UK Premiere of Jon Fosse: The Name |
London, White Bear Theatre, until 6 June: What should be a simple family gathering becomes something quietly unsettling. Questions circle. Silence lingers. The unborn child waits at the centre of the room. The question of its name is never answered. The question of its origin arises.
When her partner speaks of reincarnation, the mood shifts. When her former lover is mentioned, it shifts again.
The Name is a haunting and tender exploration of family, of communication withheld, and of the authority of silence. Written during the period in which Jon Fosse received the Norwegian Ibsen Award, the play established him as one of Europe’s most distinctive dramatic voices.
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London, ICA (3 June) & Salford, The White Hotel (4 June): Following the release of her latest album Iris Silver Mist, musician, writer, and artist Jenny Hval will be at the ICA (in the round), and then at The White Hotel in Salford.
Iris Silver Mist is named after a fragrance made by the nose Maurice Roucel for the French perfume house Serge Lutens. It’s described as smelling more like steel than silver. It is cold and prickly, soft and shimmering, like stepping outside on an early, misty morning, your body still warm from sleep. A perfume, with its heart notes and scented accords, shares its language with music. Both travel through air, simultaneously invisible and distinct.
Jenny Hval, credit: Jenny Berger Myhre. |
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New Norwegian Filmmakers in London |
London, Rio Cinema, 4 June: As part of a special screening at the Rio Cinema in Dalston, short films by three Norwegian filmmakers Frøydis Fossli Moe, Dino Kelly & Nina Yndis are being shown, followed by a Q&A with Catherine Joy White and the filmmakers. |
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European Poetry Festival:
Norwegian Poetry Celebration |
London, St Olave Church, 17 June: A special celebration of contemporary Norwegian poetry to open the 9th edition of the European Poetry Festival. Hosted in the remarkable St Olave church in the city of London, with its 900 years of connection to Norway and its patron saint, this event will showcase over a dozen poets presenting new collaborations of literary poetry and experimental performance, all made for the night. |
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Sandra Mujinga at Raven Row |
London, until 6 September: The exhibition Nomenclature for the Time Being gathers the work of Rebecca Bellantoni, Hannah Black, Maren Hassinger, Deborah-Joyce Holman, Marla-Sunshine Kellard-Jones, Atiéna R. Kilfa, Christine Kirubi, Kumbirai Makumbe, Zanele Muholi, Sandra Mujinga, Shenece Oretha, Ingrid Pollard and Ebun Sodipo – artists whose practices span sculpture, performance, writing, photography and video. Most of all, this is a
sculpture show, with artists deploying rope, steel wire, leather, plastic, velvet, wood, concrete, petroleum, wax, glass, thread – always with an awareness of the body.
Sandra Mujinga is a Norwegian-Congolese contemporary artist and musician known for her immersive installations, video works, and sculptures that explore visibility, surveillance, Blackness, futurism, and the boundaries between human and non‑human forms. Her work often features large-scale, otherworldly figures and atmospheric environments that blend technology, sound, and performance. She has exhibited at major institutions including the Venice Biennale, Hamburger Bahnhof, Munch Museum, and Guggenheim Museum. Mujinga was also winner of Preis der Nationalgalerie (2021), Germany’s most prestigious contemporary art award for artists under 40.
Sandra Mujinga, Love Language, 2023. Installation view, Artificial Optimism, 2024, Den Frie Museum of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen. Photograph by Malle Madsen.
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MORE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY |
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Happening Now:
▶ Last Chance to See: Almeida Theatre presents A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, in a new version by Anya Reiss. Nora and Torvald’s marriage vows are a binding contract, but when scandal threatens to wreck their lives, it’s time to renegotiate the terms. Money, sex, power – this time nothing’s off the table. Romola Garai returns to the Almeida, following her Olivier Award-winning performance in The Years, to play Nora in Henrik Ibsen’s subversive domestic tragedy. Until 23 May.
▶ For her debut solo exhibition in the UK, Oslo-based artist Ann Iren Buan investigates the materiality of drawing, the emotional and atmospheric potential of colour, and the tension between surface and structure. At Siegfried Contemporary in London until 18 July.
▶ 31 May & 1 June, London
Lise Davidsen is singing Lieder by Schubert with pianist James Bailleu, with two performances at Wigmore Hall (sold out). The duo are later performing at the Aldeburgh Festival on 13 June (also sold out).
▶ 4 June, London
As part of a special screening at the Rio Cinema in Dalston, short films by three Norwegian filmmakers Frøydis Fossli Moe, Dino Kelly & Nina Yndis are being shown, followed by a Q&A with Catherine Joy White and the filmmakers.
▶ 12 June, London Anna Berg is a Norwegian Vietnamese composer from Kolbotn, Norway and now based in Bergen. Her composition Twirling has its UK Premiere at Wigmore Hall, with a performance by violinist Fenella Humphreys.
▶ 23 June, London Organist Victoria Ulriksen is giving a recital at Lichfield Cathedral, before returning to the UK for performances in August starting with St Paul's Cathedral in London on the 16th.
▶ 27 June, Snape
Vilde Frang and Friends at the Aldeburgh Festival: the Norwegian violinist joins with other leading string players for a programme of Hungarian and German chamber music. |
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