Young and Sexy – Creative Summer Jobs

The members Kolbeinn Sveinsson and Einar Baldvin
This summer, as part of Creative Summer Jobs, Brimar Þórðarson has been working on a script for an Icelandic musical about a young person.
people who will bear the name Young and Sexy. The musical's name comes from the song Young
and sexy, by the band Kef LAVÍK.

The idea of
The musical has been simmering for over two years.

The idea for the musical
it happened just over two years ago, when they were students at
Flensburg School, but since then the idea has developed and is now slowly but surely being implemented.
become a reality. As it is, they are working hard to fine-tune
The work. The first and second drafts of the musical are in, and they are halfway through the third draft.

The musical Young and Sexy
It's basically a full-length jukebox musical, but there are musicals in it.
as the music consists of well-known songs, instead of original compositions. The music will be
will be a focal point in the performance and will include Icelandic hip hop and pop songs
from the last fifteen years. Among them are; She's got the hang of it.
(Friðrik Dór), Shooting stars (Gabriel, Opee, Valdimar Guðmundsson), The heart
took a leap (Raven), Out into space (Bears), It always brightens up
(Kristmundur Axel) and Quiet Cowboy (Bríet) provided that they get permission
the authors' permission to use the songs in the show.

Creative writing in
direct

Those interested can follow
these ever-writing authors live at the Pallett café in Hafnarfjörður on
between 10 and 2 pm every Monday and Wednesday until the end of July. There they offer people to
sit down with them for a casual chat which more often than not ends with someone
A new idea creeps into the work. It is possible to monitor daily tasks and
the antics of Kolbeinn and Einar Baldvin on their Instagram page.