Huldufugl is a creative studio. Their immersive works and events take place in the liminal space between everyday reality and 'the other place' - right on the edge of escape into fantasy, folklore, or an artist's mind.

In this strange space between worlds, between two sets of rules, they work with theatre, dance and circus performers to tell stories. Through individual and group experiences, they challenge their audiences to form new human connections and push their own boundaries.

Projects have ranged from live theatre in VR (Kassinn / A Box In The Desert) / (Hliðstætt Fólk /Parallel People), making musical history with ABBA, exploring storytelling through circus and motion capture (Fallax), or building a large outdoor maze, filling it with installation art, dance and music (Yggdrasils).

Since founding the studio in 2015, their cross-media work has toured across Europe and North America, finding a home equally in festivals and venues celebrating theatre, film and video games. This has included Annecy International Animation Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Raindance London, Brighton Fringe, National Theatre Of Iceland, Iceland Airwaves and A MAZE Berlin.

In addition, they are event organisers, building platforms and communities for other artists to perform and exhibit their work. From large, multi-venue events such as the Reykjavík Fringe Festival to intimate nights such as the Poetry Brothel, they put their production and technical skills to use in the service of others.

Nanna (she/her) is a performer, producer and writer.

As a performer she specialises in interactive one-on-one performances, public promenades, and physical theatre. Performing across Europe, she has worked for companies such as Secret Cinema, Look Left Look Right, Nutkhut, Moon Fool, Stella Polaris and RedIsGo (Microsoft / Salesforce), as well as a flock of birds for the multilingual storytelling adventure Tweet Tweet! Tíst Tíst! Ćwir Ćwir!

Her work has taken her to Glastonbury, The Edinburgh Fringe, Raindance Film Festival, Brighton Fringe, Stockholm Fringe, San Diego Fringe, A Maze & Bestival.

She produced and hosted the quarterly Rauða Skáldahúsið, or Poetry Brothel Reykjavík, an immersive poetry experience and cabaret, performing as the Madame Karítas between 2017 and 2019.

As a voiceover artist she has recorded for Disney and American Airlines, as well as for the independent video game Sumer.

In 2018 she founded the Reykjavík Fringe Festival, where she was the Artistic Director and Festival Producer for its first 5 years, managing a team responsible for exhibiting on average over 70 international and local acts per year, over several venues, and doubling the festival from 5 days in 2018 to over 10 days in 2022.

She has also worked as a special events producer and local fixer for high-profile events such as RIFF (Reykjavík International Film Festival), the worldwide launch of ABBA’s Voyage album and an influencer weekend with MAC Cosmetics. She has also acted as producer for Isle of Games, Spindrift Theatre and Reykjavík Ensemble.

Nanna wrote the first draft of Kassinn, a Huldufugl production, and also works as a freelance travel and lifestyle writer. She has been published in Vogue Scandinavia, by Wow Air’s inflight magazine and by Guide to Iceland.

Owen (he/him) is a digital artist, working with software, sound, and electronics for the web, VR, performances, devices and installations.

His commercial work outside of Huldufugl has included serving as technical lead on large, cutting-edge projects for clients such as Oculus Studios, Google, Microsoft/Xbox, Samsung and Mercedes, collaborating with digital creatives such as Universal Everything, FIELD and B-Reel.

These projects have ranged from an interactive web-connected musical installation at the London Science Museum for Google, Web Lab, to a pneumatic live-streamed piñata-smashing robot.

He is also a co-founder of Horizons Studio, a London-based creative studio producing interactive musical experiences in VR. Their debut title, Horizons VR was a launch title for the Google Pixel phone, which they followed up with a collaboration with OK Go on their VR music-making experience Lambchild Superstar for Oculus Rift.

He has also acted as Sound Supervisor on a number of feature films and documentaries, and is also a musician and DJ.