Melahuset

Join an unforgettable musical journey with Mela's own raga ensemble, RagaNor, on Friday, May 26 at 18:00, and the audience can enjoy a unique blend of this traditional music from the subcontinent.

Maria Lotus released her long-awaited second album "High Life" in April and it will be celebrated with a release concert at Melahuset on Thursday, May 25th. You can look forward to a musical journey filled with catchy rap, melodic singing, a live band with strings, and of course Maria Lotus' incredible stage presence.

Introducing "Let's Talk About: The Nakba and Palestinian Identity in the Media", the first event in Kawaakibi Foundation's #Letstalkabout series. This event will mark the Oslo premiere of Jordanian Palestinian director Darin J Sallam's latest film, Farha, (with english subtitles) and its relevance to the 75th Nakba Anniversary. The Nakba, meaning "Catastrophe" in Arabic, refers [...]

In cooperation with the Palestine Committee, Melahuset is this year part of the Nakba commemoration and invites you to concerts from 19:00.

Skylar House Collective invites you to a pop-up art event with visual art and performance at Melahuset on Saturday, May 6.

Aftab Cultural Organisation invites you to a performance based on stories from the book "Singing through the Dark Window" (Mehdi Aslani), texts by N. Rahayei and notes from Twitter users.

Power and passion. Intrigue and infidelity. Sin and redemption. David and Bathsheba is the most harrowing, shocking and controversial story in the Bible: of an extramarital passion anyone can experience, a murder anyone can condemn, a dead child in swaddling clothes anyone can weep over, and an intimate relationship with God to which everyone has felt drawn. Compagnia [...]

"Hear, I pray, all generations..." In the eddic poem Voluspå, the volva predicts Ragnarok and restoration, revealing hidden secrets about the creation of the world. It is Odin himself who asks her to tell his fortune. Despite the fact that he gives her both "neck gold and rings", she is forced to predict Odin's doom. Voluspå is preserved [...]

The Story Sharing Café is a social happening. You share your own everyday stories in a simple and fun way and enjoy the stories of others. You don't need to prepare. All you need is to open your mind, and to be curious about new people's stories. Our hosts will welcome you with a cup of tea and lead the process

This masterclass is by Paola Balbi and Davide Bardi from the Italian storytelling group Raccontamiunastoria, living legends of European storytelling. It is one thing to tell a story, quite another to "set the audience on fire". Being passionate about the material is not enough to tell "with passion". Only when the voice [...]