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SNOW AND SAND

Can you live on a lie?

Snow and Sand won the Manuscript Award for Children and Young People 2020 for a strong idiom and a simple staging by Danish Playwrights. The performance revolves around divorce and loneliness in a story about the boy Johan, who uses his imagination as a way out. But what happens when his imagination can’t be controlled?

Johan has lost his key and is locked out. When will his mother come home? Darkness descends over the snow in the apartment building. His mother works all the time, and his parents no longer live together. Johan has to fend for himself as best he can. He uses his imagination to create meaning in life. Because if you make a story in your head about the things that happen in life, reality is actually not so bad. There are snowballs and love, betrayals and revelations.

Free tickets for schools and institutions in the Municipality of Copenhagen
Through the “En for alle-ordningen”, it is possible for schools and institutions in the Municipality of Copenhagen to book free group tickets for this show. Contact ZeBU at billet@zebu.nu for booking. Remember to note the school’s name and grade level, desired performance date and time, and contact information by email and telephone.

From 10 years

Performance Dates October 5th – 8th 2026

Duration 50 min.

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CREDITS

Idea, playwright and actor Carl Martin Norén
Director Jørgen Carlslund
Consultant Jan Overgaard Mogensen
Sound designer Asger Kudahl
Photographer Sonja Lovdal
Trailer A Drenna Production

»WITH JUST A FEW MEANS CARL MARTIN NORÉN BRINGS FORTH A TOUCHING STORY ABOUT A FRAGILE UPBRINGING, WHERE HE UNFOLDS OUR 12-YEAR-OLD MAIN CHARACTER’S EMOTIONS WITHOUT TOO MANY GROWN UP EXPLANATIONS.« 

Gudrun Hagen, Teateravisen