ABOUT THE SHOW

This would be Beckett’s advice: “When you’re in the shit up to your neck, there’s nothing left to do but sing”.

“Another heavenly day!”, exclaims Winnie to her muted husband, as she is buried up to her waist. The more stuck she becomes, the more she insists everything is absolutely fine.

HAPPY DAYS was written in 1961 by Samuel Beckett as a reaction to an increasingly disconnected world. In 2021 this masterpiece takes on powerful dimensions as the overwhelming effects of globalisation, climate change and the pandemic impact of our lives.

Why Not Theatre Company places this iconic play in the capable hands of director Peter Dupont Weiss. The show is performed in English by Sue Hansen-Styles and Nathan Meister.

Duration: 1 h 35 mins without intermission

OM FORESTILLINGEN

NATHAN MEISTER READS SAMUEL BECKETT

Readings in English – free entry

As a little prelude to the HAPPY DAYS performances New Zealand/Danish actor, Nathan Meister, will be reading a pick of Samuel Beckett’s prose in the foyer of Teatret ved Sorte Hest on selected September evenings.

Beckett is known for his significant role in forming the Absurd theatre tradition, however his prose texts are also treasures to be discovered. Why Not Theatre Company invites you to lean back in the comfy foyer seats and experience a different side to the master’s captivating linguistic universe.

The readings will consist of The End, Expelled and Calmative. All texts were written in the 1940s and address topics such as the body’s decline, loneliness and death. The readings are in English and last around 30 minutes. Free entry.

Dates for the readings

Saturdays: the 4th, 18th & 25th of September at 4pm

Thursdays: the 16th & 23rd of September at 7pm.

CAST / MEDVIRKENDE
Sue Hansen-Styles
Nathan Meister

Direction and set design / Instruktion og scenografi
 Peter Dupont Weiss

Text / Tekst
Samuel Beckett

Literary agency / Forlag
Curtis Brown

Produced by / Producent
Why Not Theatre Company

FORESTILLINGEN ER STØTTET AF:
A.P. Møller Fonden
Beckett-Fonden
Hoffmann og Husmans Fond
Knud Højgaards Fond
Københavns Kommunes Scenekunstudvalg
William Demant Fonden

NATHAN MEISTER LÆSER SAMUEL BECKETT

Gratis oplæsninger på engelsk før forestillingen

Som en lille opvarmning til vores opsætning af HAPPY DAYS vil den newzealandske/danske skuespiller Nathan Meister læse op af udvalgte Samuel Beckett-prosatekster i Teatret ved Sorte Hests foyer i løbet af september.

Samuel Beckett er kendt som en af grundlæggerne af den absurde teatertradition, men man er mindre bekendt med hans mange fine prosaværker. Så nu giver Why Not Theatre Company dig muligheden for at læne dig tilbage i teatrets bløde foyerstole og opleve en anden side af mesterens fabelagtige sprogunivers.

Der vil bl.a. blive læst op fra The End, Expelled og Calmative. Samtlige tekster er skrevet i 1940’erne og behandler temaer som kroppens forfald, ensomhed og døden, som kun Beckett kan gøre det. Oplæsningerne er på engelsk og varer ca. 30 minutter. Fri entré.

Oplæsningsdatoer

Lørdage: 4., 18. & 25. september kl. 16.00

Torsdage: 16. & 23. september kl. 19.00