Kulturværste is an independent production-company based in Fredrikstad, Norway, aiming to develop and produce new musical and theatre performances rendering them accessible to its audience. For this purpose it utilises existing theatre work, it develops a variety of adaptations as well as writes from scratch some of its productions. For the past fifteen years it has brought to life close to 25 original musical-theatre plays and musical-theatre adaptations. Its founders, Ole-H. Gudim Lundberg, Svein Gundersen and Hans-P. Thøgersen are active members of various other cultural organisations contributing in their capacity as director, composer and writer/producer, respectively. The production-company itself belongs to the “Blender” Creative Cluster. Finally, in collaboration with “Sceneteppe”, Kulturværste delivers weekly theatre-classes for youngsters ages 5 to 16.