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Pride and shame are emotions evoked when daring to show the world your true self. Coming out as a queer person often is a complex process of liberation. Everyone has a unique story about the fears and hopes that go with freely expressing your feelings and desires. A new world opens up as one is challenged to reinvent their identity, find love, create relationships and build families outside of traditional paths. Seven queer performers from five different countries share their personal stories of pride and shame and they invite the audience on a journey through the universe of queer life during the last fifty years.
PRIDE celebrates the achievements of the ongoing struggle for equality and freedom. It takes a closer look at the concerning rise of old and new homophobia in European countries such as Poland and Hungary, where the freedom of queer people is once again at stake. The struggle for queer liberation even in Europe is an ongoing process.
The performance is in English with surtitles in Danish and is recommended from the age of 15.
PRIDE is generously supported by the Goethe-Institut Dänemark, Kronprins Frederiks og Kronprinsesse Marys Fond and Nikolai og Felix Fonden. The Bikuben Foundation supports the cosmopolitan identity of the Royal Playhouse.
Performers: Beck Heiberg, Anton Hjejle, Lukas Karvelis, Adil Laboudi, Johannes Lilleøre, Xenia Noetzelmann, Sofia Södergård
Manuscript: Falk Richter in collaboration with the performers
Director: Falk Richter
Set Design: Wolfgang Menardi
Costume Design: Andy Besuch
Composer: Niels Ostendorf
Lighting Design: Egil Barclay Høgenni Hansen
Video Design: Signe Emma
Sound Design: Mads Stagis
Choreography: Sofia Södergård in collaboration with Beck Heiberg, Lukas Karvelis, Nadja Mattioli and Falk Richter
Dramaturgy: Jens Hillje and Benedikte Hammershøy Nielsen
