Christian Lollike, one of Denmark's most decorated playwrights, turns his sharp satirical eye on the nation's willingness to defend itself. Set in a small northern kingdom that suddenly finds its army has no soldiers, the play asks what it takes to get ordinary people to pull together when conflict comes closer.
Through a knowingly exaggerated fairy-tale world, the production explores rearmament, the shared sense of "we" and what citizens might be prepared to sacrifice. The staging is intense: the performance uses light effects, strobe lighting, smoke and loud sound, so it is a powerful rather than a light evening at the theatre.
