COMMUNITY PLAY: LIFE ON LOAN

“You will experience to become part of a group that works together. We will laugh and cry, be amazed and learn new things – about ourselves, about life, about ageing and living even in the most challenging moments. About what we are. The unique story that is the lived life of each individual. We will discover the inherent dignity that every human being possesses simply by being human”.

LIFE ON LOAN is a close-up of the last time. A zoom in on the wrinkle that tells about laughing and crying. A tribute to silence, slowness, the inner life. The fragile. The perishable.
Socially oriented reality theater that through personal stories as a starting point for a strong visual and musical staging, seeks to create new perspectives on old age.

An intensive workshop with 20 citizens between 60 and 100 years of age was the first step in the development of a professional produced performance, LIFE ON LOAN, to be performed at Teatret Svalegangen in the spring 2024.

Project leader, concept & director: Brigitte Christensen
Music: Nikola Diklic
Dramaturg: Stine Ebbesen & Søren Højgaard
Assistant instructors: Rebekka Jacobsen & Emma Svankjaer Morel
Light designer: Esben Elfrom
Production: Eutopia & Teatret Svalegangen
Photo: Anders Teibel
The project is supported by: Aarhus Kommune – Kultur & Sundhed, Ældre Sagen Aarhus & FO Aarhus