Helsingør 600 years
In 2026, Helsingør celebrates 600 years as a chartered market town!
A city shaped by trade, encounters between people, and connections to the wider world, a history that also lives on through the performing arts.
Naturally, we are celebrating too, with street theatre right where people are – in the streets, on the squares, and at the harbour. Throughout the day of 2 June 2026, you can experience street theatre, clowning, and circus performances. Some acts will pop up in different places around the city, while others are scheduled performances taking place at specific locations and times.
Read more below about the Danish and international performances and artists and find out when and where you can experience them.
The Giraffes
Xirriquiteula (CAT)
A savannah atmosphere at the Culture Harbor. Meet two life-sized giraffes and their smaller, playful calf as they stroll around accompanied by musicians creating a playful and dreamlike savannah ambiance.
The harbor’s new spectacular residents move quietly and curiously through the area, engaging with both children and adults they meet along the way.
INFO
TIME: 11:00 – 11:30 and 15:00-15:30
PLACE: Kulturhavn Kronborg
CREDITS
With: Ximena Escobar / Clàudia Abellan, Eduardo Varela / Julian Jabón, Dani Carreras / Marc Costa, Christian Olivé / Joan Calvete, Xavi Serra Music: Camilo Vernazza, Alberto Carreño, Xavier Tassies Costumes: Iolanda Llansó, Gemma Gili and Montse Martínez Production: Xirriquiteula Teatre | www.xirriquiteula.com
Woow!
Cie Bruboc (IT)
A surreal, wordless, and clown-comic circus performance. Two surreal characters arrive. They come from far away — no one knows how long they have been traveling. The two are both clowns, acrobats, and poets, and together they explore balance, trust, and collaboration, transforming every movement into a moment of magic and surprise.
WOOW! is not just a title — it is the sound of shared wonder. A poetic and sensory experience for all ages — a small yet meaningful journey between body, imagination, and dreams.
INFO
TIME:
10:15-11:15 – Moving performance with beginning at Toldkammergården
Kl. 12:45-13:45 – Plays on the square in front of Kulturværftet
Duration: 45 min. | Language: Non-verbal | Age: For all
CREDITS | With and by: Andrea Bochicchio and Teresa Bruno Consulent: André Casaca Costume and scenography: Andrea Bochicchio, Teresa Bruno and Ilaria Signori | www.ciebruboc.com/en
The BodyGuards
Teatret Beagle (DK)
Prepare for VIP treatment, disbelief, and absurd security checks as four bodyguards take to the streets.
The Bodyguards coolly and affectionately look after everyone.
A couple in love, a pedestrian, or a cyclist suddenly receives VIP status and is escorted part of the way through the crowd.
Don’t be a nobody…
INFO
TIME:
All day: You can meet The BodyGuards all day around Helsingør, where they take care of everyone – on the streets and in the ocean.
CREDITS | The BodygGuards can consist of Bjørn W. Olesen, Folmer Kristensen, Søren Møller Pedersen, Kristoffer Louis Andrup Pedersen, Thomas Bihl, Maria Pearl Weise, Jacob Melchior, Rikke Lundgaard Ebling, Jesper Holm Hermansen Consulent: Helga Rosenfeldt-Olsen and Jelle de Bruijn. www.teatretbeagle.dk/the-body-guards
Omelette & Awfulia
Barnard and Jones (UK)
Two old hams from Shakespeare’s homeland bring roaming British comedy with talking skulls and withered violets.
Only you can decide the great question: To see or not to see.
INFO
TIME: Meet them between 16:00-21:00 – around the streets of Helsingør.
Language: Not a lot, but a bit of Shakespeare’s own language, English.
CREDITS: By and with: Gareth Jones and Matt Barnard | www.foolsparadise.co.uk/companies/jonesandbarnard
SIE7E
ymedioteatro (ES)
A 7 m² theatre on wheels, 2 actors/puppeteers, 15 audience members, 10-minute micro-performances.
Step inside the little wagon and enter SIE7E’s detailed miniature world, where clay pots, textiles, and plastic magically come to life with personality and emotion.
READ MORE ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE HERE
INFO
TIME: 14:20 + 14:40 + 15:00 + 15:20 + 15:40 + 16:00 and 17:00 + 17:20 + 17:40 + 18:00 + 18:20 + 18:40
PLACE: In front of Kulturværftet
Duration: 10 min. | Language: Non-verbal | Age: From 3 years
Written Portraits
Adrian Dozetas aka Ox Maló (AT)
An interactive, direct, and unmasked performance! Step into the backyard, where writer Ox Maló creates personal portraits of audience members one by one. Like a painter, but using words, Ox Maló portrays each participant through improvised poems written on his typewriter. Afterwards, the poem is given to the participant as a gift.
At the same time, musician Aron Hollinger creates a spontaneous musical portrait of the same person.
Read more about the performance here
INFO
TIME: 14:30 – 16:00 + 17:00 – 18:30
PLACE: Stengade 31F, in the backyard
Duration: Ox Malo continuously creates his portraits within the time frame.
Language: No spoken words – but written poem in English
CREDITS | By and with: Ox Maló Musik: Aron Hollinger | www.oxmalo.com
