In the backstage room, we meet an old variety artist. Sitting in front of the mirror, he stares at his own reflection. He looks at a face, he cannot recognize, and the room begins to take on a will of its own.
As the artist battles chronic insecurity and a failing memory, he desperately tries to stay in character. But time has left its mark, and the magic of the theatre slowly pulls him away from reality.
OFF is a humorous, surprising and enchanting short performance.
INFO
Duration: 15 minutes
Age: From 6 years
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About the company
VolDaan consists of Daan Mathot and Vincent de Rooij. They create quirky, absurd, non-verbal performances. Vincent de Rooij is a self-taught artist, and Daan Mathot is a musician. They’ve been working together for over 10 years.
For more info: www.vincentderooij.nl
Credits:
Daan Mathot & Vincent de Rooij
Set to the iconic classical music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, the artists behind the Vegetable Ballet have created choreography based on the idea of plant-based dancers. They explore both traditional theatre forms and the many possibilities within puppetry.
The Nutcracker. Vegetable Ballet. is the first collaboration between set designer and director Daria Gosteva and actor and dancer Anastázie Dibrodinska.
INFO
Duration: 15 min
Age. From 6 years
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About the company
KHWOSHCH is an international group of theatre artists, musicians and performers. The group is constantly growing with new members and new projects. In their work, the artists focus on experimental, alternative, progressive and neglected genres, artistic creations and unconventional and conventional objects, puppets and music and much more. For more info: https://gostevojtheatre.com/
Grand Danois is a breathtaking, anarchistic circus performance that uses acrobatics, music, and humor to question our ideas of freedom and the pursuit of wealth.
We meet a ragged and somewhat dysfunctional circus company living life on the road – a life filled with the scent of sawdust and popcorn, where home is wherever their old circus wagon, Lotte, ends up in a ditch for the night.
Their dream is to restore the grandeur of the circus and travel the world to meet applause and admiration. But is the journey just as important as the destination? And what is the true cost of freedom and community?
INFO
Duration: 60 min
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About the company
Grand Danois is a Danish circus company. The performers united around a fresh approach to circus and the wish to spread the scent of sawdust and popcorn all over the world. They work with circus disciplines such as static trapeze, Washington Trapeze, handstand, partner acrobatics, slap line and juggling.
For more info: https://dynamoworkspace.dk/produktion/grand-danois/
Credits:
Af & med: Stijn De Boeck, Karl Emil Dahl, Johan Risum Stockmar & Luna Risum Stockmar
Iscenesættelse: Troels Hagen Findsen
Outside eye: Gry Lambertsen, Rune Vadstrøm Andersen
Komponist: Kristoffer Rosing-Schow
Scenografi / Kostumer: Siggurdur Oli Pallmarson
Kostume: Birgitte Nisbeth
Konstruktør: Jes Jakobsen v. Cobrametal
Producent: Cirkus Grand Danois & DYNAMO.
Delicate Balancing of a Twig is a participatory movement meditation exploring collective presence through a single shared gesture: Balancing an ordinary twig on the tiniest point of one’s knuckle.
This radically simple act invites care, sensitivity, and deep attention toward an utterly familiar, overlooked object. Practiced together in public space, it becomes a gentle performance—a “community without communication,” responding to our era’s longing for quiet, symbolic, and nonverbal ways of being together.
The interaction between participants and passersby creates a playful presence and a shared curiosity and reflection on our behavior in public space, and our connection to nature.
INFO
Duration: Ongoing performance – 90 min x 2 for each venue. Participate as long as you like.
Age: From 6 years
Language: Introduction in English
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About the company
Dávid Somló is a Budapest-based performance maker and sound artist working with spatial-relational practices. Using simple tools and participatory methods, he creates immersive sound choreographies and site-responsive works that explore collective presence, attention, and human connection.
For more info: davidsomlo.com
CREDITS
Concept, composition, performer: Dávid Somló
Collaborator, performer: Balázs Kontur
GREEN STREETS OF EUROPE PROJECT
The Hungarian artist Dávid Somló is one of the participating artists in the European project Green Streets of Europe (2023–2025). In April/ May, he was in artistic residency hosted by Helsingør Teater and PASSAGE Festival to further develop this performance.
In the Green Streets of Europe project, artists and festivals work together to rethink conventional structures for the production and international touring of performing arts works in public spaces. By opening up artistic residencies and workspaces to include local citizens and audiences, we believe it is possible to create longer-lasting and more sustainable formats and relationships together.
Dansedybet is a performance rooted in old Nordic traditions of transitional rituals and folk songs. Through the rhythmic movement of folk dancing, we are led into the story of the dancing plague that swept through medieval towns—where entire communities danced their way through crisis and misery. Past and present merge as the audience is invited to join the dance – to dance in protest, to forget, to celebrate, and to be part of a shared community.
INFO
Duration: 60 min
Age: From 12 years
Dansedybet is an active, immersive performance. Wear relaxed clothes and shoes for dancing and moving and bring a bottle of water.
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About the company
Matilde Böcher, Anne Zacho Søgaard and Katrine Gjerding are creating collaborations under the name MAK. They create innovative music-dramatic performances and are experimenting with music and the constellations of a concert experience.
Credits:
Performers: Mathias Monrad Møller, Nicolaj Wamberg
Folkedancers/choir: Lotus Marie Gustavsson, Stine Laulund Albrektsen, Miamanda Bovin og Jacob Slaatto
Koncept and idea: Matilde Böcher, Anne Zacho Søgaard og Katrine Gjerding
Komponist: Matilde Böcher
Staging: Anne Zacho Søgaard
Scenografy og costume: Katrine Gjerding
Libretto: Alexandra Molkte Johansen med bidrag fra P-C Woetmann og Mycelium
Technical: Emil Vodder
Tailor: Hanne Mørup
Rekvisitør: Emma Dybdahl Hildebrandt
Produktion: Frederikke Rønne/ prfm
Produceret i samarbejde med Passage Festival, Copenhagen Opera Festival og Kulturværftet Helsingør
Supported by: Statens Kunstfond and William Demant Fonden
The audience is invited into a small, enclosed space where juggler Stijn Grupping sets off a hypnotic dance with bouncing balls. It’s wordless, precise, and enchanting – like circus turned into poetry.
With sound, rhythm, and perfect timing, the balls come to life, taking you on a journey where gravity can no longer be trusted.
Ballroom is a dreamlike experience for both children and adults – and a must-see for anyone who thinks they’ve seen juggling before.
INFO
Duration: 30 min
Age: From 5 years
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
Post uit Hessdalen (PUH) is the company of juggler and video maker Stijn Grupping and director Ine Van Baelen. Together they create hybrid performances centered on juggling with bouncing balls and (live) music. Their circus and musical theatre are praised internationally for its attention to detail, technical ingenuity and musicality.
For more info: www.postuithessdalen.be
CREDITS
Creation: Stijn Grupping and Ine Van Baelen
Performance: Stijn Grupping
Direction: Ine Van Baelen
Music: Frederik Meulyzer and Jochem Baelus
Scenographer: Lodewijk Heylen
Choreographer: Kinga Jaczewska
Light design: Lucas Van Haesbroeck
Costumes: Nushi Lambreva
Technic: Bert Laurijssens
Acting coach: Rob Smorenberg
Outside eye: Koen Haagdorens
Graphic design: Watson Memić
Coproduction: Circuswerkplaats Dommelhof, MiramirO, CIRKL, Perpodium
With the support of the Flemish Government
In a radical act, as simple as it is dizzying, as political as it is poetic, the aim here is to define the relationship between an artwork and its spectators.
It is collective and personal, spectacular and minimalist, obvious and insane, choreographic and accidental, it speaks and it falls silent at the top of its lungs.
Unfolding within a stunning scenography claimed by no one, a tree, seen from below.
Buy a ticket and become part of the artwork’s creation. Without you, it falls to the ground.
INFO
Duration: 10-15 min
PLEASE NOTE: This performance has no specific audience limit.
HOWEVER: In order for this artwork to be realized there need to be 30 ticket holders, and it is a commitment from the ticketholder to be an active participant, for the artwork to be realized.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
Founded in 2004 by Camille Boitel and co-directed by Sève Bernard, the company L’immédiat creates circus shows and performances in France and abroad. L’immédiat pursues a permanent artistic research, attempting to paint a tender portrait of our shattered lives, our ruined humanity, and our incurable fragility. For more info: www.limmediat.com
Credits:
Production: L’immédiat
Interpretation: Sève Bernard
Musique live: Camille Boitel
General Managment: Stéphane Graillot
Production: Agathe Fontaine, Elsa Lemoine
Weeping Men arises from a deep need to sweat out the oppressive systems. The performance takes place in the intimate and ritual space of the sauna, where the audience sits shoulder to shoulder with the performers. The audience becomes participants in a collective cleansing, where the ‘crying vikings’ gradually strip away their power and dominance through the heat, sweat and the fierce shouts of the finnish choir Huutajat. The choir fills the air with rhythmic shouts and lamentations inspired by the ancient Edda poems. Their performance pulses with energy, shifting from raw intensity to fragile vulnerability.
They start in shouting suits and ends naked and silent in the sea – so that we too may leave the sauna lighter, more aware of ourselves and more mindful of the history we carry.
Weeping Men unfolds in three sauna rounds, each representing a stage in a profound, detoxifying journey. The ritual are guided by Petri Sirviö, ceremony master and conductor.
INFO
Duration: 45 min
Age limit: +15
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Practical Information
- The sauna is heated to 65°C and can reach up to 75°C.
- You are welcome to step outside to cool down and return during the session.
- Please note that the higher you sit, the hotter it gets. If you have a low tolerance for heat, we recommend sitting on one of the lower benches.
- We recommend drinking water before, during, and after the performance. Please bring your own water bottle.
- Changing facilities: At the public restrooms at Snekkersten Harbour.
What to bring
• Swimwear
• Two towels
• Water bottle
• Bath sandals (optional)
If you feel unwell during the performance, a team member will escort you out of the sauna.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
CuntsCollective is an international transdisciplinary arts collective. Through rituals and embodied visual languages, they create works that blend personal and political narratives in immersive and collaborative formats. At the heart of their work lies a commitment to forging encounters between bodies, histories, and emotional realities.
For more info: https://www.cuntscollective.com/weeping-men
Credits:
Artistic concept / Director: Tone Haldrup Lorenzen
Co-director: Aris Papadopoulos
Composer/Performer: Petri Sirviö Huutajat
Performers: Antti Pylväs, Tuomo Heikkinen, Janne Törmänen, Hannu Koivula, Raimo Juola-Hietaniemi, Jani Isokääntä, Matti Honkala, Jermi Tertsunen
Director of Photography, photography, and Editing: Lise Johansson
Research: Simon Gregersen
Producer: Art&About, Signe Sandvej and Sigrid Aakvik
Co-production: CuntsCollective and Pikene På Broen
Sauna design and contruction: Thomas Kjelds.
Luckily, a team is looking for adaptation strategies to methodically reorganize human life on Earth. Page after page, they travel the world to write a MANUAL OF ADAPTATION TO THE PLANET.
A time accelerator is being activated to immerse the participants in several climate scenarios, narrated live by a mysterious radio.
They will have to use their collective imagination: What adaptation strategies will they invent in Helsingør?
INFO
Age: From 10 years
Language: English and danish sign language interpretation
Duration: 2 hours and 20 minutes | Continuous duration, but please note:
Participants will begin in smaller groups of 10 at each scheduled time listed under TIME AND PLACE.
You may participate for as short or long as you wish.
The final time slot is a shared gathering that everyone is welcome to join or return to:
• Thursday, July 31 & Friday, August 1 – at 16:20
• Saturday, August 2 – at 12:50
SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETED PERFORMANCE:
On Friday, August 1, two international sign language interpreters will be present throughout the entire duration. It will be danish sign language.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
LUIT – Laboratoire Urbain d’Interventions Temporaires / Laboratory for Temporary Urban Interventions – brings together artists that research public space from all Europe and beyond. Their formats are mainly theatre but they also dialogue with scientific methods; from social sciences, law, environmental sciences, economics, etc. More info: www.luit.fr
CREDITS
Concept and direction: Zelda Soussan & Ruggero Franceschini
Scenography: Aurélien Izard Scientific
Tutors: Roman Teisserenc (INP Toulouse)
Performers: Thylda Bares, Rémi Boissy, Angelo Callegarin, Sarah Drapeau, Ruggero Franceschini, Claudia Gambino, Aurélien Izard, Samantha Silvestri, Roman Teisserenc, Noa Soussan, Zelda Soussan, Alessandra Vannucci (alternatively)
Sign Language interpreters: Joan M. Bentsen and Maria Skov
Illustration: Ehsan Mehrbakhsh, Camille Potte (alternatively)
Design: Camille Lamy
Sound design: Farghest
Sound technician: Eric Jeunesse
Administration: Martin Planque (2024), Florence Lebreton (2025)
Production and distribution: Amandine Bretonnière (2024), le LUIT (2025)
Acknowledgment: Mathilde François, students of Mastèr Spécialisé Éco-Ingénierie INP TOULOUSE, Francesco Franceschini, Anita Ben Sadoun, Salomé Mooij, Matthieu Duperrex, François Schuiten, Christophe Meierhans, Camille Louis, Gaspard Kiejman, Antonin Blanc, Esben and the floating community of Fredens Havn.
Produced by: LUIT – Laboratoire Urbain d’Interventions Temporaires and SlowMachine APS ETS
Supported by: DRAC Île-de-France, Ville de Paris, Spedidam, Météo France
Co-produced by: Metropolis, Copenhagen (DK) / Base, Milan (IT) / Arto, Ramonville (FR) / Atelier 210, Bruxelles (BE) / Espace Périphérique, Paris (FR) / L’Avant-Scène Théâtre, Cognac (FR) / MUST, Vimercate (IT) / La Bellone, Bruxelles (BE) / Le Printemps des rues, Paris (FR) / Espace ChapitO – Coopérative De Rue Et De Cirque, Paris (FR) / Animakt, Saulx-Les-Chartreux (FR) / Les Transes Cévenoles, Sumène (FR) / Les Poussières, Aubervilliers (FR)
A heavenly mini-experience, where you’ll experience the best moment of your life one more time within a minute! Those who go in ‘ordinary’ will come out ‘extraordinary’. A heavenly mega metamorphosis that totally renews you. It is solemn, silly, corny and profound, , moving and hysterical, earthly and holy – and over before you know it.
In short: A small performance with a big impact.
INFO
Duration: The mobile Miracle Lab is open for walk-in visits throughout opening hours.
Age: From 6 years