Creative Summer Jobs – Laugh and Cry / On a Ladder
The theatre group Laugh and Cry, consisting of Daði Víðisson, Grímur Smári Hallgrímsson and Katla Yamagata, is working this year as part of the Creative Summer Jobs in Hafnarfjörður on the radio play. On the verge. Its aim is to capture the summer of 2026 in Hafnarfjörður in an audible form.
On the verge is a radio play that captures the summer of 2026 in Hafnarfjörður in an audible form. The project for the summer is to collect sentences and conversations that the group hears in public and turn them into a radio play that captures the atmosphere in Hafnarfjörður this summer. The theatre group Laugh and cry, consists of Daði Víðisson, Grímur Smári Hallgrímsson and Katla Yamagata.
The play will be a time capsule for the summer, and future generations will be able to access it at the Hafnarfjörður Library and on the group's website. We want to draw attention to the theatre, or in this case, radio drama, which is all around us if we decide to notice it.
We strongly encourage you to follow this fun and creative theatre group. Here on Instagram, as well as attending the closing party on the 6th of August. Everyone is welcome.
About Creative Summer Jobs 2026
In the summer of 2021, the Municipality of Hafnarfjörður, in collaboration with the town's youth centre, Hamarinn, decided to revive the “Creative Summer Jobs” project, which had been run in the summer of 2017. Individuals and groups aged 18-25 were invited to submit ideas for creative projects in Hafnarfjörður. Selected groups were given the opportunity to work on various creative projects in different areas of the arts, which would also liven up the town's social life and delight tourists and residents in one way or another. The staff of the Creative Summer Jobs, run as part of the Hafnarfjörður Work School, are tasked with bringing the town to life, making it more fun, beautiful and diverse with artistic and creative events. The projects are varied and appeal to different age groups and interests.
This year, there are nine diverse projects operating as part of the Creative Summer Jobs scheme, and they will be presented weekly throughout the summer.