Letters in the Diamond: Queer Letters

The Letter Performance is a tribute to the handwritten, personal letter, which is becoming a thing of the past. Through reading, singing and music, the unique feeling of receiving a letter's moving message is revived. Experience heartbreaking, beautiful, funny, moving, horrifying and deeply personal historical letters from Royal Danish Library's collection.

Letters from Herman Bang, Selma Lagerlöf and more

The letter performance is organised in collaboration with the LGBT+ Denmark association, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. All of the selected letters are about the experience of being queer in the world of culture in times when it was not always easy. At the event, a number of actors will read letters from and to, among others, Herman Bang, Selma Lagerlöf and H.C. Andersen.

Contributors

Musicians

Ginne Marker

Singer-songwriter and guitarist, who with her soft, jazzy sound has made her mark on the Danish music landscape. In 2020, Ginne Marker received two Carl awards for Talent of the Year and Jazz Composer of the Year and followed up with sold-out concerts throughout the country.

Ash Jacoby

Is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is the founder of several bands and the founder of the record label Giant Birch. In 2004, he received the prestigious Ken Gudman Award for his achievements in Danish music.

Actors

Johannes Lilleøre

Johannes Lilleøre is a writer and actor. He graduated from the Actors' School at Aarhus Theatre in 2001. He has had roles in Grønnegård Theatre's summer performances Som man behager in 2002 and Stor ståhej for ingenting in 2003.

Ulla Henningsen

Actress and singer known from countless film, television and theatre appearances, including Kald mig Liva, Matador, PO Enquist's Tribadernes nat and Shakespeare's Trold kan tæmmes and Macbeth.

Morten Kirkskov

Actor, director, writer and theatre director. In addition to his own artistic work, he is acting director at Royal Danish Theatre.

Thomas Levin

Actor and playwright. Has also been artistic director at Theatre Grob since 2005 and theatre director of Aveny-T from 2022.

May Lifschitz

Started her career in front of the camera at the age of 16 as a model and has since appeared as an actor in a number of TV series, including internationally in Netflix's Warrior Nun and most recently in DR's Orkestret.

Karin Li Körsbärsdal

Swedish actress graduated from the Malmö Academy of Theatre in 2019. Since then, she has appeared in a wide range of plays, including the performance Fritt fall at the Riksteatern.

Christine Sonderris

Graduated from the Acting School at Aarhus Theatre in 2009 and has, among other things, participated in theatre productions of Hamlet, the TV series The Rain and made her film debut as the lead role in Rasmus Kloster Bro's Cutterhead, for which she was nominated for a Bodil Award.