Carsten Jensens speech after the Danish première
“Somehow, I ended up seeing my own novel clearer than I have ever seen it. I somehow felt that you really grasped the essence of it. A strong, daring and for me enlightening interpretation of my own work… Thank you for an amazing, unforgettable evening.”
Listen to the full speech here.
Reviews
***** “We, the drowned’ by Carsten Jensen is a triumph of a theatre-piece (…) a musical powerhouse, full of vigorously compressed images and people who are marked by life. (…) you get the feeling of having lived through something very special – not only because of the vulnerability and the human power that speaks in the story but because of the project in itself.”
Politiken (DK), Monna Dithmer
***** “Moving music-theatre based on a book by Carsten Jensen, but without sentimentality or submissive Couleur Locale. (…) Reality and theatre merge in a brilliant way.”
Kulturkupeen (DK), Ulla
**** “The staging is enticing, clever and quite abstract. (…) The set is in constant movement, like the sea, a wooden floor that is taken apart over and over to become the set again in another formation. (…) It’s a story with multiple layers (…) the musical aspect of the performance is unprecedented and supports the story in a very expressive way.”
Iscene (DK), Rie Hammer
***** “We, the drowned’ is like a dream, where the focus constantly moves. As if you are on a ship and the steering wheel is leading it’s own life, while steering us from one magical experience into the next.”
Fyens (DK), Anette Hyllested
**** “The gorgeous singing voices and the chaotic sound-imagery go straight to the heart.”
Jyllands-Posten (DK), Morten Hede
***** “A grand performance. (…) Judith Vindevogel has succeeded in turning the epic novel ‘We, the drowned’ by Carsten Jensen into a 90-minute musical drama about the sea and the war, togetherness and absence, the alive and the dead. When the young captain Knud Erik has to make the decision to save the large number of drowning castaways or not, the link with the current dilemmas and problems around refugees is quickly made.”
Sceneblog (DK)
