{"id":14950,"date":"2022-02-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/thrir-baejarlistamenn-sameina-krafta-sina-i-gaflaraleikhusinu\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:18:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:18:54","slug":"three-local-artists-combine-their-forces-at-the-garrick-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/thrir-baejarlistamenn-sameina-krafta-sina-i-gaflaraleikhusinu\/","title":{"rendered":"Three local artists combine their talents at the Gaflar Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"

The family musical 'Longest Ever' premieres at the Gaflar Theatre<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday 26 February at 1 pm and Sunday 27 February at 1 pm<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Fork Theatre in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/a> The family musical 'Longest Forever' premieres on the weekend of 26th\u201327th February at 1 p.m. The play by Bj\u00f6rk Jakobsd\u00f3ttir, who also directs the show, is based on the award-winning books by Bergr\u00fan \u00cdris S\u00e6varsd\u00f3ttir about the friends Eyja and Ragnar, who become best friends despite a 90-year age gap. The piece deals in a sincere way with friendship, life and death, but the show is full of joy, song, warmth and a heartwarming message. Several performances are sold out and tickets for shows in the coming weeks are on general sale.<\/p>\n

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Twelve talented actors aged seven to ten <\/strong><\/h4>\n

The role of R\u00f6gnvaldur is played by Sigur\u00f0ur Sigurj\u00f3nsson, who has taken on numerous significant roles in the country's theatres and appeared in television and countless films. J\u00fal\u00eda Sara Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir and \u00c1sgr\u00edmur Geir Logason take on various roles, including playing Eyja's parents. Eyja herself is played by two seven-year-old prodigies, Nina S\u00f3lr\u00fan Tamimi and I\u00f0unn Eldeyja Stef\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir. In addition, ten other talented children, aged seven to ten, share roles in the production. The Gaflar Theatre has, from the outset, placed great emphasis on drama education for children and young people, and open auditions were held in the autumn of 2021. Hundreds of children attended the auditions, and it is clear that there is a great deal of interest in the performing arts among the younger generation.<\/p>\n

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A hand-picked team of artistic directors and brand-new Icelandic music<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The music is composed and conducted by M\u00e1ni Svavars, who has composed six new songs with lyrics by Bergr\u00fan \u00cdris, Bj\u00f6rk and himself. The choirmaster is Gu\u00f0laug Dr\u00f6fn \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir and the costume designer is Eva Bj\u00f6rg Har\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir. Fri\u00f0\u00fej\u00f3fur \u00deorsteinsson is responsible for the lighting design. He also handles the set design, together with Bergr\u00fan and Bj\u00f6rk. Graphics were designed by Bergr\u00fan \u00cdris S\u00e6varsd\u00f3ttir. The choreography and stage movements are by Chantelle Carey.<\/p>\n

Three local artists combine their talents at the Gaflar Theatre<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is known for its extensive and diverse cultural life. Sigur\u00f0ur Sigurj\u00f3nsson, Bj\u00f6rk Jakobsd\u00f3ttir and Bergr\u00fan \u00cdris S\u00e6varsd\u00f3ttir all share the distinction of having been appointed as the town artists of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Sigur\u00f0ur on the centenary of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur in 2008, Bergr\u00fan in 2020 after receiving the Icelandic Book Award in the children's and young people's book category for her book Langelstur a\u00f0 eil\u00edfu, and Bj\u00f6rk Jakobsd\u00f3ttir in 2019 for her significant contributions to promoting the cultural life of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and for working with young peopleki to projects that have attracted a great deal of attention.<\/p>\n

Gaflaraleikh\u00fasi\u00f0 is a group of professionals who have been running a theatre on V\u00edkingastr\u00e6ti in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur since 2011, creating dynamic, funny, tragic, lively and visually striking productions, with new Icelandic works always at the forefront of their programming. Gaflaraleikh\u00fasi\u00f0 receives support from the Performing Arts Fund and the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, but agreements with these parties aim to further develop projects for young audiences within the theatre.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fj\u00f6lskyldus\u00f6ngleikurinn Langelstur a\u00f0 eil\u00edfu frums\u00fdndur \u00ed Gaflaraleikh\u00fasinu Laugardaginn 26. febr\u00faar kl. 13 og sunnudaginn 27. febr\u00faar kl. 13 Gaflaraleikh\u00fasi\u00f0 \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i frums\u00fdnir fj\u00f6lskyldus\u00f6ngleikinn Langelstur a\u00f0 eil\u00edfu helgina 26. \u2013 27. febr\u00faar kl. 13. Leikger\u00f0 Bjarkar Jakobsd\u00f3ttur sem jafnframt leikst\u00fdrir s\u00fdningunni er bygg\u00f0 \u00e1 ver\u00f0launab\u00f3kum Bergr\u00fanar \u00cdrisar S\u00e6varsd\u00f3ttur um vinina Eyju og R\u00f6gnvald sem ver\u00f0a bestu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14950"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}