CAST
CAST
CAST
WEEK 1
I Run- https://www.oberonbooks.com/i-run.html
Line Mørkeby- Writer
Line Mørkeby is a renowned Danish playwright. After studying theatre and performance at the University of Copenhagen for four years, she went to the Dramatics programme at Aarhus Theatre, where she finished in 2008. The same year, the Royal Danish Theatre performed her debut pieceMusicalto great success. Her work includes brothers Lionheart, 5ex P O C, Lykkebjørn, Hair On ItandSkambased on the Norwegian hit TV series.
Line Mørkeby is one of Denmark's most groundbreaking and unfiltered playwrights. With her fine balance between the tragic and comic, she has written for a variety of big and small theatres around Denmark and has received several awards for her talent and performances.
Line was nominated for the Playwright of the Year Award at the Reumert Awards with I Run.
Kim Dambæk- Translator
Kim Dambæk is a translator and stage director who has worked extensively for national, regional and private theatres throughout Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Great Britain.
His work includes award-winning translations of plays by leading Nordic playwrights such as Jon Fosse, P. O. Enquist, Astrid Saalbach, Line Knutzon, Thor Bjørn Krebs, Peter Asmussen and Line Mørkeby for, amongst others, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, BBC TV, Royal Shakespeare Company, Young Vic, London, Rough Magic Theatre in Dublin as well as BAM Majestic Theatre, New York.
Kim graduated from the Drama Centre Directing Course in 1980.
WEEK 1
I Run- https://www.oberonbooks.com/i-run.html
Line Mørkeby- Writer
Line Mørkeby is a renowned Danish playwright. After studying theatre and performance at the University of Copenhagen for four years, she went to the Dramatics programme at Aarhus Theatre, where she finished in 2008. The same year, the Royal Danish Theatre performed her debut pieceMusicalto great success. Her work includes brothers Lionheart, 5ex P O C, Lykkebjørn, Hair On ItandSkambased on the Norwegian hit TV series.
Line Mørkeby is one of Denmark's most groundbreaking and unfiltered playwrights. With her fine balance between the tragic and comic, she has written for a variety of big and small theatres around Denmark and has received several awards for her talent and performances.
Line was nominated for the Playwright of the Year Award at the Reumert Awards with I Run.
Kim Dambæk- Translator
Kim Dambæk is a translator and stage director who has worked extensively for national, regional and private theatres throughout Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Great Britain.
His work includes award-winning translations of plays by leading Nordic playwrights such as Jon Fosse, P. O. Enquist, Astrid Saalbach, Line Knutzon, Thor Bjørn Krebs, Peter Asmussen and Line Mørkeby for, amongst others, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, BBC TV, Royal Shakespeare Company, Young Vic, London, Rough Magic Theatre in Dublin as well as BAM Majestic Theatre, New York.
Kim graduated from the Drama Centre Directing Course in 1980.
WEEK 1
I Run- https://www.oberonbooks.com/i-run.html
Line Mørkeby- Writer
Line Mørkeby is a renowned Danish playwright. After studying theatre and performance at the University of Copenhagen for four years, she went to the Dramatics programme at Aarhus Theatre, where she finished in 2008. The same year, the Royal Danish Theatre performed her debut pieceMusicalto great success. Her work includes brothers Lionheart, 5ex P O C, Lykkebjørn, Hair On ItandSkambased on the Norwegian hit TV series.
Line Mørkeby is one of Denmark's most groundbreaking and unfiltered playwrights. With her fine balance between the tragic and comic, she has written for a variety of big and small theatres around Denmark and has received several awards for her talent and performances.
Line was nominated for the Playwright of the Year Award at the Reumert Awards with I Run.
Kim Dambæk- Translator
Kim Dambæk is a translator and stage director who has worked extensively for national, regional and private theatres throughout Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Great Britain.
His work includes award-winning translations of plays by leading Nordic playwrights such as Jon Fosse, P. O. Enquist, Astrid Saalbach, Line Knutzon, Thor Bjørn Krebs, Peter Asmussen and Line Mørkeby for, amongst others, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, BBC TV, Royal Shakespeare Company, Young Vic, London, Rough Magic Theatre in Dublin as well as BAM Majestic Theatre, New York.
Kim graduated from the Drama Centre Directing Course in 1980.
KINDER K
by Kristofer Grønskag
translated by Neil Howard
It’s 1939, and a German couple are desperate for help from the government. Unable to bear the shame of their situation they humbly request from the Führer his permission to eradicate the blight on their happiness: their disabled new-born, Gerhard. Gerhard would become the first of thousands murdered by the Nazi regime’s Action T4 ‘mercy killings’.
In 2017, He and She are expecting their first child. But as the tests come back, they realise something’s wrong. They have the choice to end the pregnancy, but is a ‘sorting society’ really any different from T4?
Kinder K is a Norwegian play by Kristofer Grønskag questioning what makes a life “worthy of living”.
Brought to the UK stage by emerging theatre company Cut the Cord for its UK premiere in London 2017.
Kinder K played at the National Student Drama Festival 2018 and won the Judges' Commendation in Directing award. Kinder K also played at the Bunker Theatre in 2017, followed by a panel discussion on screening with writer Kristofer Grønskag, Jane Fisher (Antenatal Results and Choices) and Colette Lloyd (The Down's Syndrome Research Foundation).
COMPANY
HE: Gabriel Akuwudike
SHE: Jessica Webber
Director: Camilla Gürtler
Writer: Kristofer Grønskag
Translation: Neil Howard
Designer: Jojo Fauchier
Composer: Benjamin Pearson
Stage manager: Lauren Moore
Photo: Fay Summerfield, Anne Pallasca, Giulia Delprato
Produced in agreement with: Teaterforlaget Songbird
Special Thanks to:
The Royal Norwegian Embassy, The British Council, The National Student Drama Festival, ARC, The Down's Syndrome Research Foundation
"Camilla Gürtler's production slithered between the two narratives with elegance and animosity, the actors effortlessly sinister within the intricate, sterile white set"
The Sunday Times
"#show7 was KINDER K performed by @cutthe_cord a beautifully staged and deeply unconfortable juxtaposition of abortion and mercy killings. Excellent acting from Gabriel Akuwudike and Jessica Webber"
Alexandra Spencer-Jones, Director Action to the Word
"I thought it was fantastic"
Chris Thorpe, Playwright
"The whole show is slick. The acting is divine. "
Noises Off
"#KinderK Provocative #theatre from @Cutthe_cord in @BunkerTheatre UK. Faultless actors w tangible chemistry. Fluid movement, beautiful set."
Twitter user
"What an amazing and beautiful piece of theatre"
Twitter user
"Such clever, slick and inspiring theatre"
Twitter user
"Thank you for having us @Cutthe_cord. Kinder K hugely important. Have people think about societal implications."
Colette Lloyd, The Down's Syndrome Research Foundation
"I would be glad if the play was shown further, and if my students could attend and have a nice discussion afterwards!"
Dr Silvia Camporesi, Programme Director
King's College London