Ice Nights

“ICE NIGHTS” is a fusion of dance and theatre – a work about power, human fragility, and desire, based on “ICE" by Anna Kavan. Playwright Amanda Ginman – a Reumert Award winner for “Dark Spring" – and award-winning choreographer Tina Tarpgaard join forces in a work where dance, text, and sound merge into an intense and physical portrayal of darkness.

A psychological drama set in a universe frozen in misogyny and climate catastrophe. In a world covered in ice, an unnamed male narrator pursues a mysterious woman – but she constantly escapes him. He shapes his own reality and moves through the world driven by a mix of fascination, desire, jealousy, and a violent urge for control. The longer he chases the woman, the more reality and fantasy begin to blur – and fracture. It is like a nightmare one cannot wake from. But is he her saviour?

“ICE NIGHTS” is nightmarish sci-fi, 1960s road-movie nostalgia, and psychedelic dream logic – a hypnotic journey through obsession, power, and downfall.

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Events

Before the performance on May 28, you can experience the talk "THE CLIMATE ON STAGE" with playwright Amanda Ginman, choreographer and director Tina Tarpgaard, climate researcher Sebastian Mernild and author Kaspar Colling Nielsen. Read more here.

On June 2, you can experience playwright Amanda Ginman in conversation with publisher and translator Lasse Skjold Bertelsen about the novel behind the production. Read more here.