Oslo Internasjonale Teaterfestival

31/03/2025

27/03/2025

Final weekend alert! Oslo Internasjonale Teaterfestival! 💖

Don't miss the final weekend of Oslo Internasjonale Teaterfestival! Catch the performances Spy Girls and Choose a better version, plus engaging lectures, artist talks, and a visit from author Erika Fatland.
Join us for the grand finale Saturday night at our closing party with DJ Freij and Nondriver!

See the full program at oitf.no

Oslo Internasjonale Teaterfestival
Vaba Lava: Spy Girls
Kyiv Playwrights’s Theatre and Vaba Lava cooperation: Choose a better version

26/03/2025

Conversation: Erika Fatland and Jørgen Knudsen
Saturday 29, 17.30

The themes of this year’s festival have much in common with Erika Fatland’s literary work, particularly her books Sovietistan and The Border. Several performances explore the period following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and how relations with Russia have shaped countries like Ukraine, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan in their struggle for true independence.

With Erika Fatland’s visit to the festival, we aim to bring her books into dialogue with contemporary theatre. How do the performances reflect the stories Fatland has documented in her books? Can theatre provide a deeper understanding of today’s wars and conflicts?

Erika Fatland was nominated for the Brage Prize for her first nonfiction book, Englebyen, in 2011. Since then, she has published Året uten sommer about the July 22 tragedy, as well as the travelogues Sovietistan (2014), The Border (2017), and High (2020). Her latest book Sjøfareren (2024) won the Booksellers’ Prize and became the best-selling book of the year in Norway. Fatland has received numerous awards, and her books have been translated into many languages. She is educated as a social anthropologist and speaks eight languages.

This is a free event; no prior registration is required.

Check out the full program for Oslo Internasjonale Teaterfestival and the last weekend of the festival at oitf.no