Ibsen in March - Ibsenbyen Skien

First act started here

Ibsen in March is a festival in Henrik Ibsen's hometown of Skien that celebrates the poet's birthday on March 20. Here you can learn about Henrik Ibsen's life and work in many different ways. The events are organized by the professional and volunteer cultural actors of Ibsenbyen Skien.

Saturday March 1, 1:00 PM - Brekkeparken
Park detective: The hunt for Ibsen's glasses

Sunday, March 2, 6:00 PM - Ibsenhuset
Trond meets: Ellen Horn

Wednesday, March 5, 6:00 PM - Ibsenhuset
Scheen Theaterselskab – a light in the center
Lecture by Henrik Bøe Larsen

Thursday 6 March, 18:00 - Århus Jernaldergård
Henrik Ibsen and Skien
Historical lecture by Prof. Jon Nygaard

Thursday, March 6, 7:00 PM - Brekkeparken
Skien in Ibsen's time - Skien before the city fire in 1886

Saturday, March 8, 1:00 PM - Brekkeparken
Park detective: The hunt for Ibsen's glasses

Monday, March 10, 6:30 PM - Ibsenhuset
Hedda Gabler
Film evening with introduction by Mattis Herman Nyquist

Tuesday, March 11, 6:00 PM - Ibsenhuset
The Wild Duck and Peer Gynt - Double Ibsen
With artist and communicator Tone Dietrichson

Saturday March 15, 1:00 PM - Brekkeparken
Park detective: The hunt for Ibsen's glasses

March 17 - 23
Eat out this week
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Tuesday, March 18, 7:00 PM - Ibsenhuset
How can Norwegian contemporary drama be promoted internationally?
Conversation with Kathrine Nedrejord, Fredrik Brattberg and Gina Winje

Wednesday, March 19, 7:00 PM - Ibsenhuset
Kristoffer Olsen: Ibsen for ordinary people

Thursday, March 20, 10:45 - Ibsenhuset
Wreathing ceremony of the Ibsen statue

Thursday, March 20, 12:00 - Brekkeparken
Bukkespranget - a conference on dissemination of Ibsen in schools

Thursday, March 20, 5:30 PM - Ibsenhuset
The critic, playwright and theater director.
Conversation with Fredrik Brattberg and upcoming theater director Line Rosvoll, led by Mariken Lauvstad, critic at Morgenbladet

Thursday, March 20, 7:00 PM - Ibsenhuset
The Ibsen Prize 2025, a festive evening.
We pay tribute and celebrate drama, and this year's Ibsen Prize winner!

Friday, March 21, 7:00 PM - Ibsenhuset
Öde & Einar read Ibsen

Saturday, March 22, 1:00 PM - Brekkeparken
In Henrik Ibsen's footsteps

Saturday, March 22, 1:00 PM - Brekkeparken
Park detective: The hunt for Ibsen's glasses

Wednesday, March 26, 7:00 PM - Ibsen Theatre
To the only one

Cancelled: Thursday 27 March, 18:00 - Brekkeparken
What did Ibsen do with the North?
Lecture by Prof. Emeritus Narve Fulsås

Saturday March 29, 1:00 PM - Brekkeparken
Park detective: The hunt for Ibsen's glasses