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The Paradox of Happiness

Every performer in the house is there as her- or himself and you are encouraged to participate as yourself. You choose how much, you want to invest in the experience. Whether you are ready for an emotionally bungee jumping, or whether you prefer to experience from a gentle and observing place is up to you. Only you know what you long for.

In the search for happiness you can explore aspects as hidden generosity, community, observation of thoughts, focused deed, sensuality, ferocity and silence. Here are no answers; the performers of the universe are themselves as searching as the guest visiting them. At the same tide – incorporated in this search lies an ancient paradox: Isn’t it so that the more you seek out happiness, the less it seems to allow itself to be captivated? Is happiness only found in small moments of inattentiveness? And how then do you create inattentiveness consciously?? The Happiness Paradox is a Human Specific performance created by artistic director Nullo Facchini in collaboration with an international team of performers and a production team – together they all stand behind the original design of the aesthetic and auditory universe.

  • Reviews
    This critic left with a sense of great curiosity. It was like a dream in which you blindly accept bizzare factors.
    The Happiness Paradox’ is an individual tour de force, but it is in the interaction between performer and the other spectators that you expand your horizon.
    It is an ambitious task to venture into the audience members personal explorations of the concept of happiness. This is, nonetheless, what Egnsteatret embarks on. They succeed through a tight staging concept to keep the focus on specific and sensuous tasks and spaciousness that provide space for an aesthetic reflection.
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  • Credits
    Idea and concept
    Nullo Facchini
    Director
    Nullo Facchini
    Production manager
    Jens Pauli Dam
    Director’s assistant
    Catrine Bek
    Performeres
    Kaja Mærk Egeberg, Siri Facchini Haff, Tiziana Francchiolla, Thomas Leth, Sabrina Martin, Anne Nyboe, Karolina Pietrzykowska, Rasmus Malling, Lykke Skov, Maria Stoyanova, Mette Kathrine Mortensen, Valdemar Schultz Andreasen, Merethe Christiansen, Marc Facchini, Asbjørn Olsen, Nina Essendrup
    Scenography and costume design
    Catia Hauberg Engel
    Scenographer’s assistant
    Camilla Calundann
    Light design
    Adalstein Stefansson
    Technician
    Jens Peter Jensen
    Tailor
    Hanne Mørup
    Intern
    Pernille Malou Konzack
  • Supporters
    • State Art Fund
    • Vordingborg municipality
    • Nordea Funds
    • Oticon Funds

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