Skattekista is Samspill's family festival for children aged 0 to 12. This year the festival took place at two venues in Oslo: Riksscenen at Schous on Sunday 23 August and Rommen Scene in Groruddalen on Saturday 5 September. Around 400 people came to Schous and around 800 to Rommen, and the sun was out on both days.
Rommen, 5 September
The day started with the opening show in front of Rommen Scene. More than a hundred children from the school choirs at Høybråten, Stovner and Rødtvet were on stage together with pupils from Oslo musikk- og kulturskole and dancers from Norsk tamilsk kultursenter. They had rehearsed for several weeks through Kor OPP! and Dans OPP!.
Inside Rommen Scene there were three performances: Bhangra with Indian Rhythms, Tango Corazón and Calabash Tales. Outside, Khalid Laaouaam and Othmane Hmimar played gnawa, and there was Tamil folk dance, circus play, Mexican masks and wish flags. Local organisations had set up their own parlours with activities and culture from Somalia, Pakistan, China, Morocco and Sri Lanka, among others. Pupils from Rommen skole showed art they have made with artist Tanja Olsen in Kunst OPP!.
Nyam Catering served Jamaican food. Catering students from Praksisbrev at Oslo voksenopplæring cooked and sold food.
The festival at Rommen is part of Kultur OPP! in Groruddalen. The project aims to strengthen the cultural offer for children and young people in Groruddalen before and after the festival day. Kulturtanken visited Rommen and has written an article about the day.
Schous, 23 August
At Riksscenen, Adrian Lara, Khalid Laaouaam and Othmane Hmimar, Bellali Austria, Magnhild Garnås Haugen and Jon Bugge Mariussen took part in the opening show. The three performances Bhangra, Tango Corazón and Calabash Tales were staged indoors. Outside there were Mexican masks and a soap bubble machine from the Institute of Design at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, among other things.
Film from Rommen
Kulturtanken has made a film from Skattekista at Rommen. You meet children who were there, and festival director Lene Gravlie.
Film: Kulturtanken
Thank you, Lene Gravlie
Lene Gravlie is project manager and festival director for Skattekista. She has kept in touch with more than 20 partners and all the performers, and followed up everything from choir rehearsals and parlours to food, signage and volunteers.
Thank you, Lene, for your tireless work, good spirits and multitasking at the highest level. What a powerhouse!
Images
Photo: Karstein Grønnesby
Performers
- Adrian Lara
- Khalid Laaouaam and Othmane Hmimar
- Bellali Austria
- Oddrun Lilja
- Magnhild Garnås Haugen
- Jon Bugge Mariussen
- Palle Bay Henriksen and Eva Maria Pilar Patino (Circus play)
- Jonas Roman Cadena (Mexican masks)
- Zahra (The Somali parlour)
- Tanja Olsen and Iver Kvambe Haugen (Wish flags)
- Indian Rhythms, Richa Chandra and Aryan Singh (Bhangra)
- Karl Espegard and Leonardo Andersen (Tango Corazón)
- Solo Diarra, Bafana Nhlapo and Sarjo Sankareh (Calabash Tales)
Partners
- Agora skaper
- Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Institute of Design
- Stovner District, Department of Childhood, Youth and Welfare
- Hooyo Power
- Høybråten skolekor
- Internasjonal kvinnegruppe
- Kirkens Bymisjon, Stovner frivillighetssentral
- Kvinner i Fokus
- Norsk kinesisk kvinne- og barneforening (NCWA)
- Norsk tamilsk kultursenter
- Norway Tamil Sangam
- Oslo musikk- og kulturskole
- Oslo voksenopplæring
- Redd Barna
- Riksscenen
- Rommen Scene
- Rommen school
- Rødtvet skolekor
- Stovner skolekor
- Stovner Ung
- Stovner videregående skole
- Ung i kor
Thank you for the food to Nyam Catering and to the catering students at Praksisbrev at Oslo voksenopplæring.
Supported by
- Sparebankstiftelsen DNB
- Oslo kommune
- Arts Council Norway
- Kulturtanken (Development funding for diversity in cultural life)
- Regionalt kulturfond Oslo
- Stovner district
- Frifond
Skattekista 2027
Thank you to everyone who came. We look forward to continuing in 2027. We will post the dates on the Skattekista page as soon as they are ready.
