Elmgreen & Dragset on the Forth Plinth

In late February, Øyafestivalen and Music Export Norway will bring the two Norwegian acts Young Dreams and Razika to London to perform two shows. In collaboration with Rough Trade, a vinyl single will also be released. The split-single is a part of a series which started with Lucy Swann and Team Me in connection with their London shows last year.

Joely Richardson stars as Ellida in Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea, at the Rose Theatre, Kingston. The play runs from 23 February – 17 march

On the 10th anniversary of its release, Thomas Dybdahl will be performing his seminal debut album “That Great October Sound” in a stripped down, acoustic format at the Borderline in London, 21 March.

The last few years have seen a triumphant rise in Nordic crime and now crime fiction expert Barry Forshaw is set to publish Death in a Cold Climate, a reader’s guide to Nordic Noir. The book features Jo Nesbø, one of Norway’s most successful crime writers.