Please Note: This performance will start with a staged reading of Searching for Being, followed by a short break. It will then continue with the staged reading of Counting to Zero.

SEARCHING FOR BEING

FAROE ISLANDS

“I fought huge trolls, as big as Monsters of Fear can be, but with help from the good elves, I found the right keys”.

A nightmare of a fairy-tale, Searching for Being embodies a woman’s struggle with depression through a series of vivid poems. We join her on a journey through the dark, examining a universal issue many of us face on a daily basis. Exploring the musical and poetical tradition of the Faroe Islands, Searching for Being is a staged reading based on real events, featuring live music.

COUNTING TO ZERO

NORWAY

Counting to Zero is a figurative bomb. It begins with scene ten and counts down to zero. A stalker. A train track. The untimely death of a cow. How are they linked? A group of young people search for something that really means something, that demands a risk – something real and valuable. They all want to be seen by someone. But by who, and why does it really matter?

Counting to Zero is a staged reading of exciting and funny mosaic events, examining the need to be seen in today’s world.

ABOUT

SEARCHING FOR BEING / COUNTING TO ZERO is on DAY 3: FAROE ISLANDS & NORWAY of NEW NORDICS FESTIVAL at Jacksons Lane, London, 12-16 October 2021.

This is a live online event which is live streamed directly from the theatre on the day of the performance.

The performance will be followed by a Q&A live from the theatre.

Writer (Searching for Being): Katarina G. Nolsøe

Translator (Searching for Being): Hans Tórgarð & Bergljót av Skarð

Director (Searching for Being): Janisè Sadik

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Writer (Counting to Zero): Kristofer Grønskag

Translator (Counting to Zero): Neil Howard

Director (Counting to Zero): Eleanor Chadwick

To read more about NEW NORDICS FESTIVAL, visit www.jacksonslane.org.uk/events/new-nordics-festival-2021