SOLASTALGIA is a sci-fi vocal performance that unfolds at dusk, in the wild landscape of Sydhavnstippen—one of Copenhagen’s few untamed and partially protected natural areas. You are invited into a near future, guided by Arcadia, a nomadic community that has emerged in the aftermath of societal collapse. With wild voices, ritual gestures, and immersive presence, they lead you through an alternative world shaped by loss, resilience, and longing.
The performance is unique each evening. Dogs, alpacas, or passersby may unexpectedly join the cast. Small audience groups are guided on parallel paths, offering multiple ways of encountering the story.
Solastalgia—the title—names the homesickness we feel while still at home, when our familiar environment begins to change beyond recognition. In this work, inspired by the tradition of professional mourning women, the performers sing their longing for a lost world, for home, for healing.
Originally presented as a 48-hour durational work in 2021, SOLASTALGIA returns in a new form—an encounter with voice, grief, and wild nature.
Credits
Director, playwright & performer: Madeleine Kate McGowan / Set design: Dicki Lakha / Composers: Paulina Miu Kühling & Francesca Burattelli / Costume design: Anna Hanghøj / Fiction consultant: Srećko Horvat / Performers: Aaron Scherer, Lucie Cure, Linh Le, Lea Gregersen, Anastasia Krasnoshchoka, Anastasia Karkazis, Emilie Lærkner / Vocal coach & performer: Paulina Miu Kühling / Song producer (1 song): Anton Falck / Production manager: Desmond Church / Performance manager: Laura Sylvester Walters / Stage manager: Sven August Buse / Prop designer: Lisa Jürgensen / Set design assistant: Rebecca Bruus / Builders: Marianne Femerling, Sarina Bosio / Manager: Lea Nelhorf / Photography: Marine Gastineau / Video/stills: Thomas Hyttel
Supported by: Augustinus Fonden, Knud Højgaards Fonden, William Demant Fonden, Koda Dramatik, NXT, Copenhagen’s Performing Arts Committee.
Photo credits: Thomas Hyttel
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