The One That Got Away

Today we have a bitter sweet little larp about a father-son relationship, The One That Got Away by Jamie MacDonald. 

Two men - a father and his adult son - sit in a fishing boat. The only thing they do not talk about is the thing they are burning to talk about. There is also a Spirit/Fish, with whom they can talk about their desire to connect with the other man. 

This is a slow-paced larp where most players are sitting and talking, but can be emotionally intense. Everyone has a father of some description, and this larp directly taps in to the common fantasy that we can truly "complete" our relationship with our father or our child.  

The father and son may be played by players of any age or gender, but they are father and son in character. The third character is a Spirit/Fish, who embodies both the son later in life when he is as old as the father, and the father's father. Players decide in the workshop what the family dynamics have been like, and what the major conflict areas are. 

Say Yes to the Dress

Our next larp up is Say Yes to the Dress by Fredrik Hatlestrand and Anna Emilie Groth.

The larp is inspired by the TV program “Say yes to the dress!”, where
brides find THE dress. In the same way at the larp brides together with their families and friends will find the perfect dress - conquering conflicts, low budgets and strong opinions.

It is a comedy satire where finding the perfect wedding dress is all that matters. No tears of joy, no happiness. "

Dance with me

We are pleased to announce another dance/movement oriented larp - Dance with me, by Alexandre Achour and Nina Runa Essendrop.

‘Dance With Me’ is a larp which explores the concept of support through the fiction of a dance rehearsal leading up to a performance. 

The larp employs a mix between wordless movement scenes and verbal scenes with focus on discussing the dances and how to support each other.

The characters are greated through each player presenting a short dance (which can be more or less improvised). Then the group plays through different scenes exploring how they can support each person's dance thereby generating material for the final performance.

Westwind

Our fourth scenario this year is a near-future dystopia larp inspired by a short story.

‘Westwind’ by Mo Holkar is set in a retro-near-future of economic depression and hardship. Citizens struggle through lives of meaningless daily toil, under a benevolent but remote ruler. But the ruler has a servant, Westwind, who moves secretly among the people, disguised as one of them. And at the end of each day, Westwind reports to the ruler all of the acts of kindness and generosity that they have witnessed being performed – so that those people can be rewarded accordingly.

‘Westwind’ is inspired by the short story of the same name, by Gene Wolfe (1973).

Normal Love

Our third programme item this year is Normal Love by Nina Runa Essendrop. A sweet and poetic non-verbal scenario that is playful and emotional.

In this larp, you explore different kinds of love relations (family, friends and romantic love) in shifting goups or pairs.

Over three acts, you will take part in different groups, and different kinds of dance and movements will be used to express the connections you have.

In addition to explore different kinds of relations, the larp also invites you to explore different qualities of love, being fragile love represented by ballet, passionate love represented by tango and confortable love represented by blues dance.

Dwelling in the Dark

Our second programme item is Dwelling in the Dark by Maren Wolf.

Step into a room where you will be guided through a series of rituals to explore some of the fundamentals of being.

The larp explores the unknown nature of deep time, a concept about the development and interconnectedness of life on earth, the vastness of the universe and the enduring mysteries of time itself. 

The larp will touch on this topic only in a light manner, delicately guiding you through bodily movements, deep listening and ecological imaginations. 

Through a series of rituals you will travel to places on earth where the phenomenon of deep time can be experienced. Forming new languages of world-building and relationship-building you will collectively write and share stories that shall accompany you on this journey. Dwelling in the Dark invites you to be-with and to become-other.

Magic Motown Printer Room

We are happy to start relasing this year's programme, and first larp to be annonuced is Magic Motown Printer Room by Maria Bergmann Hamming, Jeppe Bergmann Hamming and Jesper Heebøll Arbjørn.

We are in a sad and monotone office space. One day, the Spirit of Motown manifests in the office copy machine, and the otherwise boring and meaningless office life gets turned around.

With music and happiness, the spirit breathes life into the dull grey employees and gradually they start to see life from a new perspective. The music makes them free of their emotional restrictions to seek the things they truly desire.

This is a feel-good music larp with song, dance, and a hint of situational comedy.