Stage rehearsals for “Djöfulsins snillingur” have kicked off!

A new black comedy by Reykjavík Ensemble portrays the clash between an artist's identity and an immigrant's reality.  Djöfulsins snillingur is a multilingual fusion of textual, physical, visual, and musical arts, inspired by Dante's "Inferno" and "Babette's Feast" by Karen Blixen. The protagonist, Uriela, a newcomer in Iceland, aspires to audition at the National Circus. Instead of finding her place within the cultural elite, she falls into a circle of tricky application and authentication processes, evaluated by the self-checkout robotic system of Kronan. 

Djöfulsins snillingur is produced by Reykjavík Ensemble in collaboration with Tjarnarbíó. The project is supported by Reykjavíkurborg, Performing Arts Fund, Nordic Culture Point, and Nordic Culture Fund.