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Grapevine Events: dreymandi hundur, Örvar Smárason, Sakaris & So Much More
It’s that time of the week again! Events aplenty! We just passed the longest day of the year yesterday, the summer solstice, and all we can say is we’re very happy we were up here on dry land, looking at that gorgeous…
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Grapevine Events: Winter Lights Festival, Exhibitions And Gigs
Well, the absolute worst winter month is officially upon us. We are in you, February, and it is awful. If you’re feeling inclined to stay home this weekend, we don’t blame you. But for those who do venture out, there’s plenty to…
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Grapevine Events: Dark Music Days, Pussy Riot, Halfway To Fringe And Super Soaker!
It’s the last weekend of the month, and it’s all set to be a miserable one. Don’t believe us? Check the Met Office. See? Even the nerds think it’s going to be shite. If you’ve just landed in Reykjavík excited for a…
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Choose Wisely: ‘A Study Of Choices’ Wins The RVK Fringe Grapevine Award
Reykjavík Fringe is over for another year: the hubbub around Tjarnarbíó has died down, the flurry of wrist-banded guests marching around 101 have dispersed. Multitudes of posters advertising shows flap impotently in Iðnó. But even with the dust settled, there is still…
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‘Three Men From The North’: The Grapevine’s 2021 Fringe Award Winners Serve Up IKEA, Black Coffee, Saunas & Juggling
The IKEA KALLAX shelving unit stands at 77 centimetres high. With four square shelves and a variety of muted colours, it’s one of those IKEA pieces you’ll find at probably every single house in Scandinavia. That said—it usually holds books and knick-knacks.…
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“It’s Actually All About Friction Everywhere”: RISA On Their Sensory Fringe Experience
RISA is the collaboration between dance and circus artists Riia Kivimäki and Saku Mäkelä. This year, the duo has travelled all the way from Finland to bring some experimental acrobatics to the Reykjavík Fringe Festival stage as part of their new show ‘RISA-Friction’.…
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Mauricio Rodríguez Talks Life In Iceland, His Reykjavík Fringe Show & Quarantine
This year’s Reykjavík Fringe Festival is (as always) full of comedy. One of the shows we’re most excited about is Mauricio Rodríguez’s ‘Anyway…’ at the Secret Cellar. The comedian—a Reykjavík transplant from the Dominican Republic—has been one of the most talked-about on the…
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Want Some Wordplay? Muralist Angry Dan Brings His Limerick Fuelled Art To Reykjavík Fringe
This year’s Reykjavík Fringe Festival features a plethora of multi-media performances, but one of the most unusual will be a new mural painted by artist Angry Dan, known for his large-scale works depicting pitchy limericks and other clever wordplays. Over the festival,…
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Grow That Fringe Out! The Grapevine’s Top Picks For Reykjavík Fringe 2021
After a COVID-friendly 2020 edition, Reykjavík Fringe is back with a vaccine-friendly 2021 program. Yup, we’re talking in-person shows—a heck of a lot of them! For those not in the know, the Fringe Festival is an experimental theatre festival that allows those…
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Just A Small Town Boy: Meet Grapevine Fringe Award Winner Arnór Daði
Silhouetted against the red velvet curtain, mic in hand, Arnór Daði Gunnarsson exudes an irresistible awkward charm. Though you’d never guess it from his easy stage presence, he’s in the midst of his Reykjavík Fringe Festival debut and the premier of his…
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White Hill Tattoo Is Here With A Fringe Pop-Up Parlour
Oh, you thought just because there’s not much international travel right now that Reykjavík Fringe Festival would be cancelled? WRONG! It’s back and wackier than ever, with a week-long showcase featuring the best of local performers along with a selection of special live-streamed acts…
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“Guide To Guiding”: A Fringe Show About When Engagements On Glaciers Become Pedestrian
Oh, you thought just because there’s not much international travel right now that Reykjavík Fringe Festival would be cancelled? WRONG! It’s back and wackier than ever, with a week-long showcase featuring the best of local performers along with a selection of special live-streamed acts…
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‘Opening Up’: A Tale Of Queerness, BDSM, Sex and Self-Acceptance Comes To Fringe
Oh, you thought just because there’s not much international travel right now that Reykjavík Fringe Festival would be cancelled? WRONG! It’s back and wackier than ever, with a week-long showcase featuring the best of local performers along with a selection of special live-streamed acts…
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Flying Through Fringe: “Rebirth” Explores An Unstable World Through The Aerial Arts
Oh, you thought just because there’s not much international travel right now that Reykjavík Fringe Festival would be cancelled? WRONG! It’s back and wackier than ever, with a week-long showcase featuring the best of local performers along with a selection of special live-streamed acts…
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Burlesque Dame Maria Callista Sets The Stage For A Fierce, Elegant Fringe
Oh, you thought just because there’s not much international travel right now that Reykjavík Fringe Festival would be cancelled? WRONG! It’s back and wackier than ever, with a week-long showcase featuring the best of local performers along with a selection of special…
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Arnór Daði Gunnarsson Brings Some Small-Town Comedy To Reykjavík Fringe
Oh, you thought just because there’s not much international travel right now that Reykjavík Fringe Festival would be cancelled? WRONG! It’s back and wackier than ever, with a week-long showcase featuring the best of local performers along with a selection of special…
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Stop Trying To Make Jono Duffy Happen
Relaxing in a booth at Frederiksen Ale House, Jono Duffy, Iceland’s best (and only) gay Australian comedian, is, for lack of a better term, done. As the title of his newest Reykjavík Fringe Festival show—“I’m Tired”—explains, he’s tired. The show will be…
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Reykjavík Fringe Festival: Open That Mother-Fringing Curtain
Last year’s Reykjavík Fringe Festival blew the roof off of Iceland’s alternative theatre scene, and this year, it’s back—bigger, and fringier, than ever. “We have around 100 shows spanning 265 hours of performances happening over just six days,” beams Jessica LoMonaco, production…
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My Voices Have Tourettes: Hannah Bryndís Turns Schizophrenia Into Insightful Humour
Reykjavík Fringe Festival is here in full force and one of the most talked about acts is the collaboration between comedians Dan Zerin, Elva Dögg Hafberg Gunnarsdóttir and Hannah Bryndís Proppé Bailey entitled ‘My Voices Have Tourettes’. Dan and Elva Dögg both…
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A Party Full Of Art: Reykjavík’s First Fringe Festival Is Here
Performers from both Iceland and abroad will gather in Reykjavik this July to offer the city something it’s never seen before: the first ever Reykjavik Fringe Festival. The event will be held in different locations around town from July 4th-8th. Visitors can…
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Music News: Bræðslan Lineup Announcement, New Festival, 12 Tónar Anniversary
The Bræðslan festival, which takes place annually in a fish factory in the remote East Iceland town of Bakkagerði in Borgarfjörður Eystri, has announced its 2018 lineup. Home to just 100 people, the festival sees visitors descend from all over Iceland; this…