Creative Work

New Productions at Riksscena

Riksscena actively contributes to innovation within our genres as a producer and co-producer, working in collaboration with independent artists and other organisations. We provide resources and support to around 25 new productions each year, ranging from concerts to full-scale stage productions. These new productions often go on to have a much longer life beyond Riksscena.

Read more about our creative work below!

Folk dance originates in social practice and is a living tradition, but it has also developed into distinctive forms of artistic dance. The field is currently small and undergoing exciting development. There are a handful of companies and dance artists working with the movement vocabulary of folk dance, creating projects that receive considerable attention and represent a unique voice within the dance world.

There is a significant need to strengthen the infrastructure for professional folk-dance artists, and Riksscena currently contributes as a co-producer and supporter of many projects.

Through collaborations with organisations such as CODA Oslo International Dance Festival and the Dance Conference, Riksscena helps bring greater visibility to stage folk dance within the broader dance field.

Staged solo performances by folk musicians have been a focus area at Riksscena for many years. Starting from their personal and artistic perspectives, performers have been given the opportunity to tell their own stories. The process can take a long time, but the work has resulted in many beautiful - and highly diverse - forms of musical storytelling theatre.

Among those who have created solo performances in collaboration with Riksscena are Kouame Sereba, Birger Mistereggen, Mahsa Vahdat, Susanne Lundeng, Nina Fjeldet, Ulf Arne Johannesen, Ådne Geicke Kolbjørnshus, Nosizwe Baqva, Tuva Færden, Berit Opheim, Anne Hytta, Margit Myhr and Camilla Granlien. Nosizwe Baqva's Mor av en nasjon (Mother of a Nation) was awarded the Hedda Award in 2020.

In 2025, we launched the new HUSROM residency programme for stage projects involving traditional artists. Vetle Springgard's Paragliding Dragon received production funding and spent several weeks working in our rehearsal studio before presenting the work as a guest performance at Det Norske Teatret's Stage 3. The following year's HUSROM project was selected by an external jury: Elizabeth Svarstad's Ål the way to Versailles.

The next HUSROM call for applications will take place in autumn 2026.

Riksscena wants to facilitate rehearsal opportunities and meeting places for traditional artists, to the extent that our capacity allows. Our halls are rarely empty between events.

One informal, artist-led initiative is "dansekjelleren" ("the dance cellar"), held on Mondays for professional folk dancers. It provides an arena for sharing, development and training.

Riksscena har produsert, co-produsert og bidratt til mange forestillinger og musikalske prosjekter gjennom årene. Her er en oversikt over noen av dem:

Prosjekter

Døgeniketenes Decennium 07.11.2026 19:00 Read more Felemakaren - ei konsertframsyning 31.10.2026 19:00 Read more Ævestaden: Nivelkinn 29.10.2026 20:30 Read more Kartellet: Gymnos 07.10.2026 19:00 Read more TAUS 26.08.2026 19:30 Read more Jungeltelegrafens Nachspiel 17.04.2026 20:00 Read more Min Hemmelighet Er Et Vindu – Prison Songs 05.03.2026 18:30 Read more Tidenes Kvedarkor 22.11.2025 20:00 Read more Arven etter Agnes UTSOLGT 21.11.2025 20:00 Read more HEX LIMINAL: Hekate og Mamelukkutsolgt 31.10.2025 20:00 Read more Jakop Janssønn - Luohteárdna 05.10.2025 13:00 Read more De Som Dro Vest: Utvandringa 200 År 04.10.2025 20:00 Read more Per Anders Buen Garnås - Fykerud'n 04.10.2025 18:00 Read more Ekstrakonsert i salg nåUltima 2025: Elja – Benedicte Maurseth | Kristine Tjøgersen | Kronos Quartet Utsolgt! 18.09.2025 21:00 Read more Premiere! Entré - Sorti Soloforestilling For Tuva Færden 10.04.2025 19:30 Read more Poing & Hekate - Hunting High And Low 28.03.2025 20:00 Read more Vårløsning - Mahsa Vahdat Og Kajsa Balto 21.03.2025 21:00 Read more Perkverket Balke/Mistereggen M.fl 25.01.2025 00:00 Read more Festkonsert Levende Langeleik I 500 År 23.11.2024 20:00 Read more Village Party 21.11.2024 19:00 Read more Fuck It - En Sjukt Norsk Forestilling 06.11.2024 19:00 Read more Sidiki Camara: Et liv i musikken – 45 års jubileumskonsert med gjester! 02.11.2024 20:00 Read more The Dancers’ Brew The Alehouse Sessions & Mamelukk 23.10.2024 19:00 Read more Kari Svendsen Spesial! Utsolgt! 27.09.2024 20:00 Read more Ørjan Matre & Erlend Apneseth: Terra Incognita 20.09.2024 19:30 Read more Skattekista På Schous 31.08.2024 11:00 Read more NINA FJELDET: Ômvesla 12.04.2024 18:30 Read more Poing Spiller Levva Livet Med Gjester!! 06.04.2024 20:00 Read more Marianna Sangitas Gjestehus Utsolgt 05.04.2024 19:00 Read more Sykkeli Lykkeli 17.03.2024 13:00 Read more

New Productions at Riksscena