“Matthías works with great skill on both form and text, delivering a poignant and entertaining production about a tricky subject matter"
Síðustu dagar Sæunnar (Last Days of Sæunn)
By Matthías Tryggvi Haraldsson
Premiered in Borgarleikhúsið, Reykjavik, October 2022
Winner of Play of the Year 2023 at Gríman, the Icelandic Theater and Performance Awards
Both lead actors nominated for their roles at Gríman, the Icelandic Theater and Performance Awards
Translated to Danish by Kim Lembek, with support from Performing Arts Iceland.
Official Eurodram 24 selection.
Everybody dies – and even Sæunn. Sæunn who can't be bothered to knit anymore, who regrets not making more memories, who clings desperately to the memories she did have time to make. Sæunn who doesn't know who gets the Persian rug they bought in '97. Sæunn who asks when her son will be around. Síðustu dagar Sæunnar is a bittersweet play about intimacy and distance, death, mashed old-peoples-home food and the search for contentment.
Author:
Matthías Tryggvi Haraldsson
Director:
Una Þorleifsdóttir
Actors:
Guðrún Gísladóttir, Snorri Engilbertsson, Jóhann Sigurðarson
Set and costumes:
Elín Hansdóttir
Music :
Gísli Galdur Þorgeirsson
Soundscape:
Þorbjörn Steingrímsson
Lights:
Pálmi Jónsson
Make up:
Elín S. Gísladóttir
Photographs:
Grímur Bjarnason
