Crazier than Christmas: Nothing like a dame!
OPINION: Despite its well-established image of itself as a free-spirited country, the treatment of the drag queens in Frederiksberg suggests narrow-mindedness is seeping through the cracks of Denmark
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Crazier than Christmas: What makes me leap for joy?
Not much these days makes me leap for joy. Leave of senses Certainly not watching DRTV news or listening to BBC4. It’s all doom and gloom, isn’t it? Especially in the UK where, in spite of the Brits’ reputation for humour, even the jokes and memes have dried up. I can still smile at a few…
Crazier than Christmas: Don’t give up!
Hej! Mit navn er Vivienne.” You say hello, I say farvelI worked my way around the small group, introducing myself to them one by one and receiving a name in response. Very soon I found myself back with my friend and we chatted until, deciding it was time to leave, I made my way around…
Crazier than Christmas: Living our lives to the full
One of the many terrific things about running an English-language theatre in Denmark for 40 years is that many actors and directors have come to work with me, and it is fascinating to see the city and its culture through their eyes . Right now I am performing the one-woman play ‘Shirley Valentine’ at the…
Crazier than Christmas: We need laughs
Hey, what could be more crazy than what we’ve been going through the last few months, eh? Pandemiconia We thought it was bad enough with COVID-19, and then Omicron came along. Throughout December, all theatres were treading a knife-edge of closing down completely or cancelling shows. Our Crazy Christmas show in Tivoli had to cancel…
Crazier than Christmas: You are hereby all prescribed some Eighties nostalgia!
Isn’t it great that we are returning to the theatres and festivals and museums and sports events? Leaving the misery behind Like all theatre companies worldwide we were forced to cancel our whole 2020 season. This year, we have decided to go ahead with our 2021-22 season, including our popular Crazy Christmas Show at Tivoli.…
Crazier than Christmas: Dogs or diamonds?
One would have to be blind not to notice all the ‘pandemic puppies’ (or ‘virus hvalpe’, as I call them) in Copenhagen during this last year. It is clear that these hordes of cute four-legged pooches pulling on leashes in parks and along our streets are a phenomena impossible to ignore. Puppy love As a…
Crazier than Christmas: Zoom in – or out?
One afternoon in April, I attended a friend’s birthday party on Zoom in the company of eight friends whose familiar faces appeared on my computer screen. It should have been ‘a Zoom with a view’, but it was the first time I had ever tried Zoom, and so, while the others chatted and joked with…
Crazier than Christmas: How to be corona positive
Let’s call it a lockup. It’s more positive. Apparently a lockup is the slang word for a prison, while a lockdown is the confinement of people for security reasons. New words and phrases explode in times of social crises, and one has to catch on quickly or be caught out. When the word ‘Brexit’ sprang…
Crazier than Christmas: Put on a happy face!
TS Eliot called April “the cruellest month”, and at this rate he might have a very good point. Laughter lozenges It’s bad enough that we’ve spent a winter huddling together around flickering candles (which the Danes insist on calling ‘hygge’), but now we’re being advised to spend our time indoors when the sun is out…
Crazier than Christmas: Are you ready for a crazy Brexit Christmas?
Given that it will soon be time for Christmas, new readers of the CPH POST might be interested to know that every year my English theatre in Copenhagen presents Crazy Christmas Cabaret, a wild, uproarious comedy at the Glassalen theatre in the heart of Tivoli, which has absolutely nothing to do with the festive period.…