Tore Vagn Lid holds a professorship in Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Dramaturgy at Department of Art and Media Studies).
In 2008 Lid was selected to the program "Young directors project" for the Salzburg Festival with his staging of Brecht/Eislers play The Measures Taken (in German: Die Maßnahme).
Under the motto "Theatre in times of crisis" Lid (re)constructed Brechts "Fatzer" for the Bergen International Festival 2012 recognized in both Norwegian and German press [6].
The first of Vagn Lids Games of Sorrow was STRAFF (Punishment), performed for the first time at Logen Teater in Bergen, September dato 2012.
The last part of the trilogy is "JudasEvangeliet"[11],[12](The Gospel of Judas) developed with Transiteatret-Bergen for The Ultima Contemporary Music Festival in Oslo with premiere at the Opera September 11, 2013 [13] -Translations/Reconstructions-