Sálufélagar invite you to a party in honor of our image,us Icelanders. At this gathering, everyone isconscious of privilege, and we will celebrate inclusivity and diversity. Here you can be the best version of yourself.

Close your eyes. Listen to the silence. You are alone. Feel the moss beneath your feet. Sense the power in the depths of the earth, how it flows up and into your naked flesh. You and the untouched nature become one and you feel how small you are in the vast wilderness: innocent, pure, untamed, mysterious, foreign, – but familiar. This is the land of the unexpected, the land of secrets. Your land.

Sálufélagar is a performance art group founded in 2015 by Nína Hjálmarsdóttir and Selma Reynisdóttir. The group uses devised methods in staging the self and the image. Earlier performances include Mátulegt (2015), which premiered at the 2016 NEU/NOW festival in Amsterdam, and Soulmates (2016). Independent Party People first staged as a ‘work in progress’ in Mengi, August 2018. Following that performance Sálufélagar received funding from the Iceleandic ministry of education and culture to make a full-scale production of the concept.

This performance is in Icelandic.

Creators and performers: Davíð Þór Katrínarson, Jónmundur Grétarsson, Nína Hjálmarsdóttir og Selma Reynisdóttir.

Director: Brogan Davison
Project Managers: Nína Hjálmarsdóttir og Selma Reynisdóttir
Set design: Katerina Blahutová
Assistants in dramaturgy: Brogan Davison og Pétur Ármannsson
Music: Sigrún Jónsdóttir
Lighting: Aron Martin Ásgerðarson
Costumes: Tanja Huld Levý
Marketing and PR: Heba Eir Kjeld
Photographer: Owen Fiene
Graphic design: Jón Kári Eldon

The project is supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.

A theatre show without words! Funny, playful and uplifting – for the big kids and the little kids. Two creatures come out of the shadows, find a bag of earth, they start to play and discover what life is all about. Life is perfect for the whole family to enjoy together! The youngest audiences enjoy watching the two figures on stage come alive, discover each other and the earth around them. They roll around with laughter as the two characters on stage, the boy and the girl or the man and the woman, taste the mud, play with it, create animals, lands, life and love out of the mud. But the older audiences read the same story on a different level, they read the history of earth, creation of Man, Darwin’s theory of evolution, how land is divided, borders made up, the cause of wars and how trough laughter and playfulness we can make peace and heal wounds. How everything starts from nothing – a story about the circle of life.

“All the stars in the house!” G.S.E. Djoflaeyjan.
“Four stars! Life is a beautiful show” MBL.
“Original, funny and visually stunning for people of all ages” S. J. Frettabladid.

Length: 40 min. – Age: 3 years and up
Author and designer HELGA ARNALDS
Director and co-author CHARLOTTE BÖVING
Co-authors and actors SÓLVEIG GUÐMUNDSDÓTTIR and SVEINN ÓLAFUR GUNNARSSON
Composer MARGRÉT KRISTÍN BLÖNDAL
Lightdesign BJÖRN BERGSTEINN GUÐMUNDSSON

An extravaganza of decadence, drag, and dance.

The Institute of Recycled Expectations proudly presents Memoirs of a Valkyrie. A drag celebration of the extraordinary cultural icon Brunhilde. Free yourself from the burden of intelligence and enjoy a festive evening at Tjarnarbíó where dance, song, and general shenanigans shall guide you through the life, passions, and adventures of our beloved heroine.
Your hostesses for the evening are all seasoned performers of the Icelandic stage and nightlife. These queens will be serving glamour, spilling tea, and sharing their extraordinary gifts and questionable talents. This is the show you never knew you desperately needed!

Performed by: Agatha P., Faye Knús, Gógó Starr & Sigga Eyrún

Created by: Ásgeir Helgi Magnússon, Cameron Corbett, Sigríður Eyrún Friðriksdóttir & Sigurður H. Starr Guðjónsson

Artistic director: Ásgeir Helgi Magnússon & Cameron Corbett

Costume and set design: Júlíanna Lára Steingrímsdóttir

Light design: Kjartan Darri Kristjánsson

Artwork: Rögnvaldur Skúli Árnason

Music: Various, including compositions by the group and Karl Olgeirsson

Orchestrations and arrangement by: Helgi Reynir Jónsson
Marketing director: Bryndís Nielsen

Photography for promotional material: Lilja Jónsdóttir & Mink Viking Portrait Studio

The project is funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture and The artists salary fund

An extravaganza of decadence, drag, and dance.

The Institute of Recycled Expectations proudly presents Memoirs of a Valkyrie. A drag celebration of the extraordinary cultural icon Brunhilde. Free yourself from the burden of intelligence and enjoy a festive evening at Tjarnarbíó where dance, song, and general shenanigans shall guide you through the life, passions, and adventures of our beloved heroine.
Your hostesses for the evening are all seasoned performers of the Icelandic stage and nightlife. These queens will be serving glamour, spilling tea, and sharing their extraordinary gifts and questionable talents. This is the show you never knew you desperately needed!

Performed by: Agatha P., Faye Knús, Gógó Starr & Sigga Eyrún

Created by: Ásgeir Helgi Magnússon, Cameron Corbett, Sigríður Eyrún Friðriksdóttir & Sigurður H. Starr Guðjónsson

Artistic director: Ásgeir Helgi Magnússon & Cameron Corbett

Costume and set design: Júlíanna Lára Steingrímsdóttir

Light design: Kjartan Darri Kristjánsson

Artwork: Rögnvaldur Skúli Árnason

Music: Various, including compositions by the group and Karl Olgeirsson

Orchestrations and arrangement by: Helgi Reynir Jónsson
Marketing director: Bryndís Nielsen

Photography for promotional material: Lilja Jónsdóttir & Mink Viking Portrait Studio

The project is funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture and The artists salary fund

A theatre show without words! Funny, playful and uplifting – for the big kids and the little kids. Two creatures come out of the shadows, find a bag of earth, they start to play and discover what life is all about. Life is perfect for the whole family to enjoy together! The youngest audiences enjoy watching the two figures on stage come alive, discover each other and the earth around them. They roll around with laughter as the two characters on stage, the boy and the girl or the man and the woman, taste the mud, play with it, create animals, lands, life and love out of the mud. But the older audiences read the same story on a different level, they read the history of earth, creation of Man, Darwin’s theory of evolution, how land is divided, borders made up, the cause of wars and how trough laughter and playfulness we can make peace and heal wounds. How everything starts from nothing – a story about the circle of life.

“All the stars in the house!” G.S.E. Djoflaeyjan.
“Four stars! Life is a beautiful show” MBL.
“Original, funny and visually stunning for people of all ages” S. J. Frettabladid.

Length: 40 min. – Age: 3 years and up
Author and designer HELGA ARNALDS
Director and co-author CHARLOTTE BÖVING
Co-authors and actors SÓLVEIG GUÐMUNDSDÓTTIR and SVEINN ÓLAFUR GUNNARSSON
Composer MARGRÉT KRISTÍN BLÖNDAL
Lightdesign BJÖRN BERGSTEINN GUÐMUNDSSON

The artists behind the performance are Erlend Auestad Danielsen (NO), Sophie Fetokaki (CY), Anni-Kristiina Juuso (Sápmi), Mari Keski-Korsu (FIN), Emma Langmoen (NO), Júlía Mogensen (IS) Riikka Vuorenmaa (FIN) and Jacob Zimmer (CAN / WHITEHORSE).

Lunch / Hádegisverður is a production by the Northern Network for Performing Arts. Through the project the network supports artistic work in the High North region, fosters new regional relations within the performing arts field and builds bridges between art communities.

The network is coordinated by four contributing organisations: Cycle Music and Art Festival (IS), Nuuk Nordisk Kulturfestival (GL), RadArt – nettverk for fri scenekunst (NO) and Silence Festival / Hiljaisuus-festivaali (FIN).