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An unforgettable night of live music and electrifying theatre 

In this special gig-theatre performance, Gate Guest - Danish writer and performer Anika Barkan - and musician Mika Forsling join forces to write a utopian manifesto, complete with rousing protest songs for our current times.

'It is both a performance and a wake-up call' - Young Theater Blood (Denmark)

'Mika's music penetrates the soul' - Playwrite (Denmark)

Together, we can change the world. 

Mika Forsling talks more about the show and his career in our latest blog - read here!

Listen to Mika Forsling's music here:

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evening performances: 7.30pm

all tickets £7.50

running time: approx. 1 hour

Cast & CREATIVES

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Anika Barkan - Writer and Performer
Anika Barkan is a Danish performancemaker, with more than 25 years of experience. She has lived and worked in Japan, New York, South Africa and Palestine, and is now based in Copenhagen. Among others she has studied/worked with Min Tanaka at Body Weather Farm in Japan, Anna Halprin, the SITI Company/Ann Bogart, the Woostergroup in the US and Sibikwa Art Center in Johannesburg/South Africa. She is the co-founder of CoreAct, an innovative inter-disciplinary performance/art ensemble that focuses on social issues with global prospective. She also works as a teacher and facilitator.
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Mika Forsling - Composer and Musician
Mika Forsling is a guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and composer. His work covers a broad spectrum of styles, instruments and live-electronics. Based in Copenhagen his main work is within the groups Lur, Faela, Nuaia, Helt Off and The Madmans Moustache. He also composes, records and perform live-music for theatre, contemporary dance, circus and performance art.
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Cille Lansade – Director and Choreographer
Cille Lansade is a director/choreographer and circus artist. For several years she has been developing a physical and conceptual work on the expression of emotions and the relativity of meanings according to our individual points of views. She graduated from ESAC ( Superior school of Circus) of Brussels and have obtained a master degree in directing from DasArts (Advanced Studies in Theater and performing art) of Amsterdam. In 1999 she founded the Belgium dance company Dorina Fauer with Pierre-Yves de Jonge, in 2015 she became the co-artistic director of the French contemporary circus compagnie Anomalie. Since 2014 she has been the co-artistic director of Château de Monthelon (multidisciplinary residency dedicated to research and artistic creation).
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It is both a performance and a wake-up call ... Anika's presence on stage is beautiful, and she manages, in a honest and personal way- to touch on hard themes as well as bring laughter to the audience
Young Theater Blood
Mika's music penetrates the soul [...] and Anika Barkan's power and energy give a desire and courage to go out and change the world
Playwrite
Anika Barkan is one of the most uncompromising, socially conscious performance artists in Denmark. She is a really good storyteller, and when she talks about her upbringing it is both fascinating and engaging
Sceneblog
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An unforgettable night of live music and electrifying theatre 

In this special gig-theatre performance, Gate Guest – Danish writer and performer Anika Barkan – and musician Mika Forsling join forces to write a utopian manifesto, complete with rousing protest songs for our current times.

‘It is both a performance and a wake-up call’ – Young Theater Blood (Denmark)

‘Mika’s music penetrates the soul’ – Playwrite (Denmark)

Together, we can change the world. 

Mika Forsling talks more about the show and his career in our latest blog – read here!

Listen to Mika Forsling’s music here:

The Gate Theatre Company is a company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales No. 1495543 – Charity No. 280278