Passage XTRA
In the week following the Passage Festival, we collaborate with various partners in Fredensborg, Nivå, and Helsingør to present a series of street theatre performances. Some will be familiar to festival audiences, while others are completely new. All of them offer more street theatre and enjoyable experiences for the whole family. See below which performances you can experience and where.
COUNTRY MARKET + PASSAGE FESTIVAL:
In the square outside Jernbanegade 3, Fredensborg
Experience the magical micro theater in the city streets of Fredensborg. In collaboration with Country Market and Spar Nord. For more info: www.countrymarket.dk
Without the use of spoken language, SIE7E presents a series of poetic and humorous scenes in which everyday objects – clay pots, textiles, plastic – are transformed into living figures with stories of their own. Through visual dramaturgy and precise puppetry, a universe emerges where the familiar becomes magical, and even the smallest gestures carry emotional resonance.
INFO
Language: Non-verbal
Age: From 3 years
Duration: 10 minutes microsessions. You choose your entrance time, when collecting your ticket.
Playing times: 11:00 + 11:20 + 11:40 + 12:00 + 12:20 + 12:40 + 14:00 + 14:20 + 14:40 + 14:00 + 14:20 + 14:40
CREDITS
Idea & Direction: ymedioteatro
Actors: Álex Ramos, Santos Sánchez
Scenography: ymedioteatro
Graphic Design: Olaavi Naamio
Tech: Anette Malaussène
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Ymedioteatro is a performing arts company formed by a stable team of professionals that has evolved to develop a common artistic project. We base our work on a multidisciplinary scenic language that moves through text theater, objects, clown, and movement.
Flour dust rises, tomatoes roll, dough stretches in the air. Out of this kitchen chaos steps Miss Margherita: part clown, part cook, part storyteller. With a rolling pin in one hand and a yellow bicycle at her side, she spins recipes into confessions, juggling ingredients as easily as memories.
Miss Margherita is a tragicomic performance that turns the making of pizza into theatre. Through acrobatics, juggling, physical theatre and comic timing, Jessica Arpin creates a character who is both absurd and deeply human. The stage becomes her kitchen, but also her diary: a place where recipes mingle with stories of misfortune, longing and love.
Without heavy words, Miss Margherita carries audiences into her world, where laughter and fragility coexist in a way that feels at once intimate and larger than life.
Passage XTRA
In the week following the Passage Festival, we collaborate with various partners in Fredensborg, Nivå, and Helsingør to present a series of street theatre performances. Some will be familiar to festival audiences, while others are completely new. All of them offer more street theatre and enjoyable experiences for the whole family.
INFO
Duration: 45 min.
Language: English, and a tiny bit of Danish
Age: For all
Vapnagaard and Kulturhus Syd once again invite audiences to enjoy street theatre
Thursday, 6 August at 2:30 PM
Friday, 7 August at 10:00 AM
Miss Margherita
VENUE_ Hovmarken 7 | Helsingør
CREDITS
On stage: Jessica Arpin
Writer and director: Mauro Paganini
Scenography: Pascualin Estructures and Adria Pinar
Costume: Rosa Sole Escude / Makeup and Wig: Rut Fulgado
Photo: Roberto Manfredi and @f.andie
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Jessica Arpin: Circus artist, clown, actress and explorer. She was born in Brazil and lived in Louisiana before moving to Switzerland with her family as a child. Arpin attended the National Circus School in Montreal, where she specialized in acrobatic biking and clowning.
More info: www.jessicaarpin.com
Two characters arrive, with a lifeboat, prepared for the day of the final flood.
Climate change will cause torrential rains, melting glaciers and an inevitable rise in sea level that will cover everything. The countdown has begun! They take the boat and prepare for the worst.
They will have to wait, and the wait will not be easy. The difficulties will reveal personalities, fears, grief and pain, but also the importance of friendship, and how joy helps to overcome difficulties and how humor is, many times, the best lifesaver.
The great flood has arrived… or has it?
Passage XTRA
In the week following the Passage Festival, we collaborate with various partners in Fredensborg, Nivå, and Helsingør to present a series of street theatre performances. Some will be familiar to festival audiences, while others are completely new. All of them offer more street theatre and enjoyable experiences for the whole family. See below which performances you can experience and where.
INFO
Duration: 45 min.
Age: From 5 years
Language: Non-verbal
Vapnagaard
Hovmarken 7 | Helsingør
The Passage Festival‘s collaboration with Vapnagaard is certainly nothing new. However, since the city’s daycare centres and after-school clubs are closed during the festival week, Vapnagaard and Kulturhus Syd once again invite audiences to enjoy street theatre the following week.
That way, no children miss out—and everyone is welcome!
Thursday, 6th of August at 2:30 PM
Banaba Flup
Friday, 7th of August at 10:00 AM
CREDITS
Performers: Claudio Levati, Jordi Solé.
Original Idea and Creation: Claudio Levati and Jordi Solé
Directed by: Street Fools
Interpretation: Claudio Levati and Jordi Solé
Clown advisor: Lisa Madsen
Dramaturgy advisor: Anna Ros
Movement consultant: Claire Ducreaux
Music: Thomas Le Saulnier
Costumes: Lluna Albert
Inflatable construction: Patx Work Produccions
Counter construction: Sergi Lario
Technical advisor: Ricard Pons
Photography: Xavier Padrós
Production: Street Fools
Photo: Xavier Padrós
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Street Fools is a street theatre company that was founded in 2019 by Claudio Levati (and Jordi Solé. They embarked on this journey to make room for their love of humor and comedy, combined with their knowledge of working in and with public space, improvisation and a language for all audiences. See more: www.en.streetfools.com
Passage XTRA: FÆLLESVÆRKET + PASSAGE FESTIVAL:
In the week following the Passage Festival, we collaborate with various partners in Fredensborg, Nivå, and Helsingør to present a series of street theatre performances. Some will be familiar to festival audiences, while others are completely new. All of them offer more street theatre and enjoyable experiences for the whole family.
Two characters arrive, with a lifeboat, prepared for the day of the final flood.
Climate change will cause torrential rains, melting glaciers and an inevitable rise in sea level that will cover everything. The countdown has begun! They take the boat and prepare for the worst.
They will have to wait, and the wait will not be easy. The difficulties will reveal personalities, fears, grief and pain, but also the importance of friendship, and how joy helps to overcome difficulties and how humor is, many times, the best lifesaver.
The great flood has arrived… or has it?
INFO
Duration: 45 min
FÆLLESVÆRKET NIVÅ + PASSAGE FESTIVAL:
Purveyors of the finest ‘Tosh’, an elixir of youth and vitality; the esteemed intellectuals Jones and Barnard have unleashed their own brand of quackery, healing and duplicitous doctoring on an unsuspecting audience.
See with your own eyes as the bland, bald and bucolic are miraculously ‘cured’. Based on established medical procedures, and steeped in proven theory, this is an event that needs to be witnessed to be believed.
In the great tradition of the travelling medicine show, a series of entertainments and distractions will be presented in addition to the demonstrations in the form of occasional songs, dancing and jokes.
Creams, balms, scents and liniments included.
Passage XTRA
In the week following the Passage Festival, we collaborate with various partners in Fredensborg, Nivå, and Helsingør to present a series of street theatre performances. Some will be familiar to festival audiences, while others are completely new. All of them offer more street theatre and enjoyable experiences for the whole family.
INFO
Duration: 40 min
Age: From 5 years
Language: English
FællesVærket Nivå | Mergeltoften 4C, 2990 Nivå
Sunday 9th of August 13:00 | Banaba Flup
Sunday 9th of August 15:15 | Dr Jones and Professor Barnard’s Medicine Show
NB! These are the correct times. There is a mistake in the printed program.
FællesVærket is an open and vibrant community and cultural centre in the heart of Nivå. They invite the whole family to Nivå for a Sunday filled with street theatre, fun activities, free popcorn for all children, and plenty of festive atmosphere!
READ MORE: www.faellesvaerket.dk
CREDITS
Performers: Matt Barnard and Gareth Jones
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Jones and Barnard are street and cabaret performers. Together for nearly 30 years, they began on the hallowed cobble stones of London’s Covent Garden. They perform escapology, juggling, magic and comedy, and have performed at Adelaide Festival Australia, Edinburgh Fringe, Glastonbury and the famous London Palladium. See more: www.foolsparadise.co.uk/companies/jonesandbarnard/medicineshow
NIVAAGAARDS MALERISAMLING + PASSAGE FESTIVAL:
We catch the moment when a young, hungry vagrant finds an old potato amongst the rubbish. But her meagre meal is determined to live and hangs on for dear life. In an intimate encounter, the potato and the vagabond meet and get to know each other in a gentle blend of tender and spiteful exchanges. As funny as it is touching.
INFO
Age: From 5 years
Duration: 25 min
Language: Non-verbal
Nivaagaards Malerisamling | Gammel Strandvej 2, 2990 Nivå
The performance takes place in Nivaagaard Park, where visitors can also explore the Word Reserve (Ordreservatet), featuring old endangered words and newly emerging words planted among ancient trees and ferns, abundant rhododendron bushes, and winding pathways.
Tuesday 4th of August at 11:30 + 13:30
Potato Heart
You can also experience:
Ricardo at Nivå – Summer Workshop for the Whole Family at the Museum!
Join us as we immerse ourselves in art and the Old Masters, exploring exciting shapes, vibrant colours, and creative ways of combining images. The workshop is open from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm and staffed by a resident artist from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.
Visitors can also explore the museum’s exhibitions and the surrounding natural landscape, including forests, coastal meadows, a stream, former clay pits, and a fascinating historic ring kiln.
Admission to the museum and Summer Workshop:
Free for visitors under 18 years of age / DKK 110 for adults.
READ MORE:
www.nivaagaard.dk
CREDITS
Concept, writing, direction, set design, and puppetry: Jeanne Guillou
Performed by: Jeanne Guillou
A production supported by the Compagnonnage du TOF Théâtre
About the company
Always drawn to stories, Jeanne Guillou blends various forms of storytelling: Animation, performance, illustration, and sculpture, later also incorporating acting, clowning, and puppetry during her studies at Arts2 Mons. Currently, she is an associate artist at TOF Théâtre, a professional theatre company specializing in contemporary puppetry. See more: www.toftheatre.be
The audience is invited to navigate personal and collective fears. Through sound, space and participation, visitors encounter testimonies and symbolic actions, becoming active participants in a journey that transforms fear into shared reflection.
INFO
Age: From 8 years
Duration: FEAR is an interactive, performative installation. Open in 2-hour time slots. Ypou choose your start time when you get at ticket, and can decide how long to stay within the installation, between 40 and 90 minutes.
Language: English
TICKET PERFORMANCE
Click the TICKET icon to the right: next to TIME + LOCATION or buy a festival-wristband and get free tickets to all ticket-performances. There are different categories of wristbands – for families or individuals.
READ MORE and buy PASSAGE FESTIVAL WRISTBAND HERE
CREDITS
Artistic direction, creation and performance: Sergi Estebanell
Creation, performance and facilitation: Luz Calvi
Visual artist and live painting: Quim Moya
Technical direction (light, sound and video): Marco Domenichetti
Production and international distribution: Paco Bialek
Photo: Pep Pujol
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Acts of Liberation is an artistic project that creates immersive and participatory experiences in public space. Through simple yet powerful devices, it explores themes such as love, fear and collective transformation, inviting audiences to become active participants and generating encounters that foster reflection, connection and social impact. See more: www.actsofliberation.cat
NB! CANCELLED ON FRIDAY 31.7 AT 10 AM + 4 PM, DUE TO INJURY
A 70-kilo body tied to him. En route and lost, he deploys the rag doll as a living Swiss army knife. But what if your companion suddenly no longer wants to play along?
It humorously and poetically embodies how we all have a history. In this physical performance, you are immersed into an absurd world in which the internal struggle of a man becomes personified. Expect a deluge of images that reads like a poem and takes you to virtuosic acrobatic highlights.
INFO
Duration: 35 min
Language: Non-verbal
Age: All
TICKET PERFORMANCE
Click the TICKET icon to the right: next to TIME + LOCATION or buy a festival-wristband and get free tickets to all ticket-performances. There are different categories of wristbands – for families or individuals.
READ MORE and buy PASSAGE FESTIVAL WRISTBAND HERE
CREDITS
Concept & Creation: DeRonde/Deroo
Performers: Tom de Ronde & Nick Deroo
Dramaturgy: Pol Eggermont
Sound Design: Jethro Cooke
Photo, poster & teaser: Joshua Walter
Final editor: Jef van Gestel
Info & Bookings: HH Producties
A big thank you to:
FRIS Supermarkt, Collectief MAMM, Mischa van Schaijk, Niels Nijs, Alexander Vantournhout, Jiaxin Chen, Fran Vozila, Nina de Wringer & Feikes Huis
Created with the support of:
Janivo Fonds, Gemeente Rotterdam, Amarte Fonds, Gemeente Utrecht, Cultuurfonds, Norma Fonds, Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst, Fonds 21
ABOUT THE COMPANY
DeRonde/Deroo is a Dutch collective formed by Tom de Ronde and Nick Deroo. They create physical performances that make philosophical themes visual and tangible, using choreographic, musical, cinematic, and theatrical means. Their performances are often described as visually stunning poems. See more: www.derondederoo.com
One should never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
Listen to the story of the curious Peter, who at the age of 20 sets off on a polar expedition to northern Greenland. The beautiful Arctic landscape presents him with outrageous trials and life-threatening challenges. But Peter’s great determination and adventurous view of the world help him survive it all. A remarkable story about courage and imagination.
Petersuaq is a light-staged audio drama about the Danish polar explorer Peter Freuchen.
INFO
Age: From 7 years
Duration: 55 min
Language: Danish
TICKET PERFORMANCE
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CREDITS
Script and director: Anna Panduro
Music, sounddesign and production: Rasmus Christensen
Lightdesign: Mikkel Magnus Olsen
Actors: Morten Bo Koch, Anna Panduro, Ulver Skuli Abildgaard, Kasper Leisner, Emil Francis Linderoth Michael, Josephine Nørring m.fl.
Supported by Statens Kunstfond
Illustration: Tea Bendix
ABOUT THE COMPANY
The Helsingør-based Frøken Fracasos Kompagni has existed since 2004. The company tours throughout Denmark and produces performances where humor and strong storytelling are at the center. Frøken Fracasos Kompagni is especially known for its comedies about the forgotten heroines of history, most recently the performance Tiny, created for Danmarks Tekniske Museum. Petersuaq is the company’s first audio drama and an exploration of the theatre space as a listening salon. See more: www.frkfracaso.com
The stage is set in a hot dog stand on the street, where Shakespeare’s great drama is brought to life with sausages, buns, and two storytelling sausage-princesses. The performance is a nonverbal and satirical mini-version of Hamlet, presented as entertaining street theatre for audiences of all ages.
INFO
Duration: 45 min
Language: Non-verbal
TICKET PERFORMANCE
Click the TICKET icon to the right: next to TIME + LOCATION or buy a festival-wristband and get free tickets to all ticket-performances. There are different categories of wristbands – for families or individuals.
READ MORE and buy PASSAGE FESTIVAL WRISTBAND HERE
CREDITS
Scenographer: Christian Q Clausen
Director: Matteo Destro
Actors/puppets: Vika Dahlberg, Lene Hummelshøj
Componist and sounddesign: Thomas Dinesen
Photo: Dansk Rakkerpak
About the company
Passepartout Theatre Productions is a theatre company with a strong international profile, dedicated to creating theatre for families, children, and young audiences. Driven by an unlimited artistic appetite, they produce new, inspiring, high-quality, and relevant performing arts that challenge perspectives and boundaries while opening minds and broadening horizons. See more: www.passepartout-theatre.com
Hamlet is presented on tour in collaboration with Dansk Rakkerpak.