• Festival Opening  
  • Speeches and toasts
  • Thursday 13, 18.30
  • FemPem creative group  
  • “This is how it is in my world”
  • Thursday 13, 19.00
  • Friday 14, 20.00
  • Saturday 15, 19.00
  • Lecture by Olga Malysheva  
  • “Modern Theater of Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Searching for Identity and a New Theatrical Language”
  • Friday 14, 15.30
  • Reading in collaboration with Dramatikkens Hus  
  • “Boys in Zinc” by Marius Ivaskevicius
  • Friday 14, 17.00
  • Artisttalk  
  • Marius Ivaskevicius in conversation with Harald Thomson Rosenstrøm
  • Friday 14, 19.00
  • Barzu Abdurazzakov  
  • Film screening: “Mankurt”, preceded by a conversation with Olga Malysheva and Barzu Abdurazzakov
  • Saturday 15, 15.30
  • Lecture by Ivar Dale  
  • “Kyrgyzstan: Ever-changing paths”
  • Saturday 15, 17.30
  • Artisttalk  
  • Fempem creative group in conversation with Ivar Dale
  • Saturday 15, 21.30
  • Qendra Multimedia  
  • Negotiating Peace
  • Thursday 20, 19.00
  • Friday 21, 17.00
  • Conversation  
  • Jeton Neziraj and Natasha Tripney 
  • Thursday 20, 21.00
  • Reading in collaboration with Dramatikkens Hus  
  • “Citycide” by Eli Krasniqi followed by a conversation between Eli Krasniqi and Kaia Fransiska Lundenes
  • Friday 21, 19.00
  • Party  
  • Kosovo Night
  • Friday 21, 21.00
  • Lecture  
  • The Handke-debate with Øyvind Berg and Jon Refsdal Moe
  • Saturday 22, 18.00
  • Norwegian Theatre Academy (NTA) in collaboration with Qendra Multimedia  
  • The Handke Project or Justice for Peter’s Stupidities
  • Saturday 22, 20.00
  • Sunday 23, 18.00
  • Concert  
  • Almir & Daniel
  • Sunday 23, 20.00
  • Lecture by Ewa Bal  
  • “Overcoming Victimhood. Feminist Decolonial Strategies in Ukrainian Theatre of Recent Years”
  • Thursday 27, 17.30
  • Vaba Lava  
  • Spy Girls
  • Thursday 27, 19.00
  • Friday 28, 20.30
  • Lecture by Madli Pesti  
  • “Performative reflections on the border city of Narva, Estonia”
  • Friday 28, 16.30
  • Kyiv Playwrights’s Theatre and Vaba Lava cooperation  
  • Choose a better version
  • Friday 28, 18.00
  • Saturday 29, 19.00
  • Artisttalk  
  • The team behind “Choose a better version” in conversation with Ewa Bal
  • Friday 28, 19.45
  • Artisttalk  
  • Magda Szpecht in conversation with Madli Pesti 
  • Friday 28, 22.15
  • Conversation  
  • Erika Fatland and Jørgen Knudsen
  • Saturday 29, 17.30
  • Closing Party  
  • DJFreij and Nondriver
  • Saturday 29, 20.45
  • Welcome
  • A Curators Note
Thursday 13.
Location
Time
Festival Opening
Speeches and toasts
Black Box teater, Foyer
18.30
FemPem creative group
“This is how it is in my world”
Black Box teater, Store scene
19.00
Friday 14.
Location
Time
Lecture by Olga Malysheva
“Modern Theater of Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Searching for Identity and a New Theatrical Language”
Black Box teater, Foyer
15.30
Reading in collaboration with Dramatikkens Hus
“Boys in Zinc” by Marius Ivaskevicius
Black Box teater, Lille scene
17.00
Artisttalk
Marius Ivaskevicius in conversation with Harald Thomson Rosenstrøm
Black Box teater, Foyer
19.00
FemPem creative group
“This is how it is in my world”
Black Box teater, Store scene
20.00
Saturday 15.
Location
Time
Barzu Abdurazzakov
Film screening: “Mankurt”, preceded by a conversation with Olga Malysheva and Barzu Abdurazzakov
Black Box teater, Lille scene
15.30
Lecture by Ivar Dale
“Kyrgyzstan: Ever-changing paths”
Black Box teater, Foyer
17.30
FemPem creative group
“This is how it is in my world”
Black Box teater, Store scene
19.00
Artisttalk
Fempem creative group in conversation with Ivar Dale
Black Box teater, Foyer
21.30
Sunday 16.
Location
Time
Monday 17.
Location
Time
Tuesday 18.
Location
Time
Wednesday 19.
Location
Time
Thursday 20.
Location
Time
Qendra Multimedia
Negotiating Peace
Black Box teater, Store scene
19.00
Conversation
Jeton Neziraj and Natasha Tripney 
Black Box teater, Foyer
21.00
Friday 21.
Location
Time
Qendra Multimedia
Negotiating Peace
Black Box teater, Store scene
17.00
Reading in collaboration with Dramatikkens Hus
“Citycide” by Eli Krasniqi followed by a conversation between Eli Krasniqi and Kaia Fransiska Lundenes
Black Box teater, Foyer
19.00
Party
Kosovo Night
Black Box teater, Foyer
21.00
Saturday 22.
Location
Time
Lecture
The Handke-debate with Øyvind Berg and Jon Refsdal Moe
Black Box teater, Foyer
18.00
Norwegian Theatre Academy (NTA) in collaboration with Qendra Multimedia
The Handke Project or Justice for Peter’s Stupidities
Black Box teater, Store scene
20.00
Sunday 23.
Location
Time
Norwegian Theatre Academy (NTA) in collaboration with Qendra Multimedia
The Handke Project or Justice for Peter’s Stupidities
Black Box teater, Store scene
18.00
Concert
Almir & Daniel
Black Box teater, Foyer
20.00
Monday 24.
Location
Time
Tuesday 25.
Location
Time
Wednesday 26.
Location
Time
Thursday 27.
Location
Time
Lecture by Ewa Bal
“Overcoming Victimhood. Feminist Decolonial Strategies in Ukrainian Theatre of Recent Years”
Black Box teater, Foyer
17.30
Vaba Lava
Spy Girls
Black Box teater, Store scene
19.00
Friday 28.
Location
Time
Lecture by Madli Pesti
“Performative reflections on the border city of Narva, Estonia”
Black Box teater, Foyer
16.30
Kyiv Playwrights’s Theatre and Vaba Lava cooperation
Choose a better version
Black Box teater, Lille scene
18.00
Artisttalk
The team behind “Choose a better version” in conversation with Ewa Bal
Black Box teater, Foyer
19.45
Vaba Lava
Spy Girls
Black Box teater, Store scene
20.30
Artisttalk
Magda Szpecht in conversation with Madli Pesti 
Black Box teater, Foyer
22.15
Saturday 29.
Location
Time
Conversation
Erika Fatland and Jørgen Knudsen
Black Box teater, Foyer
17.30
Kyiv Playwrights’s Theatre and Vaba Lava cooperation
Choose a better version
Black Box teater, Lille scene
19.00
Closing Party
DJFreij and Nondriver
Black Box teater, Foyer
20.45

Welcome to Oslo Internasjonale Teaterfestival 2025!

 

Oslo Internasjonale Teaterfestival has been the pulsing heart of Black Box teaters spring program since 2013. The festival gives the audience a unique opportunity to experience a wide range of performing arts from different parts of the world, gathered under one roof at Black Box teater in central Oslo. With a challenging and innovative approach to performing arts, the festival has become an important meeting place for both the artists and the audience.

 

This years edition of OITF has the title: “Roots and Reclamations: Theater at the Crossroads of Empire and Identity”

 

 

See you at the festival!
– Black Box teater

 

 

Tickets

Tickets can be purchased at: 
ticketmaster.no or in the theater box office.
Opening hours:  16.00–22.30  on Thursdays and  14.00–22.30 on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays during the festival. 

For group bookings, contact: billettansvarlig@blackbox.no

Prices

Single tickets: 150,–
Under 25 years old: 100,–
Scenekort: 100,–

Free entrance

All events in the foyer are free of charge such as conversations, lectures and artisttalks.
In addition there is free entrance for the reading of “Boys in Zinc” and the film screening of “Mankurt” at Lille scene.

 

Program
Information
Transport

Bus 30 to Dælenenga 
Bus 20, 21, 26 to Københavngata
Tram 11, 12, 13 to Birkelunden
Metro 5 to Carl Berner plass

Accessibility

Black Box teater is accessible for users of wheelchairs. In need of assistance, please contact us in advance by phone or at the ticket desk. Anyone with a disability certificate will receive a free ticket for their companion at all our venues.

Contact
Partners

Oslo Internasjonale Teaterfestival is initiated by Black Box teater, which receives funding from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and the City of Oslo.