Combine a visit to the Science Park exhibition with a unique outdoor performance among buzzing insects. 

Now everything is blooming and buzzing, and we invite you to explore the world of insects with us!

Dates and times

Saturday, July 2 (cancelled) and at 3:00 PM

Sunday, July 3rd at 2:00 PM

Saturday 9 July at 12:00 and 15:00

Sunday, July 10th at 2:00 PM

Price: (including entrance to exhibition and one-hour interactive performance)

120,- NOK for children

150,- for adults accompanied by children

180,- for adults without children

Sci-Fly is an interactive show for children and adults, and is about the insects we live side by side with. The insects that swarm in the dewdrops of the overripe fruit in the kitchen, that make secret tunnels in an eternal darkness, entangled in a forest of threads. They are the insects with the bad reputation, but which we also cannot live without. In the show you meet a host who has made some very special discoveries that they want to share with the outside world.

With Sci-Fly, the performing arts company Øy and Vitenparken for a fun and strange discovery tour in the lush landscape nearby Vitenparken . The children themselves become involved in exploring the performance, which actively engages both the imagination and the senses. Recommended for children from 5 years and up.

The performance includes entrance to the Science Park exhibition where you can play and experience, among other things, the Roaring Panther, the Pizza Train and become a FarmHero. The visit can also be combined with a visit to Andedammen café and restaurant which is open every day, and a walk in perhaps Norway's finest park .

The performance Sci-Fly is a collaboration between Øy and NOBA (Norwegian BioArt Arena), part of Vitenparken at Ås. The performance originated at the intersection of performing arts and entomology – the science of insects and is inspired by the book Planet of the Insects (2018) by author and biologist Anne Sverdrup Thygeson.

The performance is produced by Øy in collaboration with scenographer Maria Wang Kvalheim (NO), artist/researcher Monika Żak (PL), actor Mari Pitkäen (FI) and costume designer Cecilio Orozco Martínez (MX) under the direction of producer for Øy and scenographer Hazel Barstow (NO).

Producer / Project Manager for Øy Hazel Barstow

Graphic design poster Hazel Barstow

External eyes Ellen Jerstad and Sandra Bringsjord Pape have contributed to the process

Rebekka Sæter project manager at NOBA

Sci-Fly is co-produced by the performing arts company Øy and Norwegian Bioart Arena (NOBA).

 Supported by the Sound and Image Fund, and Free Performing Arts .

At our events, photos and videos may be taken for use in our communication work. If you wish to object to this, please contact the photographer or send an email to nina@vitenparken.no.

Practical information for further information about the performance:

The performance is outdoors, partly on rough terrain, so dress according to the weather.

Meeting point: Outside the café, at the entrance to Vitenparken building. There you will be picked up and taken onward. Toilets are located inside the cafe at Vitenparken .