Experimental theatre production
Proletar Teater invited sound designers to be part of their workshop, ‘Soniske Sonetter’ (2024) (Sonic Sonets), in which each artist delivered a sound design based on one of Shakespeare’s sonets. The theatre then used the sound designs as a starting point to create an entire performance.
I decided to interpret ‘Sonet nr. 99’, in which the poet accuses flowers of stealing both the beauty and smell of their beloved. There are feelings of sadness, anger, bitterness and loss, which I wanted to reflect in the sound design. Two lines are whispered repeatedly:
“Ormene æder jer og jeres sødme”
( “The worms will eat you and your sweetness” )
“Jeg drukner i jeres sødme”
( “I’m drowning in your sweetness” )
Proletar Teater
Proletar Teater is a laboratory within performance art, looking for new sustainable and conscious ways of creating theatre performances. They allow different resources to control the creative proces and thereby challenge the traditional hierarchies of the theatre.