Words – festival i DanmarkWords – festival in Denmark

Fra 17. – 20. mai arrangeres det en ny internasjonal fortellerfestival i Danmark, nærmere bestemt i Kronborg slott i Helsingør, i området hvor legenden sier at Hamlet i sin tid spradet rundt og slengte fra seg one-liners (‘Kom dig sgu til et nonnekloster!»).

Jeg er én av fire internasjonale fortellere som er invitert til å opptre sammen med en stor bukett danske utøvere. Forestillingene vil foregå i alle slottets hulrom, og jeg vil opptre i Erik af Pommerns kammer, i Axel Gyldenstjernes kammer og i Den Lille Sal. Forestillingene jeg kommer med er:

• Kløverknekten – et familiemytologisk lyst- og mysteriespill
• Kongespillet
• Den røde fjær (også kalt Chasing the Phoenix)

Jeg har et nært forhold til Danmark og har opptrådt og holdt kurs der flere ganger, bl.a. på den siste Lejrefestivalen for to år siden (se artikkel fra Roskilde Dagblad her).

Words er en helt nystartet festival og arrangeres av Kasper Sørensen og André Andersen i fortellergruppen BestTellers.

From the 17th to the 20th of May a new international storytelling festival sees the light of day in Denmark. The festival, going by the name of Words, will be held at Kronborg Castle. The castle is in Elsinore, where Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, once gallivanted about, trying to play detective and deal (poorly) with his love life. According to legend, that is.

I am one of four international performance storytellers having been invited to perform together with a plethora of Danes. The performances will be held in all nooks and crannies of the castle, keeping in mind that said nooks and crannies have names like The chamber of Eric of Pomerania, The chamber of Axel Gyldenstierne and the Small Hall (All places where I will perform). I have three main performances during the festival:

• The Jack of Clubs – a family-mythological comedy and mystery play
• The Game of Kings
• Chasing the Phoenix

I have a close relationship to Denmark and have been performing and held workshops here several times, e.g. at the very last Lejre festival two years ago (article from the newspaper Roskilde Dagblad here).

Words is a completely new festival and has been put together by Kasper Sørensen and André Andersen in the storytelling group BestTellers.