Time: Friday June 19, 11:00-17:00
Address: Kjeld Stubs gate 3, 0160 Oslo
In this workshop we will look at works by influential Black playwrights as well as run through a series of questions, strategies and writing exercises.
The workshop will be run in English and Norwegian, and takes place in the Atelier Kunstnerforbundet Loft on the 4th floor.
Participation is free, but requires registration. Capacity for 10 participants.
Please register your participation here.
Linda Gathu is an actress, playwright/screenwriter and director. In her work she employs methodologies such as critical fabulation and counter archival practices. Her first full length play Sukker in Det Norske Teatret won the Ibsen award in 2026, and in 2022 she won the critics' prize for the short film The Director at the Norwegian Short film festival.
This event is part of the June Exhibition 2026: Shifting Coordinates, a month-long institutional takeover transforming Kunstnerforbundet into a discursive platform centering Black Nordic artistic production across visual art, writing, film, and workshops. Shifting Coordinates is curated by the collective Peer Review, a collective platform for cultural analysis across Black visual culture for and by Africans and its diaspora in Oslo, established in 2024. Read more about the exhibition here.
Access
Kunstnerforbundet's access note is available here. Please note that Atelier Kunstnerforbundet Loft is on the 4th floor, and regrettably not accessible for people with limited mobility. A long-term rehabilitation of the building is in process. We will do our best to accommodate accessibility and other needs – if you feel comfortable sharing them, or have any questions about accessibility and/or this event, please contact Kunstnerforbundet.
Image from Linda Gathu's play 'Sukker' (2025). Photo: Ole-Herman-Andersen, Det Norske Teatret
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Shifting Coordinates has received support from the Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (BKV), The City of Oslo, Balansekunst – Balansepotten, The Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute (FINNO), The Savings Bank Foundation DNB, Talent Norway, and the Fritt Ord Foundation.