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We have many important questions to address regarding the climate and biodiversity crises – how can we even find visions for new ways of living together that do not disrupt the balance of the Earth?

We invite you to a conversation focused on your visions and ideas – and we come together over a meal because that’s what we have always done – gathering and eating to exchange who we are and where we are heading.

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Duration: 90 mins.
Ticket: It costs 50kr to attend whether you have a festival-wristband or not. You can buy your ticket by clicking on the TICKET icon in the right corner.

Solastalgia is a neologism formed by the combination of the Latin word sōlācium (comfort) and the Greek root -algia (pain, suffering, grief), describing a form of emotional or existential distress caused by climate change. Through a journey into a series of vocal plateaus, participants will explore this grief, this solastalgia, through vibration, song, and sound arrangements from ‘the book of songs’. Accompanied by opera singer Lucie Curé and with scenography by Dicki Lakha, Madeleine Kate McGowan will invite participants on a journey through inner landscapes that explore the possibilities of freeing the voice as a way of living in times of crisis.

During the unfolding of the work, there will be collective sharing of testimonies that articulate the emotional landscapes associated with the climate crisis and the weaving of kvas into habitats that will be donated to the multi-species community in Helsingør.

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Age: From 12 years
Duration: You can come and go as you please during the time period

Note: SOLASTALGIA is performed in both Danish and English.

PASSAGE Planet is a platform at the festival that addresses the human situation in connection with the climate crisis. It aims to create space for sharing thoughts with each other and inspire hope. It is an invitation to share concerns about the time we live in and the climate crisis with each other through conversations, songs, and creative workshops.

At PASSAGE Planet, you can meet the artist Linh Le and experience her work The city as citizen, the city as species, which examines endangered species through a procession through the city and a giant heap of soil. As a prelude, you can participate in Mask workshops and knitting workshops in the days leading up to the performance. The artwork was originally showcased at the Metropolis Festival in ’22 but is now specially recreated for Helsingør.

You can also meet the artist Madeleine Kate McGowan and experience her work “SOLASTALGIA – Book of Songs“, an audience-engaging choir work that invites reflection on climate-related grief. There will be singing, collection and collective sharing of mental testimonies, as well as collective braiding of twigs.

Finally, Susanne Danig will host a Climate Dinner and conversation, and she will be available for necessary conversations throughout the day.

There is also an opportunity to knot recycled fabric scraps or braid twigs, which will later become habitats for mushrooms and insects, as well as a food source for local birds.

Come to Vor Frue Kloster to talk, sing, build, knot, or participate in rituals and help create a community for Earth’s species. Sing out your climate grief, find your fellow species, and your inner climate warrior.

PASSAGE Planet is for everyone, and you can come and go and participate to the extent you desire throughout the day.

 

PASSAGE Planet program

Thursday 3 August

Can you tie a knot? Then you can join the workshop where we tie knots to life and create costumes from large ecosystems, which will be used for the performance “Saa by som borger, Saa by som art” (The city as citizen, the city as species).

We use recycled fabric in shades of green. Any fabric can be used – clothing, bedspreads, curtains, towels, etc. We have scissors and recycled fabric available. You are also welcome to bring your own scissors and fabric (green in all shades) We have scissors and different colored recycled fabric available. You are also welcome to bring your own fabric and scissors.

You can come and go as you please.

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Feel free to come and go as you please.

Tuesday 1. august kl. 13:00 – 16:00, Vapnagaard v. Kulturhus Syd

Thursday 3. august kl. 10:30 – 18:00, Rosenhaven, Sct. Mariæ Kirke

Do you want to help the project? Then please donate green fabric to Helsingør Teater.

Linh Le is hosting mask workshops where you can come and build a mask representing a wild species, such as a toad, bird, mammal, insect, mushroom, or plant. The masks will be used for the performance “Saa by som Borger, Saa borger som Art” (As city as citizen, as citizen as species), which is part of PASSAGE Planet.

The mask-building process takes place in two parts. It is possible to attend only one of the days, but in that case, another person will complete the mask for you in part 2.

PART 1 – Monday, July 31st, from 13:00 to 17:00 at Toldkammeret: We build the masks using clay, masking paper, and adhesive.

PART 2 – Wednesday, August 2nd, from 10:30 to 15:00 at Børnenes Hus: We paint the masks.

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Everyone can participate. Children under 12 years old must be accompanied by an adult.

Note: Please bring a bicycle helmet that will not be used on the days when the mask is being built. The helmet will serve as the base for the mask and will not be damaged. It will allow you to take your mask with you even if it is not completely dry.

After Linh Le’s performance, the masks will be donated to Helsingør Municipality, where they will be displayed along with the knitted costumes at a later time.

Together with locals, Linh Le will take over public space and amplify the multitude voices of nature by wearing masks of the local species in Elsinore and costumes which are tied together as the ecosystems. In the evening, the species will walk on the streets of Elsinore and move towards a 10 ton pile soil placed by the harbour close to the station and perform a ritual which honors the diversity of life. The ritual ends by sunset.

Would you like to help create masks and costumes for the performance?

Then participate in mask workshops or knitting workshops on 31/7 – 2/8.

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KL 19:30 – 20:30 Saa by som Borger, Saa by som art: Joint procession through the city
Start: Rosenhaven, Sct. Mariæ Kirke


KL 20:30 – 21:14 Saa by som Borger, Saa by som art: Performance ritual
Venue: Pladsen v. Sundbusserne across from Helsingør Station

DURATION: 104 min.
AGE: Fra 5 år

42 cm separate them in height, 42 kg in weight. A difference that connects and creates possibilities instead of being an obstacle.

Extraordinary acrobatics make the audience marvel, subtle humour makes them smile. The artists show in a sympathetic and inspiring way how relations shift and how they meet at eye level. Philosophical questions are raised, absurd moments arise and a glimpse of magic surprises. Acrobatics with precision and ease; touching, poetic and original.

It will be an exquisite pleasure for us to see you at the new annual road party on Strandvejen!

Come and greet your neighbor and taste the wonderful organic Shakisso coffee from Strandvejsristeriet and the delicious cakes.

You’re guaranteed: Cozy and entertaining company, exclusive surprises, exciting dialogues, revealing secrets and a little bit of gossip.

Dress code: Come as you are – in your finest dress and dressed according to the weather.

We will celebrate the free joys of life and those that cost a little more.

Cordial greetings

Anna and Charlotte

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DURATION: 45 min.
AGE: From 15 years

LANGUAGE: The performance will be in Danish

OBS: If it rains, the party will of course move inside and take place at Espergærde Teaterhus at the same location!

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The sisters Hilda & Gump lives side by side in a small cage – until the hatch one days open up and a brand new world lies at their feet. Hilda is smart and fast, Gump a little heavy and slow but also brave. They experience a new and exciting adventure with ups and downs about the trouble of flying and the pride of their now free-lying eggs. Can the two chicks learn to fly? And do they still need each other?

This speechless show is full of physical comedy that makes all ages laugh.

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DURATION: 35 min

When Adam meets Juliet, it is not just the story of two young people with a taste for forbidden fruit. It is at the same time two of world literature’s greatest dramas – The Old Testament and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet – which are shaken into an explosive, juicy, socially satirical cocktail.

And yes, it all takes place here in Paradis, but Adam is from Jutland and Julie is from Tingbjerg. Clear division lines are drawn.

The band’s name is “Lawyers from Hell”, and it doesn’t give up when “hygge” Denmark gets a well-deserved spanking in a crazy theater concert!

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Duration: 45 min.
Age: From 12 years