Happening now
Irina Melsom and Hans Askheim are showing work in the exhibition Duos: The Art of Collaboration at Charleston in Lewes. Until 8 September.
27 July-31 August, London
Directed by Eline Arbo, The Years at Almeida Theatre brings together five different actors to tell one woman’s personal and political story, set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing post-war Europe. Based on Les Années by Annie Ernaux.
28 July, Cambridge
During Cambridge Folk Festival, Alexander Aga Røynstrad, Erlend Viken Trio, Julie Alapnes & Ævestaden are playing Stage 3 in a special Norway focus.
28 July, Manchester
Blood Command, the death pop kings from Bergen, are on the lineup for Radar Festival at O2 Victoria Warehouse Manchester.
25-28 July, Charlton Park, Malmesbury
A five-piece from Oslo who fuse their homeland’s folk heritage with that renowned Scandinavian love for various shades of metal, Gangar are playing WOMAD festival.
2-26 August, Edinburgh
The world's largest performance arts festival Edinburgh Fringe sees a number of Norwegian acts; Good Luck Cathrine Frost, Hygge, Pernille Haaland: Not Related, Thor Stenhaug: It's So Hard to Speak Without Saying Something Stupid, Naughty Cabaret and Troll.
4 August, London
Formed specially for the opening performance at Punkt Festival (Norway) in 2023, Wunderkammer celebrate the life of poet Nils Christian Moe-Repstad and incorporate excerpts from his Brageprisen-nominated book of the same name in their gently flowing soundscapes. Wunderkammer with Jan Bang, Michael Francis Duch, Erik Honoré, David Toop, Mark Wastell performs at Cafe Oto in London.
7 August, Liverpool
Artists Signe Johannessen and Helen Kilbride gives a talk at Tate Liverpool and asks how artists can use creativity to respond to climate change. Signe Johannessen will discuss her latest project, which draws on Liverpool’s maritime history to bring our attention to the effects of climate change on marine life.
13 & 14 August, Dorking & Colchester
Oddgeir Berg Trio are returning to Watermill Jazz in Dorking, as well as Colchester Jazz. Their latest album was released in April this year on the German Ozella label, and it's entitled A Place Called Home. Home for Oddgeir is the tiny island of Rolla in northern Norway. The music takes us there, to his father's birthplace, for music about the magic of nature, the spaces hidden in memory, and the bonds that family provides.
13-31 August, London
Utoya, a play from leading Italian writer Edoardo Erba, is coming to the Arcola Theatre in London. A searing reflection on the domestic effects of societal trauma, it offers a timely consideration of how tragedy can both bind people together and pull them further apart.
15-16 August, Bristol
Kalandra and Blood Command are on the lineup at ArcTanGent festival in Bristol.
17 August, Wales
Instrumental trio Orions Belte are bringing their groovy, breezy brand of gentle psychedelia to Green Man festival in Wales.
28 August, Leeds
As part of the Kraak label showcase, Firmaet Forvoksen which consists of longtime friends Gaute Granli and Thore Warland are performing at the Wharf Chambers in Leeds.
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