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Teenage Songbook of Love and Sex

Ásrún Magnúsdóttir & Alex Roberts
Date
Fri May 30 at 19:00
Duration
50 min.
Language
Icelandic, English, Dutch
Country
Iceland
Price
€27,50 / €19,-
+ € 0,25 per transaction
Themes
Age on stage
Edition
SPRING 2025
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A melodic ode to budding love and sex, filled with joy and passion, but also pain and fear. Utrecht is the next stop for Teenage Songbook of Love and Sex, a unique musical performance featuring young performers from Reykjavik. Together with local talent and enriched with lyrics and songs written by young people from Utrecht, this results in a one-time-only performance on the grand stage of Stadsschouwburg Utrecht. Teenage Songbook of Love and Sex is created by teenagers, about teenagers, but for everyone.

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Pop music and real stories about youth, love, sex, and gender.

Working with teenagers from Reykjavik, Iceland, and Utrecht, the Teenage Choir of Love and Sex sings songs they’ve written themselves based on their own romantic and sexual experiences. In this musical show, the young people take the stage to speak about love and sexuality. Each time, local peers join the Icelandic choir to write and sing songs with them. In this melodic ode to coming-of-age, love and sexuality are represented in all their forms and colors.

They sing for themselves and for each other. They sing for love, curiosity, and heartbreak. They sing for every virgin, every slut, and every thirsty bitch – so they never have to feel alone again.

Teenagers and music are made for each other. The songs we listen to in our youth, and the stories they tell, shape how we come to understand ourselves and the world around us, drawing the line between right and wrong. But what if all heteronormative pop songs were about something different? Based on stories told by youths, A Teenage Songbook of Love and Sex seeks new ways to talk and think about love, gender, and sex.

Topic Talk

A member of the choir is taking part in the Topic Talk: Age on Stage, on May 31st starting 17:00 at Stadsschouwburg Utrecht.

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Artist

Alexander Roberts

Artist

Ásrún Magnúsdóttir

Credits

Concept and Creation: Ásrún Magnúsdóttir and Alexander Roberts

Musically directed and composed with: Teitur Magnússon

Co-authors and performers: Lísbet Sveinsdóttir, Marta Ákadóttir, Salóme Júlíusdóttir, Ísafold Kristín, Katla Sigurðardóttir Snædal, Kolfinna Ingólfsdóttir, Oliver Ali, Uloma Osuala, Una Barkadóttir, Karen Nordquist Ragnarsdóttir, Egill Andrason, Haukur Guðnason, Hanna Gréta Jónsdóttir, Sverrir Gauti Svavarsson, Karólína Einarsdóttir, Anna Bíbí Wium Axelsdóttir, Þór Ari Grétarsson, Monika Lárusdóttir, Fannar Árni Ágústsson, Chisom Osuala.

Choir-conductors: Sigríður Soffía Hafliðadóttir and Aron Steinn Ásbjarnarson

Premiered: Meteor Festival, BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway and Reykjavík Dance Festival, Tjarnarbío, Reykjavík, Iceland.

Co-produced by: BIT Teatergarasjen, Teenagers in Reykjavík, Reykjavík Dance Festival,the Nordic Residency Platform, NORDBUK and apap – Performing Europe 2020 which is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union

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