Norway’s Leading International Theatre Festival

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Since 1990, the Ibsen Festival has drawn 
the world’s top directors to Norway — built on the legacy of one of history’s most performed playwrights.

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Where the point of departure is most fallacious, the outcome is often most audacious.

– Henrik Ibsen

Ibsenfestival through the years

Flick through the Ibsen Festival show archive for a fascinating glimpse of the many different shows put on during the festival from 1990 to the present.

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About Ibsenfestival

Through exciting performances, discussions, artist encounters, children’s events, and much more, The Ibsen Festival lets us look at Ibsen, humanity, and society in new and different ways.

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Highlights

These are some of the highlighted productions form earlier festivals

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The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

– Henrik Ibsen

Christoph Marthaler

Winner 2018

The International Ibsen Award

Christoph Marthaler

Christoph Marthaler

Swiss director, composer and musician Christoph Marthaler received the 2018 International Ibsen Award for his poetic, musical and formally groundbreaking theatre.

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