The house where I live

Do you also have a head full of thoughts?
Do you know when the voices inside your head are chattering away and you're not sure which one to listen to?

I The House Where I Live Together with guitarist Søren Ipland and percussionist Benjamin Barfod, Jens Andersen welcomes the rush of thoughts in a brutally honest, self-disclosing, playful, quirky and perhaps even funny musical journey inside actor Jens Andersen's head.
Here you can meet the inner child in the nursery, the black janitor in the coal cellar, and some of the other types - and perhaps archetypes.

In a very special soundscape with a delicious guitar and a sea of percussion instruments that few people know the names of, you get insistent music and a lot of words.

Jens has scribbled down what those inner voices are actually saying and created a special musical universe in which the many words can unfold. The music is co-narrative, creating moods that contribute as much as the words and affect us on a more subconscious level. Music gets us beyond language, out of our heads and speaks to us in a different way.

After the storytelling concert, Jens Andersen invites you to an after talk where he wants to open up a conversation with the audience about all the voices that many of us carry around with us, creating space for us to share our experiences with each other.

By Jens artistically and playfully facilitating a conversation after the storytelling concert, we can together create greater awareness of the thoughts/voices and become better at creating peace of mind by practising choosing on and off in them - going in and out of the spaces where they live.

Cast:

Jens Andersen: Words and Guitar
Although Jens is an actor, the guitar has always been a constant companion.
He graduated in 1995 and has appeared in a multitude of revues, TV series, films and more than 50 plays at the Royal Danish Theatre, Østre Gasværk, Bellevue and others.
In 2010, he received a Bodil statuette for his performance in Ole Bornedal's film 'Free Us From Evil'.
He has performed at storytelling concerts with Storstrøms Kammerensemble and several symphony orchestras, and writes poetry, prose and manuscripts.

Søren Ipland: Guitar
Søren is a guitarist, drummer, singer and troubadour and has played everything from jazz to punk.
Recent projects with Søren as guitarist include the electro-pop band 'Løvehjerte', the solo project 'Hygler', and as sound artist on the sound installation 'Voices from Oddesund', which is registered with the Cultural Heritage Agency at Struer Museum.
At the concert, Søren plays harmonies, noise and effects on his light blue electric guitar and, together with Benjamin Barfod and Jens Andersen, paints the tonal colours in 'Huset hvor jeg bor' 

Benjamin Barfod: Percussion
Benjamin grew up in a world full of jazz, has travelled extensively in India and Africa and plays a variety of unique percussion instruments such as HANG, kalimba, gongs, waterphone and many more. He has played concerts throughout Denmark both solo and with his own band, and has been a guest musician with Alex Riel, Palle Mikkelborg, Pierre Dørge, Clarice Assad, Mathias Heise and Bjarke Falgren.

Manufacturer: Aspendos Theatre

Playwright, author: Jens Andersen