THE KGL. THEATER, MINISTRY OF EVENTS OCTOBER 2011 – MAY 2012

You, dear audience, are invited to a tour of the backstage at The Royal Theatre. But not a normal tour. A tour right into the soul of the theatre. So stay close together so that you don’t get separated from the group, because you could easily witness something that you basically can’t deal with at all.

The tour begins on the busy third floor – called the command bridge. The stage manager, dramaturg, costume designer and scenographer work here. And here the actors have their wardrobes, where they read, practice and sleep – and what follows from that. Time has stopped up here. Until in the evening, when the curtain is pulled down on the stages downstairs. When the audience pours into the blood-red seats in the dark. Then the real life begins – with tears and laughter, with life and death. The soul of the theater lives here. Here lives life itself.

But why are large parts of the theater blocked off? And why are there strange dark men walking around the corridors and stealing? Directors and actors are killing each other in the dressing rooms. The young tour guide becomes more and more confused as you open door after door into the inner room of the theater. And suddenly he’s gone. You are really only on a tour, but now you are part of life at the theatre. The carpet will go in a moment. The performance must begin. You can’t let the audience down. They trust you. There is no way out.

Now you are the theater.

Direction and concept: Tue Biering, Mia Lipschitz and Anders Lundorph

Cast:

Niels Martin Eriksen

Daniel Norback

Preben Kristensen

Mogens Pedersen

etc.

Production: Rikke Hedeager Matthiesen

Costume assistant: Anne Sofie Bruun

The Ministry of Events is supported by the Bikubenfonden.