Pulse 11/3

1. Thursday 13th, at Youngstorget the Cylinder Production will show a filmatisation of Ibsen's Peer Gynt under an open sky
It's at 19,00 and free of charge
To find: http://www.trafikanten.no/, write name of the place you fill go from-to (Youngstorget)

2. Thursday 13th, at Mir RadioNova will have a festival release party
It's at 20,00 and free of charge
For more info: http://www.radionova.no/
Address: Toftes gate 69

3. Friday 14th, at Shamrock pub Blow is playing Tom Waits most Irish songs in celebration of St.Patrick's day.
Time: 22,00-3,00, and it's free of charge
For more info: http://www.shamrock.no/
Address: Schleppegrells gate 32 , Grünerløkka

4. Saturday 15th at Cosmopolite you can hear folk songs and contemporary songs from Balochistan.
For more info: http://www.cosmopolite.no/, and it's free of charge.
Address: Møllergata 26

5. Hausmania is hosting a crossover festival called "Idealism 08". Here you can hear progrock, acid rock, folk music, techno, poetry and madness.
It's at 20,00 and its free of charge.
Address: Hausmannsgata 34

Theatresports - additional info

If watching theatresports (or as Keith Johnstone put it: improvisational theatre meets wrestling) is not enough for you, there is an excellent opportunity to try it out yourself too. Teater Liksom, one of the impro-groups mentioned in the previous post, has a weekly workshop, wednesdays at 6PM, before they play their regular show. Here, you can either watch or try out an impro-game or two yourself.

But wait, you say, aren't these people playing their shows in Norwegian? Yes, most of the time they do, but they'll play an occasional English show too. As for the workshop, they are also very forthcoming to non-Norwegian speakers and if you get together with a couple of your friends, they'll set up a special English section at the workshop for you. Email them at post@teaterliksom.com for more info.

Week 10 Pulse - Lady Fest!

This week Snakker Ikke Norsk brings you four FREE events.

1.) Thursday - Kick off Lady Fest in honor of International Women's Day, March 8th

In honor of International Women’s Day this Friday, the 8th of March, the city of Oslo is putting on Lady Fest, a week of free (or cheap) concerts, literature nights and parades. Snakker Ikke Norsk’s Pulse highlights Lady Fest’s Thursday concert at the Villa, featuring Berlin-based “Planning to Rock,” a concert including video art, costumes, headgear and electro/hiphop/classical infused opera! The concert starts at 9 pm, transportation: trams 11, 12, 13, 17 to Brugata, ask around for Møllergate 25.

Check out www.ladyfest.no for the full week’s schedule.

2.) Friday

Check out a free masters’ student piano concert at the Norwegian Academy of Music, across from Chateau Neuf. Concert starts at 6:00 pm, transportation: all t-bane lines to Majorstua

3.) Saturday with Grieg

Head over to the National Gallery and enjoy not only the free art, but also a free concert, which adapts Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg’s music to individual paintings in the museum. A choir will travel from painting to painting and perform a piece they’ve chosen to reflect the feeling of each painting. Transportation: tram 11 to Tullinlokka or Any T-bane line to Nasjionalteatret

4.) Sunday in the Park

Explore the bric a brac open market at Bla, from 12 to 6 and stick around for the free concert featuring the Frank Znort Quartet, starting at 8 pm. Transportation trams 11,12 and13 to Schous Plass, walk straight to the river.

Theatresports in Oslo and beyond

Last week we talked to four "theatre athletes" about the brand of improvisational theatre called theatresports. Here is some additional information:

Theatresports was invented by Keith Johnstone and the Loose Moose Theatre Company in Calgary, Canada. Check out their links here: Keith Johnstone, Loose Moose Theatre Company.

There are several impro-theatre groups in Oslo. Among those are :

• "Teater Liksom", who play at Chateau Neuf every wednesday at 2000h, entry is 50 NOK.
• "ImproTent", who play at Dattera til Hagen every other tuesday at 2000h, entry is 50 NOK.
• "Oslo Improvisasjonsteater", who also play at Dattera til Hagen every other tuesday at 2000h, entry is 50 NOK.
• "16:9", who play at Skuret every other monday at 2000h.

All those groups also have facebook-groups. Simply search for the name, subscribe and get updated about forthcoming shows.