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Scandi Six: What to Watch at CPH Stage 2016

Theatre and dance festival CPH Stage is back this year with a fantastic program of Danish, English and non-verbal performances that will scratch all your your theatre-nerd itches.

Here’s what we recommend:

List Marker: Number 1Next Day

This is part of International Theatre Nights as well as the festival’s opening performance. The play presents twelve youngsters age 10 – 13, all artists of some kind, in an isolated community. Where are they from? What will happen to them? It proposes a kind of creative person’s Lord of the Flies. The play is performed in Flemish with English subtitles.

Wednesday 1 June 6:00 pm

Folketeatret
Nørregade 39
1165 København K

 
 
 

List Marker: Number 2Hamlet Private

A one-on-one performance of Hamlet by Nini Julia Bang where Hamlet’s choices, questions and problems become yours. That’s right – the audience is only one person! This performance is in English or Danish; it’s up to you.

HAMLET PRIVATE - Copenahgen Stage - Theater | Scandinavia STandard
 

Monday 6 June 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 pm
Thursday 9 June 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 pm
Friday 10 June 6.:0, 7:00, 8:00 pm

Dansehallerne
Pasteursvej 20
1799 København V

 
 
 

List Marker: Number 3Soli Deo Gloria

Awarded Best Danish Drama 2015, Soli Deo Gloria returns to CPH Stage this year. This performance will be in Danish, but available with English subtitles on the mobile app.

Saturday 4 June 2:00 pm
Sunday 5 June 3:00 pm, 6:00 pm

Betty Nansen Teatret
Frederiksberg Allé 57
1820 Frederiksberg C

 
 
 

List Marker: Number 4Dust

Making the audience rethink puppetry and the human impact of life on Earth,’Dust’ explores what is left after a devastating disaster with life-size puppets and music. Weird & wonderful! In English.

DUST - Play - CPH Stage | Theatre Performance | Scandinavia Standard
 

Wednesday 1 June 6:00 pm
Thursday 2 June 6:00 pm

Dansehallerne Pasteursvej 20
1799 København V

 
 
 

List Marker: Number 5Dance Vibes

Four new dance works, created by different choreographers and all performed by the same set of Dansk Danseteater dancers. A must-see for contemporary dance lovers!

DANCE VIBES - CPH Stage - Theatre Performance | Scandinavia Standard
 

Friday 3 June 5:00 pm, 8:00 pm
Saturday 4 June 5:00 pm, 8:00 pm

Dansekapellet
Bispebjerg Torv 1
2400 København NV

 
 
 

List Marker: Number 6Stop Being Poor

A thought-provoking look at the Capitalist lifecycle ‘Work-Consume-Die,’ this physical theatre performance pokes fun at the new “cool” office space with chill-out zones and stocked kitchens by examining the underlying anxiety and tension caused by constant surveillance and nuanced punishment. In English.

STOP BEiNG POOR - Copenhagen Stage - Theatre Play | Scandinavia Standard
 

Wednesday 1 June 8:00 pm
Thursday 2 June 8:00 pm

Dansehallerne
Pasteursvej 20
1799 København V

 

See the full CPH Stage program here.

Header image: The Story of the Eye

Have another CPH Stage event you can’t wait to see? Tel us about it in the comments!

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Rebecca Thandi Norman

Rebecca Thandi Norman is a co-founder and Editor-in-Chief at Scandinavia Standard.