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Balder og dragen

Dansk Rakkerpak
A medieval play about love, knight tournaments, and dragons.

Balder’s father disowns him and kicks him out of his childhood home. Balder must pack his lute and some few belongings and go to the big city. Within the walls, the king, and the bishop reign. Balder cannot find work and is hungry and desperate, but then a curtain is drawn aside, and he sees the beautiful princess. Balder sits down and plays romantic tunes; the princess hears him, and they fall head over heels in love. 

The next day, there is a knight tournament. The prize is the princess and half the kingdom, but first a fearsome dragon must be defeated. The tournament’s winner, Sct. Niels, chooses Balder as his squire, and soon Balder is on his way to slay the dragon… 

INFO

Duration: 1 hour
Age: From 6 years 

TIME + LOCATION
Thursday 01 August
A medieval play about love, knight tournaments, and dragons.

Balder’s father disowns him and kicks him out of his childhood home. Balder must pack his lute and some few belongings and go to the big city. Within the walls, the king, and the bishop reign. Balder cannot find work and is hungry and desperate, but then a curtain is drawn aside, and he sees the beautiful princess. Balder sits down and plays romantic tunes; the princess hears him, and they fall head over heels in love. 

The next day, there is a knight tournament. The prize is the princess and half the kingdom, but first a fearsome dragon must be defeated. The tournament’s winner, Sct. Niels, chooses Balder as his squire, and soon Balder is on his way to slay the dragon… 

INFO

Duration: 1 hour
Age: From 6 years 

About the company

Dansk Rakkerpak is a regional theatre of Næstved municipality in Denmark. Besides hosting local activities such as our international street theatre festival “Street Cut” the theatre is touring the globe and all of Denmark. The outdoor performances of Dansk Rakkerpak are made in a unique international comical physical theatre-language.  
www.danskrakkerpak.dk

Credits 

With: Bastian Popp, Niels-Peter Kløft, Søren Møller Pedersen, and Niels Grønne 
Direction and script: Niels Grønne 
Co-director: Troels Hagen Findsen 
Set designer: Christian Q. Clausen 
Composer: Bastian Popp 
Dramaturge: Jane Rasch 
Costumes and horses: NadjaViga V. E. Jensen