At Soup Kitchen, you get to meet the artists who will soon be taking the stage with us. Ahead of the performance, they join us to talk about what they have created, how they made it, and why.

Soup Kitchen is an initiative to make art more accessible—we open the doors to conversation and community.

On the menu is a delicious, homemade soup that is always vegan or vegetarian.

Free admission and free soup.

12:00 pm at Rosendal Café.d

On 29 January, you will meet Verk Produksjoner, who perform Solaris at Rosendal Teater on 30 and 31 January.

Inspired by Stanisław Lem’s cult novel Solaris and Andrei Tarkovsky’s film adaptation, Verk Produksjoner dives into the mysterious ocean of Solaris—a planet with a form of intelligence capable of assuming infinite shapes.

On the space station orbiting the planet, this presence causes profound psychological disturbances among the astronauts. The performance explores the consequences of encountering the inexplicable.

Through conversations about the Solaris ocean and its indescribable forms, stories, memories and their effects, as well as experiences from the theatre, the complex relationship between reality and illusion, truth and imitation is examined.

Solaris was nominated for the Critics’ Prize for Theatre 2024–2025. Verk Produksjoner has, for more than 20 years, created critically acclaimed performances, toured nationally and internationally, and received the Hedda Award twice.