We gather performing artists who are at the beginning, somewhere in the middle, or on their way into a proffessional life with theatre/dance or music. We welcome Norwegian and international applications — people from Østfold need to build a network and find inspiring people to create together with! After 17 years of theatre and film […]

On November 27, we opened the ComeUnity swap booth at Sentralen as part of the 20th Showbox Festival. Set designer and lighting and costume designer Agnethe Tellefsen created a beautiful room within a room beneath the staircase in the Winter Garden at Sentralen. There, we tempted passers-by with some of the garments that have already […]

Luigi Ciotta, Pinar Bekaroglu, Fride Snipsøyr Holøs, Kornelia Melsæter, Tiril Pharo, and Agnethe Tellefsen had a one-week residency with Fellesskapet at Åsheim from November 24–28, 2025. This group is in a development phase, working to find out whether they can collaborate, whether the project is sustainable, and whether the ideas are worth developing further. Luigi […]

A film camp with a stellar team of instructors: Kristoffer Jørgensen, Bao Andre Thran Nygyen, and Kristoffer Nicolaysen. Dance, stunts, and film in perfect harmony. With support from Viken Film Center, Åsheim Gård, and Linda Pedersen (aka Café Linda), young people aged 14–19 were given six days and five nights at Åsheim—intense days filled with […]

The week after the ÅsheimFest weekend, Kunstkamp held an Eco camp for professional performing artists. The theme was how artists can make use of the resources they have available in their artistic practice.

From August 28 to August 31, Kunstkamp was, for the first time, the organizer of a MeetUp through the DiscoverEU programme (read more here). Young people came from all over Europe—France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Turkey, Spain, Poland, Romania, and Norway. Some were studying performing arts, others mathematics! Together, they created a playful and mythical forest […]

Kunstkamp collaborated with Teatercamp to offer scholarship places to this year’s campers. A huge thank you to the DNB Savings Bank Foundation, whose generous support made this possible. The main theme this year was Dreams. Film Camp in June/July (ages 13–18) Twenty-four young people lived at Åsheim and made a film over six days! Working […]

On June 29, 2025, the new Åsheim was ready, with a new dormitory, dining hall, kitchen, and theatre hall. On this occasion, Kunstkamp held an informal opening with a clown performance and Italian food (what could be more fitting here in the Tuscany of the North?). Our new friends Luigi Ciotta and Pinar Bekaroğlu presented […]

For the second year in a row, Kunstkamp hosted ÅsheimFest! This year, ÅsheimFest was combined with an Erasmus+ MeetUp and an Eco Camp for professional actors. This year we received support from Østfold County Council, Indre Østfold Municipality, the Arts Council Norway (Kulturdirektoratet), the Norwegian Actors’ Equity Association, Dance in Østfold, the DNB Savings Bank […]