LIVE in the Library Garden 2:4 - Amalie Smith, Chantal Al Arab, Özlem Saglanmak and Mads Mathias
We celebrate, interpret and fantasise about the landscapes that surround us under an open sky in the historic Library Garden with music, statements and new poetry.
Royal Danish Library's successful summer stage LIVE in the Library Garden returns with lots of music, poetry and performance.
Over four late summer Thursdays from the end of August to the beginning of September, you can meet actors, poets, speakers and musicians under the open sky and in a historic setting. The bar is open and we serve up a treat of irresistible, thought-provoking performances.
In the second edition of Royal Danish Library's summer stage, LIVE in the Library Garden, we will unfold this year's theme: Landscape with music, performance, poetry and polemical speeches. Once again this year, Royal Danish Library has taken the initiative to have new Danish poetry written as a response to our reality here and now.
In the middle of the garden between Royal Danish Library and Christiansborg, the bastions of cultural heritage and power, you can experience soft tones from singer Mads Mathias, drag performer Chantal Al Arab, who will give an inspiring speech, actor Özlem Saglanmak, who will interpret the poem Helt i skoven by Pia Juul, and the premiere of a new lyrical work by poet and writer Amalie Smith.
The cafe's pop-up bar is open, and you are welcome to bring your own picnic blanket or camping chair to sit on.
Order a picnic basket
395 DKK for food and drink for two.
Delivery in the café's pop-up bar in the Library Garden.
Contents
Snacks - crispy chips & salty nuts
Salad with chicken, baked tomatoes, fennel crudité, crisp lettuce, bulgur and rosemary mayo topped with western cheese and watercress
Bread and butter
Something sweet
Two bottles of water and a bottle of white wine
Napkins, glasses, cutlery and more
Order
Order at info@madkartoteket.dk no later than three days before the event.
Pay via MobilePay 742603. This will finalise your order.
Participants
Amalie Smith
Amalie Smith is a writer and visual artist educated at the Writers' School and the Royal Danish Academy of Arts. With her original publications, she has given the world around her a detail-oriented and precisely noticing attention. She works personally as well as artistically and scientifically when she explores such diverse subjects as love, marble, reading, the body and memory.
Chantal Al Arab
Chantal Al Arab is a Danish drag queen and an active debater in discussions about gender and identity. Among other things, she is known as part of the award-winning drag group 'Veninderne' and has written the book 'Bøssernes Danmarkshistorie. 1900-2020' together with Lars Henriksen. Chantal Al Arab occasionally also appears in the guise of Anders Larsen, MA in history and English.
Özlem Saglanmak
In 2006, Özlem Saglanmak was trained as an actor from the Danish National School of Performing Arts. Özlem Saglanmak has been in several Danish films and TV series from Yallarup Færgeby to Forbrydelsen and most recently Bedrag and Borgen. She has also made her mark on the slanted boards with roles in a large number of Danish theatre performances. She was the brainchild and one of the main actors in the theatre performance Hår på den, which played at Teater Grob, where it received excellent reviews and received a Reumert for the Special Award of the Year. Özlem Saglanmak received a talent award at The Year's Reumert in 2009 and in 2021 a Robert Award for supporting female role of the year in the film Shorta.
Mads Mathias
Mads Mathias is a Danish saxophonist, singer and songwriter. In recent years, he has established his name as one of the great Danish crooners. In connection with Mads Mathias' release Free Falling, an enthusiastic reviewer stated that he is, "A new male jazz singer who is guaranteed to be a star of the future - not only on the Danish jazz scene, but in general." Mads Mathias has, among other things, toured with the DR Big Band and has appeared on several of the major foreign stages.
The event is part of the Golden Days Festival 2023
Golden Days is a cultural history festival that, with curiosity and a twinkle in its eye, takes history, the present and what has shaped and shapes us as people and society under loving, critical and creative treatment. Every year in September, the festival deals with a new theme from a number of different perspectives, professional disciplines and aesthetic starting points. This year's theme is 'In the countryside'.
The event is supported by:
