Aarhus Festival 2013 programme

Aarhus Festuge 30.08. — 08.09.2013

30.08. — 08.09.2013

Signs of life — in a new reality

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Aarhus Festival CONTENTS 3 Foreword 4 Reception for expats 5 Gala Opening: Det Kongelige Kapel: Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 6 Unofficial Opening: John Cale: Music for a New Society + Unofficial Medium/rare Session with The DeSoto Caucus feat. KT Tunstall (UK), Beth Orton (UK) and Jim White (US) 7 Artist-in-residence: Jim White (US) 7 Efterklang: The Ghost of Piramida 8 Tegn på Trio (Signs of Trio) 8 The Old Maid and the Thief 9 Festival Concert 9 Festuge Classic 2013 10 Jazzhus Montmartre presents Dado Moroni (IT), Reuben Rogers (US) and Alex Riel (DK) 10 Ujazz 12 Victoria Melody (UK): Major Tom 12 Victoria Melody (UK): Northern Soul 12 Diane Spencer (UK): Hurricane Diane 13 Sarah Kendall (AU): Get Up, Stand-Up 13 Carl-Einar Häckner (SE): Swedish Meatballs 14 Theatre Replacement & Neworld Theatre (CA): Winners and Losers 14 Huey Mecatl 15 Night Cabaret: Carl-Einar Häckner (SE): The Road 16 Food Festival 17 A foretaste at street level Festival Barbecue 18 Images Festival 20 The City Park 21 Family Sunday 22 Rebecca Matthews & Stéphanie Surrugue: 2018 22 Margrethe Vestager & Adrian Wooldridge: The Nordic Model 22 Emmanuel Jal & Rune Skyum-Nielsen

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PHOTO CREDITS p. 3 Camille Hjernøe Jepsen: Jens Folmer Jepsen p. 5 Alexander Vasiljev: Michael Boder p. 8 Jo Metson Scott: Beth Orton p. 8 Thomas Cato: Sine Bundgaard p. 8 Miklos Szabo: Elisabeth Halling p. 10 Karolina Zapolska: Jesper Zeuthen PLUS p. 11 Luca Berti (edited by Aske Zidore and Cæcilie Trier): CTM p. 11 Estelle Hanania:

Rhys Chatham p. 11 Vera Marmelo: The Fish p. 11 Holimage: Tony Buck p. 12 Liquid Photo: Victoria Melody p. 14 Simon Hayter: Winners and Losers p. 15 Bildwerk eins: Silea p. 16 Skovdal og Skovdal/Søren Gammelmark: Food Festival p. 18 Benoit Peverelli:

Amadou & Mariam p. 19 Svend Withfelt: Palle Mikkelborg p. 22 Trine Søndergaard: Margrethe Vestager p. 22 Jesper Voldgaard: Rebecca Matthews Martin Dam Kristensen (for Aarhus Festival): p. 4 Reception for expats p. 17 A foretaste at street level p. 17 Festival Barbecue p. 20 Byparken (The City Park)

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Opening hours: 30 August: 15.00-19.00 31 August – 1 September: 11.00-22.00 2 September – 8 September: 11.00-19.00 9 September: closed Phone (+45) 29 20 94 87 (during the above opening hours)

Foreword Quite fittingly, Music for a New Society is the name of what is generally viewed as John Cale’s masterpiece. It will be performed live and in its entirety for the first time ever during the Unofficial Opening of the Festival.

Twenty-one Mexicans performing on Bispetorvet is about as live as it gets. They will ‘play’ Huey Mecatl: 10 shipping containers built into a twostorey pentagon.

Theatre Replacement and Neworld Theatre will perform Winners and Losers, which will tell us loud and clear who the winners and losers are in the game of the times. How do you measure up?

Crossing geographic and artistic boundaries, Aarhus Festival has hand-picked the best entertainment for this year’s programme. From 30 August to 8 September, the Festival will be an antidote to the daily grind as we add a sparkle to the city’s many venues.

There’s also space for the more humorous aspects of daily life’s trivial challenges, with Victoria Melody, Carl-Einar Häckner and the Festival’s comical guardian angel Diane Spencer presenting our most ambitious and innovative comedy programme to date.

Planning the 10 days has taken us far and wide and has showed us that there is an increased awareness of the Festival among artists from around the world. The arts always tend to respond to the calls of their time and they do so today, in a period when it can be difficult to recognise our own world and when our own interpretation of this world is under reconstruction.

In this edition of the programme, Aarhus Festival has gathered a collection of events that particularly appeal to the Festival’s international guests. We look forward to welcoming you to Aarhus during this year’s Festival week.

Guided by this year’s theme, Signs of life – in a new reality, we want to explore the essential issues that we need to relate to, both in general and specifically in our city, and find ways to express this in a dynamic way.

Jens Folmer Jepsen, Director, Aarhus Festival

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Reception

Reception for expats Aarhus Festival invites expats and their families to a special reception in the pop-up Festival restaurant, The Gourmet Grill, on Saturday 31 August from 15.00 to 17.00. At the reception, you can relax with your family and meet other expats. You can enjoy the special Festival atmosphere while indulging in mouth-watering delicacies prepared by Lars Kyllesbech, the founder of restaurant Mefisto. Lars Kyllesbech is not only one of the best chefs in town, he also has a Michelin star on his CV.

The Gourmet Grill, FO Aarhus, Vester Allé 8, 8000 Aarhus C 31 August, 15.00-17.00 Free of charge Registration is necessary. Please register for the reception at aarhusfestival.com

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Want to give yourself and your family a special treat? Try the city’s best ice cream by Manu, who has come all the way from Florence, Italy.

The Gourmet Grill is just a stone’s throw from a bunch of other entertaining and engaging activities for the whole family, making the Festival reception the perfect excuse for a day of family fun.

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Gala Opening

Det Kongelige Kapel: Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, 30.08.2013, Musikhuset Aarhus

At this year’s Gala Opening of Aarhus Festival, Det Kongelige Kapel (The Royal Chapel) will play Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, directed by chief conductor Michael Boder. Also known as ‘The Tragic’, Symphony No. 6 embraces both fragility and pomp. Its Mahlerian finesse has an overwhelming clarity, while at the same time it is so dark that it rips into the soul. Mahler wrote the symphony at a happy time in his life. He had just married Alma Schindler, and his second daughter was born while he was composing the piece. Yet the tragic undercurrent of the symphony was to prove almost prophetic because after he had finished the work, Mahler faced several bouts of misfortune in rapid succession.

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Musikhuset Aarhus, Symfonisk Sal, Thomas Jensens Allé 30 August, 18.50-20.30 Kr. 150/250/395 from billetlugen.dk or (+45) 89 40 40 40

Unofficial Opening

John Cale (UK): Music for a New Society 29.08.2013, Rådhushallen ”It is, in many ways, Cale’s masterpiece.”

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In 1982, former The Velvet Underground member John Cale wrote and released Music for a New Society. Over time, the album has become a classic with near cult status. Aarhus Festival has invited Cale to perform the album in its entirety for the first time ever. No additional performances have been planned so this will, in all respects, be a unique night, and one which has already attracted international attention.

Cale will perform with his own US musicians and will also use the opportunity to perform more

recent songs. A Danish string quartet and four local choir singers will support the performance of Music for a New Society.

Unofficial Medium/rare Session with The DeSoto Caucus feat.

KT Tunstall (UK), Beth Orton (UK) and Jim White (US) The DeSoto Caucus have added a local touch to a series of concerts at which local meets international under the title The Medium-rare Sessions. With a new album hot off the press and an impressive catalogue of positive reviews from national as well as international critics, the band is ready to embrace Aarhus Festival’s international guests again.

albums, but’Invisible Empire//Crescent Moon’ has brought the singer back on her A-game.

With her second solo album, Trailer Park, Beth Orton created her unique ‘folktronica’ sound.

In 2012 she published her most recent album, Sugaring Season – a monumental sign of life from an artist who, after some time away from the music industry, discovered that she still had an essential message to convey in the new now.

At the Unofficial Opening of the Festival, The DeSoto Caucus will accompany KT Tunstall, Beth Orton and Jim White.

Jim White is an alternative country musician, an elegant film director, a curious photographer and mass consumer of new technology. Back in the late 1990s David Byrne fell for White and signed him to his record label, Luaka Bop, which issued White’s first albums.

Critics and fans sighed with relief as KT Tunstall’s new album ’Invisible Empire//Crescent Moon’ was released in June 2013. The British singer has evolved a lot since her solo debut ’Eye to the Telescope’, which in 2004 earned her critical acclaim and millions of fans across the globe. It’s been a challenge for KT Tunstall to reach the same heights with subsequent

Rådhushallen, Rådhuspladsen 2 29 August, 21.00 (Doors open at 20.00) Tickets: kr. 150-375 from aarhusbilletten.dk

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Music

Artist-in-residence: Jim White (US)

Efterklang: The Ghost of Piramida, documentary (CPH:DOX)

Jim White is both an unruly and a disciplined artist. He takes a bit of everything and gives a bit of everything, but whatever he does, he does it with zeal.

Jim White will come to Aarhus and Aarhus Festival over a longer period, not just to make music but also to direct a movie set in the city.

The movie, Jim White’s thoughts about it and some musical samples can be experienced when the Copenhagen documentary festival CPH:DOX visits Aarhus. The musically gifted American was taken into David Byrne’s fold when the latter signed him to his record label, Luaka Bop. Eight albums later, White has not lost his edge and clear character. At the Festival’s Unofficial Opening Jim White will perform with DeSoto Caucus, and in Tegn på Trio (Signs of Trio) he will give his songs a new expression. Jim White is also one of the artists who will represent Aarhus at the Royal Danish Theatre when different Festival arrangements will be presented at the Royal Danish Playhouse in Copenhagen. Last but not least, Jim White will give guest lectures at the Royal Academy of Music during his stay in Aarhus.

The Russian mining town of Piramida on Svalbard was abandoned in 1998, left as if it were an imaginary scene from a time after a third world war. The people are gone, but the minimalist concrete estates remain as a monument to the life of days long gone. In The Ghost of Piramida, the Danish band Efterklang enters the town to gather its melancholic soul in the form of small sound bites that frame their latest release, Piramida. After the screening, Efterklang will perform the music and discuss the project with the audience.

Director: Andreas Koefoed

Musikhuset, Rytmisk Sal, Thomas Jensens Allé 4 September, 22.00-22.30 (Doors open at 19.40 and Efterklang’s composition, Lyden af København (The Sound of Copenhagen) starts at 19.45) Kr. 125 from billetlugen.dk or (+45) 89 40 40 40

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Music

Tegn på Trio (Signs of Trio)

The Old Maid and the Thief

The music comes in 3s, when 3x3 singers play with 3 musicians over the course of 3 days.

Aarhus Festival pursues its quest for the perfect musical experience by allowing the best singers to sing the best songs with the best musicians at a venue with the best conditions for musicians and audience.

Experience Menotti’s weird fable about decaying morals and female cunning. This humorous 1939 radio opera in 14 acts can now be experienced for the first time at the Royal Danish Theatre and during Aarhus Festival, recast in a universe of medical romance novels and Desperate Housewives.

Exclusivity takes on a different meaning when a maximum of 200 people per day get the opportunity to get really close to a set of musicians who have all been diagnosed as ‘world class’.

Old maid Miss Todd lives in a small village together with her housemaid Laetitia, who is worried that she too may end her life as a spinster. Then vagabond Bob enters the lives of both women. Desperate for male company, they take him in and shower him with attention.

But Bob is not who he pretends to be and soon all are entwined in intricate lies.

The base trio accompanying the singers is made up of Argentinian Diego Schissi, Swedish Gustaf Ljunggren and American Tony Garnier.

Musikhuset Aarhus, Lille Sal, Thomas Jensens Allé 2 September, 19.00-20.00 and 3 September, 17.00-18.00 (Doors open at 18.40 and 16.40 respectively, and Efterklang’s composition Lyden af København (The Sound of Copenhagen) starts at 18.45 and 16.45 respectively) Kr. 110-175 from billetlugen.dk or (+45) 89 40 40 40

31 August Tegn på Trio feat. Beth Orton (UK), Anna Järvinen (SE) and Al Spx (Cold Specks) (CA 2 September Tegn på Trio feat. Jim White (US), Ariadna Prime (AR) and Al Spx (Cold Specks) (CA) 4 September Tegn på Trio feat. Eddi Reader (UK), Sofia Karlsson (SE) and Povl Dissing (DK)

Atlas, Vester Allé 15 31 August, 2 September and 4 September 20.00-22.30. (Doors open at 19.00).

Price to be announced. See aarhusfestival.com Tickets from aarhusbilletten.dk or (+45) 70 20 20 96

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Music

Festival Concert

Festuge Classic 2013

The Aarhus Festival Concert starts with Wagner’s prelude to the Mastersingers of Nuremberg. American–Japanese Eugene Tzigane interprets Brahms’ beautiful Symphony No 2. Aarhus Symphony Orchestra’s own Oliver Nordahl plays solo in Strauss’ marvellous and technically demanding oboe concerto. In this, the orchestra looks ahead to Strauss’ 150th birthday, which will be celebrated around the world in 2014. In April 1945, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s oboist was stationed in Garmisch-Partenkirchen where he visited Strauss and asked if he would ever write a solo concert for the oboe. Strauss answered with a curt “No”. The question must have lingered in the head of the ageing composer because as early as February the following year, the melodious piece was premiered in Zürich.

Despite his tender age, 25-year-old American Joshua Weilerstein, Malko winner of 2009, has become an incredibly popular guest conductor in Aarhus’ Symphonic Hall. This time he will bring his sister Alisa, who is five years his senior and has earned herself a name as one of the greatest cello players of our time. In Aarhus, she will perform Bruch’s popular Kol Nidrei and Tchaikovsky’s lovely Variations on a Rococo Theme, with which she made her debut at the age of 12. This musical cornucopia also includes a performance by German soprano Mojca Erdmann.

Performed by: Joshua Weilerstein (conductor), Mojca Erdmann (soprano), Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Palle Kjeldgaard (host), Chorus of the Danish National Opera and Aarhus Symphony Orchestra.

Performed by: Eugene Tzigane (conductor), Oliver Nordahl (oboe) and Aarhus Symphony Orchestra.

Musikhuset Aarhus, Symfonisk Sal, Thomas Jensens Allé 5 September, 19.30-22.30 Kr. 195/220/260 from aarhussymfoni.dk

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Musikhuset Aarhus, Symfonisk Sal, Thomas Jensens Allé 31 August, 19.30-22.00, and 1 September, 16.00-18.30 Kr. 395/495/595 from billetlugen.dk

Music The piano trio has always been the most popular jazz combination. Just think of Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans and Michel Pettrucciani, each of whom took trio jazz to new heights. Brought together for the occasion, this trio is made up of three of the world’s best jazz musicians. Dado Moroni is in league with Stefano Bollani and Enrico Pieranunci, while Reuben Rogers has made his name as the US’ new great international bass player. Last but not least, Jazz House Montmartre’s renowned house drummer Alex Riel is Denmark’s greatest international name in jazz.

The trio will hit the Great American Songbook and give us a classic swinging Montmartre night.

Jazzhus Montmartre presents Dado Moroni (IT), Reuben Rogers (US) and Alex Riel (DK)

Musikhuset Aarhus, Lille Sal, Thomas Jensens Allé 5 September, 19.30-22.00 (Doors open at 19.10, Efterklang’s composition Lyden af København (The sound of Copenhagen) starts at 19.15) Kr. 125-250 from billetlugen.dk or (+45) 89 40 40 40

Ujazz is for people who appreciate music as an organic form of art and who have no qualms about classifying a 20-piece electric guitar orchestra as jazz. This year’s programme promises a great deal and the names in it guarantee great artistic quality and profound musical vision.

STEFAN PASBORG & DAWDA JOBARTEH Ujazz is proud to present the first collaboration between Danish Stefan Pasborg and resident Gambian Dawda Jobarteh. Stefan Pasborg is well known from his popular funkjazz/afrobeat trio Ibrahim Electric, while Dawda Jobarteh, whom Danish music magazine GAFFA described as “a kora master”, has been part of Pierre Dørge’s jazz troupe the New Jungle Orchestra.

Time: 15.00-15.50

JESPER ZEUTHEN PLUS Freejazz legend Jesper Zeuthen has collected a super band of established Danish improvising musicians, whom he will take to Ujazz under the name Jesper Zeuthen PLUS. The band is an extended version of the Jesper Zeuthen Trio and has Jesper Zeuthen himself playing the alto saxophone, while Kasper Tranberg plays the trumpet, Kristian Tangvik the tuba and Adam Pultz Melbye the bass.

Time: 16.00-16.50

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LARS GREVE & CARSTEN DAHL Experimental jazz meets classical jazz in the Greve Dahl duo – two established and recognised Danish jazz musicians. Despite his young age, saxophonist Lars Greve has performed on a large number of releases. In 2012, he received the prestigious Sonning award. Pianist Carsten Dahl is known both in Denmark and abroad for his keyboard talents. Jazz magazine Jazz Special named his album Metamorphosis ‘Jazz Release of the Year’ in 2011.

Time: 17.00-17.50

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OSGOOD, FRIIS & GOODIEPAL Drummer, multi-instrumentalist, com­ poser and musical entrepreneur are just a pick of the labels that Kresten Osgood effortlessly take on. He has convened an almost infinite number of musical groups of prominent artists from home and abroad. At Ujazz he will play with experimental folk, jazz and avant-garde singer Maria Laurette Friis and the controversial artist Goodiepal, who in 2001 released the electronic album Narc Beacon, described by several critics as brilliant, innovative and original.

Kl. 18.00-18.50

MURCOF (MX) & TONY BUCK (AU) Mexico meets Australia when the electro-minimalist Murcof plays with percussionist and drummer Tony Buck. Both musicians have a varied set of projects behind them. Murcof collaborates with live musicians, whose sounds he samples and edits. His main sources of inspiration are classical music, baroque music, minimal techno, dub and industrial music. Tony Buck grew up in Australia, developed his talents in Japan and Amsterdam, and now lives in Berlin. This project is the first meeting of these two giants.

Time: 19.00-19.50

THE FISH (FR) The Fish is a Parisian freejazz-trio, made up of three of France’s most recognised musicians of the past decade: Jean-Luc Guionnet on the alto saxophone, Benjamin Duboc on the bass and Edward Perraud on the drums. Last year, the trio released the album Moon Fish. Their music has been described as Albert Aylerinspired intense and energetically explosive.

Time: 20.00-20.50

RHYS CHATHAM (US) Composer, guitarist and trumpet player are just some of Rhys Chatham’s titles. His main hunting grounds have been avant-garde, minimalism and post-rock, and he is best known for his compositions for the Guitar Orchestra. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Chatham played in New York with artists such as Glenn Branca and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. On this occasion, Chatham will play with a large troupe of Danish musicians Time: 21.00-21.50

SVIN VS. OXX Post-rock and freejazz band Svin entering the ring to face the local boys of heavy-instrumental Oxx promises to become quite a fight. They will punch each other musically in an attempt to create a common sound.

Both are underground bands within their genre, but Svin played at Aarhus’ SPOT festival in 2012 and have toured extensively. One thing the bands have in common is their experimental use of the saxophone Time: 22.00-22.50

CTM Unpredictable, complex and compelling are some of the words that characterise CTM. Front woman Cecilie Trier has recently become an exciting name in the alternative Danish music scene. Before she started her solo project, CTM, she was part of Le Fiasko, Choir of Young Believers and Chimes & Bells. The cellist and songwriter takes her inspiration from sources such as Talk Talk, but has found her own sound in a mix of 1980s drums, computer sounds, incredible precision at the keyboard and a sonorous voice with which she enchants her audiences.

Time: 23.00-24.00

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Atlas, Vester Allé 15 6 September, 15.00-24.00 (Doors open at 14.30) Kr. 100 for a Festival pass to all gigs from aarhusbilletten.dk Please note that the two stages at Atlas have limited capacity, so come in good time for access to individual gigs.

Comedy

VICTORIA MELODY (UK): MAJOR TOM When Victoria Melody discovers by chance that her dog, Major Tom, has what it takes to enter a beauty contest, she decides to register it and use the occasion to take a peek into the world of dog shows.

Major Tom’s debut ends rather embarrassingly and so Victoria Melody decides to experience for herself what she has done to Major Tom: she enters the Mrs England 2013 beauty pageant. Major Tom is a one-woman/one-dog show, which describes in a comical way the experiences of dog and owner judged only on their looks. In Major Tom, Victoria Melody merrily probes the fascination with fame and beauty in a world where the winner takes it all. Artist Ursula Martinez has been the creative mentor for the show.

”Beneath the show’s natural charm there’s an uneasy commentary on self-obsession.”

Exeunt Magazine

Bora Bora, Valdemarsgade 1 3 and 4 September, 18.15, and 4 September, 21.15 Kr. 100 from aarhusbilletten.dk

Age limit: 14+

VICTORIA MELODY (UK): NORTHERN SOUL Victoria Melody gets up close when she explores the nooks and crannies of the world surrounding us. For a whole year she lived with pigeon breeders, and recently she learned to dance northern soul. And indeed, Northern Soul is a show about the northern soul music and dance culture, about pigeons, and most of all about Victoria Melody herself.

Northern Soul is for people with a good sense of humour who love people. The performance at Aarhus Festival is the first in Denmark.

The director behind the show is the critically acclaimed Spanish– British artist Ursula Martinez, who has herself previously performed with her cult striptease act at the International Night Cabaret in Aarhus.

After the show on 6 September there will be a Northern Soul/Motown club night at HeadQuarters. Free entry.

”She’s an actress, she’s a performance poet, she is a comedian...

Northern Soul is brilliant!”

BBC London Radio

Bora Bora, Valdemarsgade 1 5 September, 18.30, 6 September, 21.15, and 7 September, 15.00 Tickets: kr. 100 from aarhusbilletten.dk

Age limit: 11+

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DIANE SPENCER (UK): HURRICANE DIANE Aarhus Festival’s comical guardian angel Diane Spencer returns this year with her brand new comedy show, Hurricane Diane. In it, she gives her uncensored views on the right to keep a diary, the quality of life among the elderly and the great trials of relationships. Diane Spencer has built a reputation as the lovely girl with the dirty mouth, and Hurricane Diane is yet another invitation into her universe, where politeness is not included in the native vocabulary.

Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel, Aarhus, Margrethepladsen 1 5 and 6 September, 20.00-21.00 Tickets: kr. 100 from aarhusbilletten.dk

Age limit: 18+

Comedy

SARAH KENDALL (AU): GET UP, STAND-UP London-based comedian Sarah Kendall visits the Festival with her show Get Up, Stand-Up. The show was well received in the UK where, in 2004, Kendall was the first woman in nine years to be nominated for the Perrier Award. Sarah Kendall has taken a break from comedy for a couple of years to spend some time with her family, and is now back with her intelligent observational comedy.

Among other things, Get Up, StandUp is about the world that Kendall’s daughter will grow up in and, with references to The Ugly Duckling, about how society values beauty higher than talent.

”A truly brilliant show that’s just got to be seen.”

Chortle.co.uk

”Thoughtful, intelligent, en­light­e­ning and… really funny.

Kendall has a dry, subtle British-style sense of humour.”

The Observer

CARL-EINAR HÄCKNER (SE): SWEDISH MEATBALLS Swedish Meatballs is Swedish CarlEinar Häckner’s latest solo show, which has received high praise from critics at the comedy festivals in Adelaide and Melbourne, to name but two. Swedish Meatballs is a compilation of clowning, magical chaos, razor-sharp humour and odd songs. In Sweden Carl-Einar Häckner is an institution and a superstar, so there is a good reason for his latest solo show to be called Big in Sweden.

Carl-Einar Häckner is also responsible for the variety show The Road at Hermans. Read more on page 15.

”Explosively brilliant… sublime physical comedy!”

Chortle.co.uk

”Nonsensical mirth from beginning to end.”

The Age

Hermans, Tivoli Friheden, Skovbrynet 1 1 September, 19.30-20.30 Kr. 125-195 from aarhusbilletten.dk

Age limit: 18+

Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel, Aarhus, Margrethepladsen 1 6 September. 21.30-22.30 (sold out), 7 September, 20.00-21.00 and 21.30-22.30 Tickets: kr. 100 from aarhusbilletten.dk

Age limit: 16+

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Performance

Huey Mecatl

Theatre Replacement & Neworld Theatre (CA): Winners and Losers

Huey Mecatl is a gigantic pentagonal stringed instrument, built from 10 shipping containers on two levels. Between the top five containers, 10 strings are strung and played by 10 musicians with custom-made tools. The whole setup is led by one conductor. The containers work as resonance chambers which convey the grand industrial sound of Huey Mecatl. The music that can be experienced every night during the Festival has been composed specifically for the instrument and encompasses a huge sound landscape. During the late concerts, the instrument is flooded with artificial light. Huey Mecatl is a Mexican invention and the Aarhus show is the first time the instrument can be heard outside Latin America. In the daytime, Festival visitors can explore Huey Mecatl themselves.

Is Tom Cruise a loser? Is Mexico a winner? And are your own kids winners or losers? Winners and Losers is a Canadian play which in a handson and light-hearted manner observes who the winners and losers are in the new reality. Actors Marcus Youssef and James Long do not shy away from exposing themselves and measuring their own and each other’s life against the winner–loser scale.

Winners and Losers premiered in 2012 and has since been performed at the Gateway Theatre, the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, the Brighton Festival and the Magnetic North Theatre Festival. The director behind Winners and Losers is the acclaimed Chris Abraham, who also directed Eternal Hydra, Claudia and Boxhead. Today, he is the artistic director of the Crow’s Theatre in Canada.

Bispetorvet 30 and 31 August and 5-7 September, 17.00-17.30 (composition: The Day of Anger) and 21.00-21.30 (composition: Ometecuhtli-Omecihuatl),

1-4 September, 21.00-22.15 (both compositions, separated by a break), 8 September, 16.30-17.00 (composition: The Day of Anger) (Doors open 30 minutes before each performance) Kr. 50 through aarhusbilletten.dk or on the door

Tickets including entry and tapas with Jacobsen Festival Beer from Café Hack: kr. 100 from aarhusbilletten.dk or on the door

(Free entry for children under age 12 accompanied by an adult)

”Winners and Losers is one of the best shows of the season.”

Colin Thomas, theatre critic, The Georgia Straight

Aarhus Teater, Stiklingen, Skolegade 9 3-5 September, 18.00-19.25 Kr. 100 from aarhusbilletten.dk

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Explore Huey Mecatl on your own (free): 30 and 31 August, 1 September and 5-8 September, 12.00-16.00, 2-4 September, 14.00-18.00

Night Cabaret The brand new theatre house and culture centre Hermans, in Tivoli Friheden, will offer top-level entertainment, excitement, seduction, magic, comedy and music when it opens its doors to Carl-Einar Häckner’s variety programme The Road.

Carl-Einar Häckner: ‘The Road’ Carl-Einar Häckner is a superstar in Sweden who knows how to combine comedy, music, magic and illusion in a way that makes the sum of it all look grotesque and exquisitely funny. Aarhus Festival is proud to be able to present Carl-Einar’s brand new variety show The Road, in which he plays out his pompous, brave and hilarious act with his fabulous musicians and a string of hand-picked artists.

SILEA (DE) High up in the air, Silea performs her neck-breaking acrobatics while entangled in iron chains. She also does complicated balancing acts and a charming tightrope dance.

RICHARDO (SE) In a fantastic act bordering on the impossible, Richardo balances a pile of glass on a bow while playing the violin.

ALBA (AL) Snake woman Alba can wriggle herself out of every conceivable situation. She can also fire a crossbow with her toes while standing on her hands.

The renowned Restaurant Terrassen is ready to serve Night Cabaret’s guests a superb three-course menu.

MALTE KNAPP (SE) Malte Knapp is an extremely agile biker who has performed in places such as Las Vegas. His impressive act has him balancing five meters off the ground at high speed.

VARIETÉORKESTERET (SE) A fabulous Swedish orchestra with timing and soul, the Variety Orchestra play beautifully, warmly and with a great love for variety.

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Hermans, Tivoli Friheden, Skovbrynet 1 29-31 August and 2-7 September (preview 29 August), 20.30-22.30

Food served from 18.30 (doors open at 18.00)

Midnight show on 6 and 7 September, 23.45-01.45 The bar is open after the shows, except the late night shows

AAF — Food Festival This year once again Tangkrogen in Aarhus will open its doors to the Food Festival, with even more to offer young and old foodies than before. The Food Festival showcases the very latest in Nordic gastronomy. Visitors can taste Danish delicacies, cook with the famous and meet the producers of the finest Nordic ingredients face to face.

Nordic cooking is an international hit at the moment and the Food Festival wants to further spread the fame of the many great ingredients that our part of the world can offer. Come and discover a universe of exquisite food in the beautiful surroundings of Aarhus Bay and find inspiration for the everyday use of fresh ingredients.

close to the animals and learn about different vegetables. Don’t miss out on the food event of the year! See you at the 2013 Food Festival.

Tangkrogen (see foodfestival.dk for directions) 6-8 September Tickets: kr. 75 (day ticket) or kr. 150 (three-day pass) from foodfestival.dk. On the day: kr. 100 (day ticket) or kr. 200 (three-day pass).

Free for children under age 13.

The 2013 Food Festival offers a good food experience for people of all ages. Join the Kokke- og Madskolen (cooking classes) and learn to prepare excellent meals with top Danish chefs. Join a sailing trip with a harpoon hunter in the Bay. Or take the kids out to BalladeMad (‘TroubleFood’) where they can get

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AAF — Food

A foretaste at street level

Festival barbecue

Great gastronomic experiences await Festival guests at seven restaurants in central Aarhus that each present a course and a glass that complement each other: an opportunity to try some of the best eateries in town during one evening without burning a hole in your pocket.

Pick your own menu and itinerary:

As in previous years, the courtyard of FO-city (a meeting and conference centre in the middle of Aarhus) will be the setting for the Festival barbecue. Cheerful and uncomplicated, it offers good food for the entire family.

CANblau Tapasbar, Klosterport 2: Avocado, pine nut ice cream, boletus (wild mushrooms), salted pine nuts and crispy iberico ham. To drink, a glass of Cava or a glass of Jacobsen beer.

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Løgismose at Magasin (use the entrance at Busgaden only), Immervad 2-8: Two oysters with a glass of ice-cold Jacobsen Velvet Ale or champagne.

A sample from the menu:

Råbar, Vester Alle 15: Linguine on sweet potato, squash in a tasty cashew-mozzarella with cherry tomatoes and fresh basil. To drink, a lovely glass of cold Spanish white wine or a glass of Jacobsen beer.

TGV Café, Banegårdspladsen 4: Baked cod on a soufflé of herbs and toast served with a warm pea cream, pickled fennel and fresh watercress. To drink, a glass of carefully selected wine or a glass of Jacobsen beer.

Kählers Spisesalon, M.P. Bruuns Gade 33: Poached veal fillet from Grambogaard served with fried and pickled chanterelles with flakes of baked Samsø maize, crispy shallot rings and wild watercress. To drink, a glass of carefully selected wine or a glass of Jacobsen beer.

ART Restaurant, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, ARoS Allé 2: Danish berries with organic cream and a frozen ball of elder. To drink, a glass of Jacobsen Aarhus Festival Beer.

Festugegrillerier v. Mefisto (The courtyard of FO-city), Vester Allé 8: Crêpes Suzette with orange and ice cream the Mefisto way. To drink, a cup of lovingly brewed coffee.

2-4 September, 17.00-22.00, except for ART Restaurant which is closed on 2 September.

Last orders 21.30 Kr. 100 per course, including one drink

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Festival burgers, The day’s Festival meal for lunch and dinner Draught Carlsberg beer Many other delicacies The FO-city courtyard (Gården i FO-byen), Vester Allé 8 31 August – 7 September, 12.00-21.00

AAF — Images Festival “Occupy Denmark with arts and create utopias through arts!” This was the call that IMAGES FESTIVAL sent to hundreds of artists from more than 40 countries in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America. From 30 August to 7 September, they will dictate the artistic agenda at Godsbanen in Aarhus under the slogan ‘Occupy Utopia’.

Amadou & Mariam (ML)

The theme expresses the Festival’s belief in the power of arts and creativity for development, new visions and new dreams. The IMAGES FESTIVAL is held at three Danish locations simultaneously, the other two being Dronning Louise’s Bridge in Copenhagen and Karolinelund in Aalborg. It is organised by the Centre for Culture and Development (Center for Kultur og Udvikling).

When Amadou & Mariam took to the Orange Scene in 2012, it was the fifth time the blind couple had got the Roskilde Festival audience on its feet. Listen and dance along as Mali’s leading and critically acclaimed duo treat the crowd to a concert full of terrific electric ­­ afro-pop.

Godsbanen, Skovgaardsgade 3 30 August – 7 September

Check the individual events

for times and prices See images.dk for tickets

Den Rå Hal, Godsbanen, 31 August: Opening of the IMAGES FESTIVAL and warm-up from 20.00. Amadou & Mariam will be on the scene from 22.00 until late.

Entrance: Kr. 160

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AAF — Images Festival

AWARENESS (DK/INT) Under the title Awareness, Palle Mikkelborg and Mike Sheridan set off on a musical journey, together with stars from Iran, Mali and Syria, a string quartet, a big band and a choir of the Royal Academy of Music.

Musikhuset Aarhus, Store Sal 31 August, 19.30-21.00, and 1 Septem­ ber, 15.00-16.30, entrance: kr. 200

A THOUSAND SPECTACULAR SPOONS Vietnamese artist Pham Khac Quang has portrayed village farmers on no fewer than 1000 wooden spoons.

View the spectacular spoon collection, which the artist exhibits in a 30m 2 sand-covered room.

Check precise location on images.dk, 31 August – 7 September, free entry.

CRAZY COFFINS FROM GHANA This spring, Images ordered 24 coffins in shapes as unusual as fishing boats, beer bottles, lions and the Little Mermaid, from Ghana’s two premier coffin builders. Look at or lie down in one of the fabulous Crazy Coffins, tailor-made for the Festival.

Institut for (X), 31 August – 7 September, free entry.

ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST They are uncompromising and brave.

They push limits and shape change.

During the Arab Spring, they fought against repressive regimes with street art. Together with the NGO Turning Tables, a number of Middle East street artists put art activism on the agenda.

Institut for (X), from 3 September, free entry. Concert, Radar, 3 September, 20.00-22.00, Entrance: kr. 50

IMAGES DOX A young Afghan man tapes together his lips in a refugee centre in Hamburg.

Meanwhile in Kabul, fear descends on a family. In the documentary movie A, Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat and his Danish colleague Katja Adomeit sharply criticise the impending retreat of international forces from Afghanistan. Øst for Paradis Paradisgade 7, 3-6 September, entrance: kr. 50

DEN SORTE SKOLE Den Sorte Skole have been called “musical archaeologists with groundbreaking gold digger genes”. In the Rå Hal, their audience can experience Denmark’s most experimental DJ duo, who recently collected 10,000 new samples from 50 different countries.

Den Rå Hal, 6 September, 21.3023.00, entrance: kr. 160

EMMANUEL JAL (SD) After Emmanuel Jal’s mother was killed, Sudanese rebels put an AK47 in his eight-year-old hands and recruited him into their army. Several years later, the child soldier managed to escape. Today he is a world-famous hip-hop star.

Den Rå Hal, 7 September, 22.00-23.30, entrance: kr. 160

LITERARY UTOPIAS Prize-winning authors publish utopian poems and short stories at Images.

Meet, among others, Brian Chikwava from Zimbabwe, who in 2004 won the prestigious Caine Prize for African Wri­ting for his novel Seventh Street Al­ chemy, soon to be published in Danish.

Ridehuset, consult images.dk for date and time, entrance requires a ticket to Vild med ORD.

ELECTRONIC WASTE ART FROM WEST AFRICA West African electronic waste dumps are filled with ever-growing mountains of discarded hard disks and washing machines from the West. Three artists from Benin and Burkina Faso transform computer intestines into installations, and teach waste-art.

Institut for (X), Dates TBA (check images.dk), free entry

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The City Park For a short moment, the Festival wants to reshape the living reality of the City Park and counter the way in which we normally think of our city, creating a City Park that limits motorised traffic and looks at the safety of the more vulnerable road users. We want to build a City Park that is an experience in its own right.

Active and tranquil at the same time, the City Park should be a meeting point in the city. A central construction marks the connection between Musikhusparken and Rådhusparken and the crossings from one to the other.

It serves as a transition, viewing platform, playground installation and grandstand in front of the City Park’s stage.

Aarhus Festival’s City Park will be created through a partnership between culture and commerce, for the benefit of all. It will be the venue of events for both adults and children.

Cyclists cross through the City Park on a meandering track with experiences and facilities specifically for them. Within the cycling zone are marked areas that make walking safer for pedestrians.

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Byparken, Rådhusparken 30 August-8 September Most activities in the park are free

Family Sunday As has become the tradition, Aarhus Festival closes with events for the whole family when Family Sunday is celebrated in Tivoli Friheden. There will be special family-friendly activities throughout the day.

Tivoli Friheden, Skovbrynet 1 8 September, 12.00-17.00 Tickets to Tivoli Friheden are sold at the entrance

CAMPISTERNE (THE CAMPERS) Campisterne is a comically absurd street theatre act for the whole family about life at a campsite.

With military precision, the campers roll onto their preferred camping spot to enter a leisurely existence of freedom – and the smell of meat on the barbecue.

In front of Hermans, 14.00-14.20, 15.00-15.20 and 16.00-16.20

PHYSICS SHOW Test the forces of physics with electricity, light, sound, clouds and explosions. Physics students of Aarhus University entertain while explaining nature’s enigmas. Drop by and find the answers to the great mysteries of the universe.

By the swings, 13.00-16.00

RAFFUS You may run into the cheerful, quirky and amicable clown Raffus anywhere in Tivoli Friheden as he ties balloon animals, performs his tricks and gets caught by a giant gorilla.

Anywhere in the grounds, 12.00-17.00

THE THEATRE BUS Something is in the air when Granddad tells stories of days long gone and with a melancholy touch recalls odd details and near-forgotten tales. Gråt er godt (Grey is good) is unusual theatre in the Theatre Bus, where the sky is blue and the seats are covered in stardust. Aimed primarily at kids aged 3-7, the performance lasts around 15 minutes.

In front of the outdoor stage (Friluftsscenen), 12.00, 12.30, 13.00, 13.30, 15.00, 15.30, 16.00 and 16.30

SNEHVIDE (SNOW WHITE) Snow White is the most beautiful king’s daughter in the entire world. With skin as pale as snow, hair as black as ebony and lips as red as blood, she provokes the jealousy of her evil stepmother.

Snow White flees into the forest and meets the seven dwarfs. She must endure much misfortune before she meets her prince.

The green oasis next to the Ferris wheel, 14.30-15.05 and 15.30-16.05

MALTE KNAPP Malte Knapp is an extremely agile biker who has performed in places such as Las Vegas with his incredible bike act. On Family Sunday, Malte Knapp cycles throughout Tivoli Friheden, juggling while he steers his five-metre-high bike!

Anywhere in the grounds, 13.00-17.00

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Discussions

REBECCA MATTHEWS & STÉPHANIE SURRUGUE: 2018 The title of this discussion between Rebecca Matthews and Stéphanie Surrugue is ‘2018’. Rebecca Matthews has been appointed to prepare Aarhus for 2017, when the city will be European Capital of Culture. But what does Rebecca Matthews believe constitutes a good and vibrant cultural life, as it must unfold in the new post-2017 reality? And how can we use the year 2017 to get there?

Dome of Visions, Pier 4, at Jette Tikjøbs plads (see domeofvisions.dk) 1 September, 11.00-12.15. Aarhus Festival offers a good cup of coffee from 10.30.

Kr. 50 from aarhusbilletten.dk or (+45) 70 20 20 96, or from fo-aarhus.dk

MARGRETHE VESTAGER & ADRIAN WOOLDRIDGE: THE NORDIC MODEL What does the new economic reality look like? And can the Nordic model respond to it? Former economic adviser Nina Smith will moderate this session. Together with adviser Torben Andersen she will introduce the Nordic model before the start of the discussion. The discussion between Margrethe Vestager and Adrian Wooldridge will be held in English

DR Aarhus, Olof Palmes Allé 10-12, 2 September, 19.00-21.15 Kr. 125 from aarhusbilletten.dk or (+45) 70 20 20 96, or from fo-aarhus.dk

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EMMANUEL JAL & RUNE SKYUM-NIELSEN Clichés are few and far between when Emmanuel Jal sings and raps about peace on earth. The 33-yearold Sudanese knows what he is dreaming about. When he was seven years old, government militia killed his mother and he was tricked into joining a murderous child army in Ethiopia. He fled, and ever since has used his traumatic past as fuel for his music. During the Festival, Jal will tell about taming his demons and making them groove in an attempt to reach out as widely as he can with his message. Emmanuel Jal will talk with culture writer Rune SkyumNielsen, author of Nr.1, a book that covers the history of Danish hip-hop.

Musikhuset Aarhus, Lille Sal Thomas Jensens Allé 1 September, 16.00-17.00 (doors open at 15.40, and Efterklang’s composition Lyden af København (The Sound of Copenhagen) starts at 15.45) Kr. 100 from billetlugen.dk or tlf. 89 40 40 40.

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(The Aarhus Art Building) 23. Aarhus Teater, Café Hack 24. Dome of Visions

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MUSIC TENTS A. CANblau Scenen B. Det Irske Telt C. Det Turkise Telt D. Hos Anders E. Jazz- og Folkteltet F. Party In The Park G. Pustervig Torv

ILLUMINATED ROUTE X. Byparken (The City Park) Y. Frederiksgade Z. Aarhus Å Æ. Envision, Christiansgade 30 Ø. Atlas Å. Ceresparken