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Edvard Munch Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery is the first exhibition in the UK to focus on this important, but sometimes overlooked, aspect of Munch's work. The exhibition shows how Munch painted portraits as commissions and for personal reasons, with many pictures doubling up as icons or examples of the human condition despite being based on the direct observation of named individuals. Until 15 June.
Iconic portraits from the pages of trailblazing magazine The Face are celebrated in a major exhibition, as fashion, music and pop-culture take center stage at the National Portrait Gallery, featuring images from celebrated photographer Sølve Sundsbø. Until 18 May.
▶ 5 April, London
Violinist Vilde Frang is performing with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, with a programme titled 'Tragedy to Triumph'.
▶ 10 April Glasgow, 11 April London, 12 April Manchester
Blending electronic dance pop and Sami/Norwegian traditional music, KEiiNO are playing Slay Glasgow, as well as a sold-out night at the RVT in London and MancHagen in Manchester.
▶ 10 April - 10 May, London
A contemporary reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic, Ghosts, directed by Artistic Director Rachel O’Riordan, comes to Lyric Hammersmith Theatre this Spring.
▶ 11-19 April, Dover, Bournemouth, Manchester, Glasgow, Sheffield, Nottingham, London
Rock band Bokassa are on tour with 7 dates in the UK.
▶ 13 April, London
Representing Norway at this year's Eurovision Song Contest, Kyle Alessandro is part of the lineup for the London Eurovision Party at HERE at Outernet.
▶ 17 April, UK-wide
Oliver Lovrenski's debut novel Back in the Day is released in English by Penguin imprint Hamish Hamilton, translated by Nichola Smalley. A sensation in Norway upon publication, Lovrenski gives voice to young men growing up in a brutal and chaotic world, shot through with rare empathy, irrepressible wit and gut-punch pathos.
▶ 19- 25 April, London, Manchester, Bristol
A major player in the recent jazz house explosion, Dublon is coming to the Soul City Club Night at the Jazz Café in London, YES Pink room in Manchester, and Strange Brew in Bristol as part of a European tour.
▶ 19 - 20 & 26 April, Edinburgh & Dundee
Gro-Marthe Dickson is bringing her Scot trad project 'Letters to Christina' to Scotland for the first time, with performances as part of the Northern Streams festival at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh on 19 & 20 April, and in Dundee on the 26th.
▶ 22 - 23 April, London
Norwegian experimental theatre-makers Susie Wang brings Burnt Toast to Battersea Arts Centre, a play that combines reality and surreal horror to create an experience that challenges the boundaries of human nature.
▶ 24 - 27 April, Chepstow, London, Liverpool
Following the release of their new album The Century of the Self, Airbag are playing 3 dates in Wales and England.
▶ 3 - 4 May, Glasgow
Music from Norway is on the lineup at Tectonics Festival, with Øyvind Torvund's symphony being performed by Kjetil Møster, Jørgen Træen, Jennifer Torrence and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, as well as separate concerts where the artists will be performing during the festival.
▶ 3 May, London
AURORA is playing the OVO Arena Wembley.
▶ 3 May, London
Nils Petter Molvær is playing two shows at Ronnie Scott's together with Jo Berger Myhre and Erland Dahlen.
▶ 8-17 May, London
Jon Fosse's Einkvan (Everyman) comes to Coronet Theatre in Notting Hill - a guest play from Det Norske Teatret, directed by Kjersti Horn. Einkvan is a beautiful hybrid of contemporary art and theatre, interlocking the intimacy of film with the immediacy of live theatre.
