Den Nationale Scene

Den Nationale Scene (The National Venue of Theatre, in Bergen) is Norway's oldest permanent theatre with roots dating back to Det Norske Theater founded in 1850 by the Norwegian violinist Ole Bull. The theatre was founded to develop Norwegian playwrights and Henrik Ibsen was one of the first writer-in-residences and art-directors of the theatre.

Accessibility

Wheelchair access
Tickets for wheelchair spaces (available for Store Scene and Småscenen but not Lille Scene) should be booked in advance (tel: +47 55 60 70 80)

Handicap toilets
Available

Lifts
No lift to upper floor

Facilities for reduced hearing
Induction loops in all auditoriums: please request when booking tickets to ensure seats with optimal hearing conditions

Transport and parking
Cars may be driven to the door to drop off or fetch mobility impaired passengers. Parking in Klostergarasjen or in Citypark in Markeveien. Some street parking in the vicinity.

Events at Den Nationale Scene:
En midtsommernattsdrøm

Theatre: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Come with us into a world of intrigue and entanglement, contrast and contradiction, in a fantastic landscape. Wedding preparations with complications. A...


Sulekha Ali Omar

Theatre: Ethnoporn

Ethnoporn A courageous and forthright comment on the multi-cultural society we live in. Aisha is a rebel-rouser who starts the organisation Women’s Front for...


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Theatre: Happy Days in the Art World

The artistic duo Elmgreen & Dragset look askance at contemporary art. In the performance of Happy Days in the Art World, Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset are...


Copyright © Carl Thorborg

Theatre: Jeppe of the Hill

Jeppe is just a poor peasant farmer. In his words and John Lennon’s, a ‘working-class hero’. Bullied both by his wife and by the count’s bailiff. She sends...


Copyright © Emile Ashley

Theatre: Peer Gynt

This version of Peer Gynt is subtitled ‘A disturbing odyssey into the heart of darkness’. This central part of theatrical history is shown from a completely...