Teaterhuset Kloden teater - the building project
On this page we want to keep you informed about the process of realizing the theatre house Kloden teater. Here we will post important events, pictures and other information for all of you who are interested in the road to Norway's newest theater.
Kloden teater was founded in 2015, and that's when we started working on mapping out what a professional theater house with children and young people as its core audience should contain. How to create an open and audience-friendly theater where children and young people want to meet, create and experience. And a place that will facilitate all aspects of a performing arts production and be a workplace for artists, with an emphasis on the independent performing arts field. And not least, one of the main questions was: where should such a place be located?
Early in the process, we came into contact with Oxer Eiendom, which owns the old factory premises of Standard Telefon og Kabelfabrikk in Økern in Oslo, and which wants to develop Kabelgata into a street with various public services as part of the urban development in Hovinbyen. They wanted Kloden teater to be part of the project. Together with the architectural firm Transborder Studio, which has been an important partner for us from the start, we started to flesh out the work and had the first sketches ready in 2017 and became part of the final feasibility study. Here we concluded, among other things, two crucial things: 1) There is a great need for a place like Kloden teater with our visions and goals, and 2) it should be located on the eastern edge of Oslo and be part of the city's largest urban development project ever. To make a rather extensive story short, we moved to Kabelgata in 2020 in temporary premises, and at the same time built our Pilotscene to be able to start artistic programs and audience-oriented offers for children and young people until the theater house is completed. We're aiming for that goal in 2025 - and you can read about our journey here.
