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.
PRESS
AWARDS
INTERVIEWS
THEATRE WEEKLY
Sustainable Leadership in the Arts
Cut the Cord will lead a trio of live-streamed panel discussions on Sustainable Leadership in the Arts, as part of International Leadership Week...
GUARDIAN CULTURE
Festival celebrates Nordic theatre with writers from Netflix and prize-winning creatives
For the first time, Cut the Cord Theatre present New Nordics Festival, showcasing the best new Nordic plays from Denmark...
TIME OUT
New Nordics Festival
This mini-festival is a chance to discover new theatre from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Each night will showcase a different director's work, exploring the likes of climate change, nature, loneliness and fir trees...
BRITISH THEATRE
Plays revealed for Nordic Theatre Festival
As Britain prepares to leave the EU, theatre-makers in the UK are looking to maintain links with the rest of Europe...
THIS WEEK LONDON
New Nordics Festival
Coming up this week at The Yard Theatre is a rather exciting new festival showcasing new Nordic plays in the UK...
ACT DROP
New Nordics Festival Launched
Last night saw the launch of The New Nordics Festival, due in March and showcasing the best new Nordic plays from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands...
AWARDS
REVIEWS
"The best, most thought-provoking show at this year's Fringe."
UK Theatre Web on Endless Second
"Powerful, timely, and sensitive, ‘Endless Second’ is as excellent as it is important."
ThreeWeeks on Endless Second
“A far deeper exploration of what is often treated as a simple ‘hot button’ topic.”
The Wee Review on Endless Second
"Acted on a treadmill this is a really punchy and challenging piece that is delivered sensitively and with genuine credibility."
UK Theatre Web on I Run
TV AND RADIO
“I Run is pure velocity. It sucks you into the life-shattering void that is loss and places the spotlight on the self-destructive and challenging nature of male grief and depression.”
A Younger Theatre on I Run
“An incredibly moving and absorbing piece of theatre, an intense but also surprisingly invigorating experience.”
London Theatre1 on I Run