Scan Magazine | Culture | Anders Matthesen
the changes in my life like getting a family. It is about taking stock of my life, deciding what I want to bring from here, what I can. I don’t know what to call it: a midlife crisis or just a sort of mental clean-up.” Who do you think you are? Who do you think you are? And does that even have anything to do with who you really are? The question of identity and how it can impose limitations on a person is central to the comedian, who is known for his many characters and aliases. “Anden has been part of my identity for years but all of a sudden my friends and family don’t call me that anymore because after all I am a 37-year-old man, and can you be a middle-aged man and still be Anden?” Matthesen asks rhetorically. “It is not because I want get rid of those sides of me, but I have tried to figure out what is what, and that is what the show is about; about getting to know yourself better.” It all sounds very serious, but, of course, it will be just the opposite.
Anders will visit Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Herning Odense and Esbjerg from September to November 2012. Anders Matthesen. Photo: Claus Peuckert
Denmark’s most serious comedian on tour Anders Matthesen, one of Denmark’s best known and most versatile stand-up comedians, is back on the road with the show Anders. The show, which has received exuberant reviews, treats some of life’s big questions. By Signe Hansen
much more easily accessible format than that,” Matthesen reveals. Last year it was rumoured that the comedian had suffered a sort of mental breakdown, but Matthesen attributes the origin of his reflections to more everyday events: “Well I guess it is just growing older and
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It has been almost three years since Matthesen’s last stand-up tour. Meanwhile the 37-year-old – also known as Anden (the Duck) – has not just been working as an actor but also pondered on some of life’s peculiarities. “The inspiration for the show comes from some of life’s big questions, but it may be presented in a
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