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InOut | THE CPH POST ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE
13 - 19 January 2012
Revisit the growth spurts, bad hygiene and pubes Lecture
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BEN HAMILTON
DO YOU EVER catch yourself trying to calm your screaming child down, thinking how useless you’d be trying to hide from the Nazis in the Warsaw ghetto in Schindler’s List? Or when your kid is screaming at you because her DVD doesn’t work – the same DVD she’s gouged whole iron filings out of – do you find yourself reminiscing about the pre-CD days when the record player was out of your reach, and the only damage you could really do was to small animals? This week’s featured performance, Lecture (see G2 for details), is also taking us back in time, to a period of our lives that some of us might prefer to forget: puberty. It’s kind of personal, and not always easy to relate to other experiences. I was a late developer, and it’s hard to imagine what it would have been like to enter puberty at the age of nine. I remember taking a bath with a friend back then and being asked: “Oi Benj. How come you haven’t got any pubes then?” Little did I know that they would take
almost double the number of years his took to arrive, although he was a Hungarian adoptee and we always suspected there’d been a mix-up with the birth certificates. I also remember being 13 and listening to someone a clear foot taller than myself talking with such vitriol menace about two boys who hadn’t entered puberty by the time they were 12 - like they’d committed war crimes. To be fair, he had already sat down a year and I spent the next five years tormenting him. Yeah. Instead of waiting in the showers, pubeless in shame with a todger the size of a small pencil (I would have also made a great bully) I launched a pre-emptive strike, cutting down all my perceived enemies with sledgehammer lines. If somebody had a girlfriend, I wanted to know the name of their guide dog – I quickly acquired the nickname poisonous dwarf. Elsewhere this week, there are no little people in Going Underground (see G8), but we’ve got Santa in bondage and a whole lot of craziness; and on G12, we’ve got Nichole Accettola’s last food blog before she takes an extended break. Being a late developer has at least made me more sensitive (get the sick bucket out) to the efforts of others and I would like to personally thank her for her sterling efforts over the last three years.
Mungo Park theatre, Fritz Hansens Vej 23, 3450 Lillerød; performances Thu Jan 19 and Fri Jan 20 at 20:00; tickets 195230kr, under-25s 120-155kr, groups (min six people aged under 25) 35kr PUBERTY: the battleground that defines us all – it is quite literally the period that makes us into who we are today. Few emerge from this time of hormonally-driven high emotions and emotional highs unscathed. From BO worthy of a declaration of martial law to late bloomers with bigger boobs than any of the class had ever envisaged, it’s a period of our lives that few will ever forget, and even fewer want to relive. Still, that didn’t stop award-winning director Heinrich Christensen drawing from his own experiences to create one of Denmark’s most popular ever plays, Opsang, which for just two nights only is being performed in English by the Mungo Park theatre group next Thursday and Friday. Lecture, the name of the English version of the 2008 original, according to Mungo Park’s communications manager Katrina Schelin is an excellent opportunity to grab a glimpse of some of the best of Danish youth theatre. “Copenhagen’s English-speaking teenagers and their parents will have the chance to experience one of the most successful Danish theatre performances aimed at young audiences,” she told InOut. “Lecture is a play for teens and grown-ups, teachers, parents and anyone who wants to understand and laugh at teenagers, themselves and at the role they play in the teens’ lives.” Mungo Park, which has played a significant role in modern Danish theatre over the last two decades, features a youthful and vibrant ensemble of actors, directors, playwrights and stenographers. Founded in 1985, the theatre currently stages an average of 400 performances a year, appealing to an audience of approximately 40,000 viewers. In the spirit of embracing controversial and innovative topics, Mungo Park’s productions tend to be thought-provoking, addressing compelling and relevant political and literary topics. The central themes in Lecture are adolescence and the seven deadly sins – a powerful combination that is bound to amuse, shock and entertain. Quite honestly, who among us cannot see a connection between the teenage condition and wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy and gluttony? If
Performance Mozart
Betty Nansen Teatret, Frederiksberg Alle 57, Frederiksberg; ends Jan 22, performances Sat 17:00, Mon, Tue & Thu 20:00; tickets: 150– 360kr; www.bettynansen.dk The team behind the theatre gigs Gasolin’, Come Together and Bob Dylan are back. They’ve been given the ultimate challenge – to create a theatre show based on Mozart’s music. With a sense of timing and dizzying costumes, the unreasonable Cederholm & Co takes you on a journey through Mozart’s world of famous compositions, as you’ve never seen or heard them before. Rediscover Mozart’s big hits in a new guise with some fantastic singers and actors. EM
A cleaver, a cabbage and a dentist’s light - we don’t like the way this is going
one really thinks about it, themes like good versus evil, temptation, sin and redemption are perfectly linked to puberty and postpubescent life. As well as appealing to teenagers across the spectrum, this play will be of interest to anyone who enjoyed or endured - depending on the individual’s point of view - the ‘age of rebellion’. The play incorporates humour with live musical performances, featuring the popular genres of hip-hop and rock. Laced with sarcasm and clever slapstick, Lecture aims to engage the audience in serious topics concerning the realities of being a teenager. Funny, yet poignant, Lecture provides food for thought, both for teens and those of us who have crossed over to adulthood.
Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci
Store Scene, Operaen, Ekvipagemestervej 10, 1438 Cph K; ends Feb 4, 20:00 (unless stated) on Jan 22 (15:00), Jan 24, Jan 30, Feb 2, Feb 4; tickets 951,250kr; 180 mins incl intermission; Italian with Danish titles; www.kglteater.dk Enjoy two operas for the price of one: Pietro Mascagni and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s widely admired works from 1890 and 1892 respectively. The pairing (colloquially referred to by as the ‘Cav and Pag’ double-bill) was first tried in 1893 and has become a favourite with audiences ever since. Somehow the themes of adultery, hypocrisy, drinking and to-the-death duelling (Cavalleria) dovetail nicely with those of uncontrollable passion, violence, poisoning, and murder (Pagliacci). KRG
A Folk Tale
English-speaking teens will especially enjoy this play as it presents them with an opportunity to better understand a part of Danish culture that directly concerns them. They can learn more about Danish adolescent lifestyles, issues and ideals, allowing them to better contextualise their own culture, in light of that of the Danes. Anyone who has survived puberty and its blessings and curses is also in for a treat. Lecture is a fun and original way to not only understand teenagers, but also engage with them in an environment created for them. It has the potential to open up dialogue regarding both Danish and adolescent cultures. CLAUDIA SANTOS
NEW
Store Scene, Operaen, Ekvipagemestervej 10, 1438 Cph K; performances at 20:00 (unless stated) on Thu, Jan 20, Jan 21 (12:00), Jan 23, Jan 24, Jan 28; tickets 95-595kr. (half-price concession for those under 25); 180 mins. including an intermission; www.kglteater.dk, billet@ kglteater.dk, 9816 5296 In early 2011 the directors Nikolaj Hübbe (a veritable rock star in the world of ballet) and Sorella Englund (a legendary Bournonville-inter-
preter with five decades of experience) debuted their tastefully modernised A Folk Tale, another Bournonville-gem, at the Royal Theatre. Now, one year later, we’re lucky to welcome its return. A Folk Tale is often praised for being very accessible and appealing to all ages. Its huge popularity speaks for itself and may, in part, be a testimony to playgoers’ enduring interest in fairy tales. Another factor may be the alluring dreamy quality that stems from exquisite music and a host of fantastic characters – mostly in a seductive mood. And, of course, everybody can relate to a vicious, ugly troll. Check out next week’s InOut for our full preview. KRG