What is sound-puppetry? Oslo Sound-Puppetry Lab 22 November 2025

22 November at 15:00 in Foredragssalen, Gamle Munch, Tøyen

Oslo Sound-Puppetry Lab 2025 brings together nine musicians, one puppeteer and two visual artists with a shared interest in puppet theatre and musical sound. Together they will create a performance showcasing a newly created music theatre piece that ties together live contemporary music and elements of puppet theatre.

Here, fresh works for varied instrument constellations are shown, where live music meets figures (puppets, objects and abstract figures) controlled by both musicians and puppeteers. The audience will experience the playfulness, listening and expansion of imagination and reality that "sound-puppetry" offers.

The concert will be performed 22 November at 15:00 in Foredragssalen at Gamle Munch (the old Munch museum in Tøyen).

Both younger and older audience members will get the chance to test the puppets together with musicians afterwards, and experience the feeling of puppeteering a sound puppet.

ARTISTS
Petter Asbjørnsen / Vega Drake Carlsson / Marie Kallevik Straume / Elias Nurmi Schomers / Eivind Holmboe Leifsen / Magnus Breivik Løvseth / Tomas Laukvik Nannestad / Maren Sofie Nyland Johansen / Harald Jordal / Sarah Buchner / Nat Miehe-Renard Johns / Marte Røyeng

SUPPORTED BY

Arts Council Norway, Fund for Performing Artists (Fond for utøvende kunstnere) and Oslo kommune

BACKGROUND
Oslo Sound-Puppetry Lab is an initiative by composer, musican and puppet enthusiast Marte Røyeng, to gather artists from multiple fields in exploring possible musical and visual worlds that can emerge from the interplay between modern puppet theatre and contemporary and experimental music.
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Design: Jonas Røyeng