SAAL Biennaal 2025 | Alexander Roberts, Ásrún Magnúsdóttir "Teenage Songbook of Love and Sex"

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Pop music and true stories about youth, sex and gender.

Working with teenagers from Reykjavik, Iceland, the Teenage Choir of Love and Sex sing songs they have written themselves based on their own romantic and sexual experiences. In this musical show, the young people themselves take the floor about love and sexuality. Each time, local peers join the Icelandic choir to write and sing songs with them. In this melodious ode to the coming-of-age love and sexuality are represented in all forms and colours.

They sing for themselves and each other. They sing for love, curiosity and heartbreak. They sing for every virgin, every slut and every thirsty bitch – so they never need to feel alone again.

Teenagers and music are made for each other. The songs we listen to in our youth, and the stories they tell, determine how we come to understand ourselves and the world around us, separating right from wrong. But what if all heteronormative pop songs were about something different? Based on stories told by youths, A Teenage Songbook of Love and Sex seeks new ways to talk and think about love, gender, and sex.

Concept and Creation: Ásrún Magnúsdóttir and Alexander Roberts
Musical direction and composition: Teitur Magnússon
Co-authors and performers: Lísbet Sveinsdóttir, Marta Ákadóttir, Salóme Júlíusdóttir, Ísafold Kristín, Katla Sigurðardóttir Snædal, Kolfinna Ingólfsdóttir, Oliver Ali, Uloma Osuala, Una Barkadóttir, Karen Nordquist Ragnarsdóttir, Egill Andrason, Haukur Guðnason, Hanna Gréta Jónsdóttir, Sverrir Gauti Svavarsson, Karólína Einarsdóttir, Anna Bíbí Wium Axelsdóttir, Þór Ari Grétarsson, Monika Lárusdóttir, Fannar Árni Ágústsson, Chisom Osuala.
Choir-conductors: Sigríður Soffía Hafliðadóttir and Aron Steinn Ásbjarnarson

Premieres: Meteor Festival, BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway and Reykjavík Dance Festival, Tjarnarbío, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Co-produced by: BIT Teatergarasjen, Teenagers in Reykjavík, Reykjavík Dance Festival, the Nordic Residency Platform, NORDBUK and apap - Performing Europe 2020 which is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union

Duration: 55’
In English

Contains references to sexual abuse and self-harm/suicide.

The performances are accessible by wheelchair. If possible, please let us know in advance if you are coming with a mobility aid!
The performance on 29.08 has Estonian sign language translation.