The Warmhouse - a staged reading & Danish supper club

About

The Warmhouse
by Anna Bro
translated by Paul Russell Garrett

Somewhere in Denmark, former fishermen and other colourful characters continue to frequent the local port establishment even though the last ship has long since left the harbour. Outside there is no fishing industry left and the harbour has been taken over by landlubbers – inside the fishermen continue to show up at 5 a.m. for their first beer of the day and tell stories from the good old days. Things slowly begin to change one day when a young girl and her boyfriend stumble in from the cold seeking shelter.

Who are these people and why do they keep returning when there is nothing left for them to do? How do they react when everything around them starts to change? And where would they all go if the warmhouse were to close one day?

The Warmhouse is a simultaneously heartrending and heartwarming play about belonging, about our need for community and a sense of place.

*Danish Dinner Theatre*
In collaboration with Nyborg’s Kitchen, we have put together a Danish Dinner Theatre experience where traditional Danish Smørrebrød will be served on Nyborg’s delicious homemade rye bread, with plenty of cold beers and akvavit on offer in anticipation of the festive season as we listen to the play.

Please visit our website for the full menu.
 

*A Place Called Home*
The Warmhouse is part of our November public creative laboratory titled A Place Called Home which seeks to interrogate the meaning of home through language, translation and theatre in response to the current political climate, media discourse and public debate surrounding Brexit.