Tag: theater
State funeral for ‘immortal’ actor
One of Norway's most legendary actors, Toralv Maurstad, will be getting the equivalent of a final standing ovation, after the government honoured him by...
Unusual legal threat hits Bergen theater
Bergen's venerable national theater (Den Nationale Scene) has been threatened with a lawsuit from the mother of author Vigdis Hjorth, over the theater's dramatic...
Ibsen Festival starts its run
Several of the productions mounted as part of this year's Ibsen Festival are already sold out, according to the proud festival chief Runi Sveen....
New Ibsen theater won funding
Among "goodies" offered by the Norwegian government in its state budget proposal for next year is an allotment of NOK 8 million (USD 1...
State finally saves its National Theater
Norway's historic National Theater in Oslo is in such bad shape that tarps and scaffolding have been set up around it, to keep its crumbling facade from hitting...
Acclaimed actor dies at 85
Actor Joachim Calmeyer was being mourned and hailed this week as among the "oldest and wisest" within Norwegian theater. Calmeyer died at his home...
Ullmann to bow out, privately
UPDATED: Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann launched another major theater project in Oslo last weekend, and it may be her last. When her new Norwegian stage version of...
Pension costs keep threatening opera, ballet and theaters
The Norwegian Opera & Ballet is among cultural institutions facing a financial tragedy of dramatic dimensions. With fully a quarter of its state funding going...
Shakespeare’s Globe returns to Oslo
Actors from Shakespeare's Globe in London will be returning to Oslo this summer to mount a production, in English, of Romeo & Juliet at...
National Theater needs a facelift
The leader of Norway's National Theater is making a passionate appeal for a massive rehabilitation of the venerable building that opened in 1899. Anne Enger has gone...
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