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Performances in English 2015/16 Fantastic, intimate theatre for all kinds of people. Young as old, big as small. And those in between.
dear audience Teater Refleksion and Teatret Gruppe 38 are professional theatres located in Aarhus, both creating and presenting intimate, thoughtful theatre for audiences of all ages. This booklet introduces you to the set of performances in English, presented by the two stages during the 2015-16 season. The purpose of presenting performances in English is to give nonDanish speaking audiences in and around Aarhus opportunity to experience professional, enriching stage art in an understandable language. So please, come visit us. Bring your friends and family. Meet other English-speaking people and enjoy the valuable benefits of live performance art. We are looking forward to seeing you. Kind regards Teater Refleksion and Teatret Gruppe 38
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program 2015 Norbert Fatnoggin Aug. 30th at 1.30 PM A True Tall Tale Nov. 5th at 5 PM
Mathilde Nov. 12th-13th at 8 PM The Shadow Nov. 18th-19th at 9.30 AM & Nov. 22nd at 2 PM & 3.30 PM
2016 Paradise Jan. 17th at 2 PM Hansel and Gretel Feb. 11th at 7 PM & Feb.12th at 11 AM GO! Mar. 5th-6th at 4 PM The Way Back Home Apr. 3rd-9th: Weekends at 2 PM & 3.30 PM, weekdays at 9.30 AM & 11 AM The Darkness Rests under The Bed Apr. 28th at 5 PM
norbert fatnoggin
aug. 30th 2015 at 1.30 pm The rhinoceros Norbert Fatnoggin is the terror of everybody. His thick shell protects him against everyone. His philosophy is, that it is best to perceive all others as enemies, because in that way you won’t be disappointed with them. Therefore, he drives away all the animals from the African savannah. Only the little bird Charles Clingfoot dares to stay. Admittedly, Charles is very small, but he is also smart, quick-witted and very brave. We won’t reveal more of the story here. Come for yourself and watch a tyrant fall with a bang. ... a piece of narrative theatre, which wants to get to the core of things and succeeds in the best manner possible ... simple, entertaining as well as elementary intriguing. On a deeper level, the story unmasks power as hollow. H H H H H Teateravisen, DK
Age From 7 years and up Duration 50 minutes Cast Peter Seligmann Created by teater2tusind Venue Teatret Gruppe 38 Mejlgade 55B, 8000 Aahus C
a true tall tale
Nov. 5th 2015 at 5 pm Don’t go through the forest robbers lie in wait and they will threaten your life Nevertheless, the old monk and his young apprentice walk into the forest on an icy winter’s day ... for they have heard about a wonderful miracle that is almost too good not to be true. Audience experiences this wonderful and old legend, lying in hammocks under a radiant sky. ... The experience is deeply sensory: Incense and ambient sounds waft through the air. H H H H Irish Times ... somewhat sinister and dangerous, somewhat funny and joyful, somewhat mysterious and religious. It is well done. H H H H H Teateravisen, DK The performance wants to tell us something important. Not by spelling it out. Rather by appealing to our imagination. Quite a marvelous experience, great, intense and affecting. H H H H H Århus Stiftstidende, DK Age From 8 years and up Duration ca. 45 minutes Cast Bodil Alling, Søren Søndberg, Søren la Cour, Lars K. Olesen Co-production by Teatret Gruppe 38 and Carte Blanche. The story is very freely adapted from Selma Lagerlöf. Venue Teatret Gruppe 38, Mejlgade 55B, 8000 Aahus C Avoid dinner bustle. We serve tasty and warm bowls of soup after this performance.
mathilde – Scenes from a Nursing Home
nov. 12th-13th 2015 at 8 pm Mathilde is a very old lady for whom life is getting hard to bear. She remembers vividly what happened 60 years ago, but now she keeps forgetting where she has put things. She keeps blaming the nurses of stealing from her. The management of the Nursing Home has other worries: How can he maximize the profit of the home? Will the article in the newspaper help? “Mathilde� is a tragic comedy about the hardship of getting very old.
Age Adults only Duration 55 minutes Created by Stuffed Puppet Theatre Cast Neville Tranter, Wim Sitvast Language English Venue Teater Refleksion, Frederiksgade 72B, 8000 Aarhus C
the shadow
Nov. 18th-19th 2015 at 9.30 am & nov. 22nd 2015 at 2 pm & 3.30 pm Through advanced animation and video, the performance brings the man’s shadow to life – its own life. What happens when the shadow is on its own and does all the things you want to do but haven’t done? And when the shadow is set free, how do you bring it back to you again? A comic and poetic performance about a man who discovered his own shadow and learned to live with it.
Age: From 5 years and up Duration: 45 minutes Language: Non-verbal Idea and concept: Torkild Lindebjerg, Troels Lindebjerg, Hans Rønne Cast: Torkild Lindebjerg Created by: Teater TT Venue: Teater Refleksion, Frederiksgade 72B, 8000 Aarhus C
paradise – a life-affirming story about an undertaker
Jan. 17TH 2016 at 2 pm This is what we know about the undertaker: He does what undertakers do best – he fixes up the dead, washes them, combs their hair, dresses them in clean clothes, places them in their coffins and closes the lid. And this is what we do not know about the undertaker: He has the ability to talk to the dead! And the dead happily talk back, about flowers, women’s bottoms and dogs and carports and windy weather and all the things they never got to do. Paradise is just something the undertaker makes up in his attempt to comfort a young girl who died far too young. But maybe it’s true – maybe there is such a thing as Paradise?
Age From 8 years and up Duration 45 minutes Cast Claus Mandøe Director Bjarne Sandborg Co-production by De Røde Heste and Teater Refleksion Venue Teater Refleksion, Frederiksgade 72B, 8000 Aarhus C
hansel and gretel
Feb. 11th 2016 at 7 pm & feb. 12th 2016 at 11 am Now, listen to me! We have to do something! We will die from hunger! Tomorrow we will give the children a piece of bread and take them into the forest. We will light a fire, then we will go away and leave them behind. J. Grimm The wonderful thing about fairytales is that they are entertaining as well as useful. They are incredible stories about fighting against life’s difficulties, about distinguishing between good and evil and about sorting out all those confusing impressions that reality offers. The gradual procession of tale and projected images reaches a wonderful climax full of sound and noise and wind; a testimony to elegant staging, where every detail has been calculated and revealed. The Advertiser, Adelaide, Tim Lloyd The penetrating gaze of Bodil Alling grips the audience from the outset, compelling them to listen ... A magical, intimate piece of theatre. The Herald, Edinburgh, Caroline Donne
Age From 8 years and up Duration Ca. 40 minutes Cast Bodil Alling and Søren Søndberg Instructor Hans Rønne Created by Teatret Gruppe 38. Based on the fairy tale ‘Hansel and Gretel’ by The Grimm Brothers Venue Teatret Gruppe 38, Mejlgade 55B, 8000 Aahus C
go!
Mar. 5th-6th 2016 at 4 pm An old woman wanders in the dark of her apartment. Between islands of light she finds pieces of objects, memories and lives that she assembles together with masking tape. Inspired by the simplicity with which extraordinary people (be it a great artist or a granny next door) can leave us, and based on numerous travel notes scribbled over the years, this show tells the loneliness of those who travel in memories.
Age from 9 years and up Duration 45 minutes Language Non-verbal Direction, set design, acting Polina Borisova (co-production with Odradek/cie Pupella Noguès) Technical assistance David Claveau Venue Teater Refleksion, Frederiksgade 72B, 8000 Aarhus C
The Way Back Home
Apr. 3rd-9th 2016 Weekends at 2 PM & 3.30 PM, weekdays at 9.30 AM & 11 AM Based on Oliver Jeffers’ wonderful picture book “The Way Back Home”. When a boy discovers a single-propeller airplane in his closet, he does what any young adventurer would do: He flies into outer space! Millions of miles from Earth, the plane begins to sputter and quake. The fuel tank is empty, and the boy must execute a daring landing on the moon. But as it turns out, he is not alone up there ... “The Way Back Home” is a simple yet profound tale about conquering the fear of the unknown. Oliver Jeffers’ book jumps off the page and into space in this beautiful stage adaption. H H H H Irish Times
Age From 4 years and up Duration 40 minutes Language Non-verbal Cast Aapo Juhana Repo, Neasa Ní Chuanaigh Direction Bjarne Sandborg, Marc Mac Lochlainn Created by Teater Refleksion and Branar Téatar Venue Teater Refleksion, Frederiksgade 72B, 8000 Aarhus C
The Darkness rests under the bed
Apr. 28th 2016 at 5 pm Goodnight, goodnight, my darling, sleep tight The wind has settled in the willow The light has hidden in the pitch-dark night The sleep has settled on the pillow Come, come, settle down close to me The kiss has settled on the forehead The socks have settled separately ´Cause the other one smells so horrid Mum and Dad go on a surprise visit at their son’s. However, he has no time for natter and fussy cakes, so straight to bed it is. Goodnight and sleep tight. But how can anybody sleep tight when the body is itching and tingling from anticipation? When you’re hungry as a wolf or dying from thirst, when it’s too hot or cold or too bright or too dark? There is no mercy: Goodnight! On the spot! It is this exquisite sense of detail that makes this performance shine ... They are mini-mimics, but at the same time they are maxi-performers who cannot be switched of. H H H H H Teateravisen We feel in our stomachs that joy, which appears when you lie in the bedtime darkness and are overcome with the desire to invent, snuggling together and holding all life’s possibilities in your hand. H H H H H Århus Stiftstidende Age From 4 years and up Duration Ca. 40 minuts Cast Peter Seligmann, Bodil Alling and Søren Søndberg Instructor Catherine Poher Created by teater2tusind and Teatret Gruppe 38 Venue Teatret Gruppe 38 Mejlgade 55B, 8000 Aahus C We serve tasty and warm bowls of soup after this performance.
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