TALK: THE CLIMATE ON STAGE

Before the performance “ICE NIGHTS”, playwright Amanda Ginman, choreographer and director Tina Tarpgaard and climate scientist Sebastian Mernild talk about how the theatre can explore the climate crisis as a phenomenon that is not only about temperature rises and melting ice, but also about the human and societal tensions that arise when the world changes. How can the scene become a space where we sense, explore and understand these complex contexts? And then Sebastian helps, quite literally, to take the temperature on the future Denmark. Author Kaspar Colling Nielsen moderates the conversation.

ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS ‍

Sebastian Mernild is a Danish climate scientist and glaciologist. He is part of the Climate Network at the University of Southern Denmark and is one of the lead authors of the IPCC report. Sebastian Mernild won the Rosenkjær Prize in 2018 and was nominated for Dane of the Year in 2019. ‍

Tina Tarpgaard is an award-winning choreographer and artistic director at Sydhavn Teater. In 2005, she founded the Recoil Performance Group that has created acclaimed performances at the intersection of dance and technology. ‍

Amanda Ginman is a stage director and has directed, among others, the Reumert-winning performance “Dark Spring” at Betty Nansen Teatret (2022), “Anna Karenina” at Teater Republique (2024) and “The Birds” at Teater Republique (2024-25), for which she was nominated as Director of the Year for Reumert of the Year. ‍

Kaspar Colling Nielsen is an author, screenwriter and podcast host. He has written, among others, the books “Mount Copenhagen” (2010), “Den Danske Borgerkrig 2018-2024" (2013) and “Det Europæiske Forår” (2017).

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PROGRAMME

19:00-19:45: TALK

20.00: The performance “Ice Nights”. Read more here