgade 16
Saturday 24 September, 17:00, COLOGNE, TEMPORARY GALLERY, Maurtizwall 35
Friday 11 November, 20:00, COPENHAGEN, DEN FRIE, Oslo Plads 1 — SOLD OUT
Friday 25 November, 19:00, AARHUS, PERFORMANCERUM, Godsbanen
Monday 28 November, 19:00, GOTHENBURG, HAGATEATERN, Södra Allégatan 2
2021 PREVIEWS
Friday 13 August, 15:00, COPENHAGEN, BIKUBENFONDEN
Thursday 11 November, 17:00, AARHUS ART HISTORY ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION
Monday 15 November, 19:00, UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN, Faculty of Fine Art
2020 PREVIEWS
Friday 21 August, 20:30, KØBENHAVN, SYDHAVNSAMBASSADEN, Bådehavnsgade 44
Saturday 28 September, 15:00, SVENDBORG, SAK KUNSTBYGNING, Vestergade 31