Spider-Man

PIDER Ro – Sea stories and tall tales from the seven seas

A performance for everyone who loves Southern Norway, good music, and lively storytelling!

In 1905, the southern writer gave Gabriel Scott published the book “Pider Ro's stories” under the pseudonym Finn Fogg. Gabriel Scott had visited Pider Ro several times in the 1890s and eventually recorded these stories.

Spider-Man (1839-1915) lived in an old shack at Lagmannsholmen in Kristiansand. There he lived with his dog Ludafisk. It is said that he lived his life as a permanent vagrant. Although he had hardly been very far at sea, he had been with sailors a lot. He helped with lodging and other needs, scraped shells around on the shores and often had bait to sell. He eventually became known for his robber tales from his "adventures on the seven seas" and is considered one of the best and most original storytellers that Southern Norway has fostered.

In the performance "PIDER Ro - Songs and Robbery Stories from the Seven Seas", you will meet the southerner Pider Ro in character, performed by our foremost communicator of these stories, our beloved actor Lars Emil Nielsen.

Between the stories there will be music in collaboration with a musician. Svein-Helge Vikse.

Lars Emil and Svein-Helge have been performing their Pider Ro shows extensively at cultural centres and occasionally in their own productions, such as on the island of Hille in Mandal in the summer of 2025.