Shining a light on Nordic theatre makers and culture, New Nordics Festival brings together five days of the best new plays from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands – both live and digital.
Presented by Cut the Cord, the festival works with emerging UK-based theatre-makers to explore what Nordic theatre is and how it can enrich UK theatre. Each day of the festival will see a play from a Nordic country as well as Q&As with the Nordic playwrights and artistic teams. The festival also includes workshops, online talks and discussions.
New Nordics Festival Director, Camilla Gürtler comments, The aim is to bring contemporary Nordic voices to the UK in a way that supports exchange and more long-term collaborations between British and Nordic artists. We think it’s time to shine a light on the rich dramatic culture in the Nordic Region and promote contemporary Nordic playwrights in the UK. The project is an opportunity for artists, theatres and audiences in the UK to be inspired by Nordic ways of writing, working and collaborating, and for the Nordic artists involved to be inspired by their UK counterparts and make more connections.
New Nordics Festival includes work from six Nordic countries offering insights into both their theatre, artists and culture. Nordic theatre is rarely produced in the UK and is unknown to most emerging artists so the Festival aims to present the Nordic countries as a place for innovative new theatre as well as film, design and quality of life. Each country will bring its own theatrical culture and style in an impactful and unmissable way through these new premieres.
New Nordics Festival will run at Jacksons Lane 12th – 16th October 2021. Details of all the works being presented can be found here.
