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CPH STAGE is Denmark’s largest theatre festival for professional theatre, taking place every year in late May and early June in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg.

Over the course of 10 days, you can experience both the highlights and the full range of contemporary Danish theatre as well as international touring hits.

CPH STAGE is an opportunity to catch new productions as well as the shows you might have missed this season. The festival invites you to be surprised and to explore new directions in the Danish theatre landscape. In addition to performances, CPH STAGE also offers events, readings, debates, seminars, parties, and much more.

THeatreFestival

28.05– 06.06 2026

CPH Stage

A Fortunate Man

A gripping theatrical performance that takes you on a fast-paced, interactive journey through Henrik Pontoppidan's 800-page Nobel Prize-winning novel.

A LUNATIC NIGHT

Dance under the glow of the full moon.

AI CURE YOU

An intimate performance in Artbulancen, where the audience meets an artificial intelligence that listens and tries to heal.

AI know you

Become a co-creator of Fix+Foxy and Odense Teater's performance with your data trail.

AN EVENING OF BODY FLOW

The festival's closing party will feature three performances.

ARTIST TALK ABOUT MÁM

Experience Michael Keegan-Dolan talk about his performance “MÁM”.

ARTIST TALK: BABEL BABEL BABEL

The director behind the performance shares her thoughts.

ARTIST TALK: KRISTJÁN INGIMARSSON COMPANY (KIC)

Meet the people behind “FEMINA FABULA 360".

BODIES IN FLUX

A series of performances are staged in the middle of the current exhibition.

BOOK LAUNCH & PERFORMANCE READING: STAGES

Join the celebration of Forlaget bastard's new publication.

Babel Babel Babel

Join us on a musical journey through the difficult nature of love, the ordinaries of life, the war, nationalism and the desire for freedom.

Baby's Worst Nightmare

We meet the young Baby, who shapes her identity in the encounter with the desires of men.

Bad Jews

An extremely fun family battle over faith and heritage.

Beyond Beyond

Inspired by lullabies and rituals, MØR collective delves into the tenderness, rhythm and brutality that makes us cross the threshold into another world.

Black Conscience #4

The Reumert-winning collective Black Conscience re-enacts their success performance.

Boat Tours NHZ (New Harbour Zones)

Copenhagen Harbour as you have never experienced it before.

CALL ME FRIDAY

AN unapologetic and glittering solo show about the longing for love, cracks in the ceiling and the fear of being alone.

CLOSING PARTY

We are marking 10 days of theatre marathon with a great party.

COMPLAINTS AND TEARS WITH SOFIE RIISE NORS

Here you get to ventilate your complaints.

CONCERT IN THE SET: LUEENAS

An experimental and intimate live experience.

CONCERT WITH JULIE PAVON

The unique and intense artist guests Aveny-T.

CORNELIS

Discover the life and songs of Cornelis Vreeswijk on stage.

Call Me Again

A different “rom-com” about loneliness and the longing for cohesion.

Cantus

Silent theatre about touch, mimicry and power.

Cry It Out

Alliances shift, ideals crumble, and comedy clashes with a deadly gravity.

DSCH Concert Theatre

The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra's 18 Nordic soloists have plunged into a poetic, touching, comic and furious dance with Sjostakovitj's music.

Dead Air

A heartfelt and black-humorous exploration of grief, and a modern ghost story with AI revival technology.

Detached from Others

A choreography of loneliness to the sound of an organ.

Driving the Doubts Away – an info comedy

An info comedy about a confused 20-something, who wants to be an artist.

EX MACHINA

Four works examine how machines, codes, and algorithms interpret identities, functions, and actions.

Eichmann, Arendt and You

We revisit the trial of Adolf Eichmann — a functionary who, through his work, led to the mass extermination of the Jewish people.

Excuse me, where do I go with this sensation of floating freely in the air?

Performance lecture about growing up, about loneliness and anxiety, and about a twisted path into the performing arts as a freelance circus artist.

FATHERS & SONS

For too long, men from minority ethnic backgrounds have stood in the shadow of a one-dimensional integration debate.

Femina Fabula 360

Step directly into a tactile VR experience.

For Sale - Home sweet home sweet

A seemingly innocent home viewing becomes an intimate and thought-provoking experience.

Ice Nights

A performance about power and human frailty in a fragmented reality.

KING LEAR

SHAKES breathes new life into Shakespeare with sumptuous costumes, an aggressive family feud and sensuous, heartfelt '70s music.

Kikimora

A dance performance about family relationships and generational wounds.

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