Photo: Torfi Agnarsson
What if you gave hell with the rules and simply took power in your own neighborhood?
'Liberty' is physical theater with humour, lots of wild stunts. Beautifully choreographed and with added perfect sound effects by Andro Manzoni. The performers are resilient, elastic, humorous and precise. Some of them are younger than others: Ida Frost and Mads Emil Duelund. And others are more, well - like Kristján Ingimarsson. He's been a performer in showbusiness for 25 years, but I still wish I had even a 10th of his energy when I was 25. Impressive vitality, he has.
'Liberty' is about the secret question that everyone has, at work, in the family, in private: 'What if I just stopped following all the silly rules!'
Yes, then we were probably all a rock star or one of the performers in 'Liberty'. Let go of the rules and take your freedom, that's the inner core of the show. One sparkling star for that.
Man follows the rules, that's how it is
In a series of scenes 'Liberty' explores the human being. We follow the rules. Not our own rules, but the rules set by the boss, society, religion, mating desire, tradition, good behavior.
There are some who make the rules. The rest of us are just weak, "filled with hot air" and cheap for sale. We are dandelions in a field that can't quite figure out how to put the bull in his place and ask him to stop eating us.
That's why Kristján Ingimarsson is making a revolution on stage. The dandelions - us fools, yes it's hard to say out loud - rise to battle. But can we win, or are we going crazy as humans, if we drop all the rules?
I think so. But crazy people can also be brilliant, so maybe it's worth taking the chance? 'Liberty' takes a chance and it's fun and entertaining.
There are only 2 rules
The festive and fantastically entertaining performance uses the old trick of making the audience laugh when we are criticized. It works wonderfully. Kristján Ingimarsson says he is not an artist, but maybe funny once in a while. I disagree. He is both an artist of international class and funny. If you can stand being teased.
The audience at Bora Bora is excited. They love the show.
Personally, I admire that Kristján Ingimarsson on stage roughly only adheres to 2 rules.
1) See the world clearly.
2) No matter what we do, we must understand gravity is stronger than anything else.
3) We must have fun while being dandelions. Breaking the rules is fun.
Thank you for the experience
Thanks to the team behind 'Liberty'. It was a very good experience. I think.
Liberty, Kristján Ingimarsson Company
Idea & director Kristján Ingimarsson
Actors Ida Frost, Mads Emil Duelund, Kristján Ingimarsson
Assistant director & production manager Anna Róshildur
Set designer Kristian Knudsen
Sound Design Andro Manzoni
Lighting design Erik Lindkvist Thomsen
Costumes arranged by Tanja Bovin
Producer Arna Lára Pétursdóttir
Photographer Torfi Agnarsson
Graphics Lóa Dís Finnsdóttir
LIBERTY is produced in collaboration with Pavillon K.
Ambiorn Happy, Kulturnyt.net
★★★★★★
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