The Festivals 2008-2024

LÓKAL 2008

Nature Theater of Oklahoma (USA): No Dice

New York City Players (USA): Ode To the Man Who Kneels

Vivarium Studio (FR): L’Effet de Serge

Draumasmiðjan (IS): Óþelló, Desdemóna og Jagó

Sokkabandið (IS): Hér og nú

Erna Ómarsdóttir og Lieven Dousselare (IS/BE): The Talking Tree. 

 

LÓKAL 2009

Borgarleikhúsið (IS): Dauðasyndirnar

Mindgroup (IS): Þú ert hér

Þjóðleikhúsið (IS): Utan gátta

Ég og vinir mínir (IS): Húmanímal

Herbergi 408 (IS): Ódauðlegt verk um stríð og frið, Ódauðlegt verk um samhengi hlutanna, Ódauðlegt verk um stjórn og stjórnleysi

Fishamble (IE): Forgotten

Kviss Búmm Bang (IS): Eðlileikarnir

UP&COMING:

Hlynur Páll Pálsson (IS): Homo absconditus

Leifur Þór Þorvaldsson (IS): Feedback

Ástbjörg Rut Jónsdóttir (IS): Red

 

LÓKAL 2010

Rimini Protokoll (DE): Black Tie

De Utvalgte (NO): The Dream

16 Elskendur (IS): Nígerusvindlið

Kviss Búmm Bang (IS): The Great Group of Eight

Teater Får 302 (DA): The Dwarf

Teatr Weimar (SE): Ibsendeconstruction I: Ghosts

Nya Rampen (FI): The Exception

 

LÓKAL 2011

Herbergi 408 & Mobile Homes (IS): School of Transformation

Ingibjörg Magnadóttir, Freya Olafson, Arne McPherson & Friðgeir Einarsson (IS/CA):           The Island

Ég og vinir mínir (IS): Verði þér að góðu

Verk Produksjoner (NO): Eternal Smile

Oblivia (FI): Entertainment Island 1,2,3

2boysTV (CA): Phobophilia

Aldrei óstelandi (IS): Fjallaeyvindur

Up&Coming (IS):

Aude Busson: Svörður fyrir sálina

Tyrfingur Tyrfingsson: Grande

Ragnheiður Harpa Leifsdóttir: Dagskrá um eldingar

Núna/Now (CA): Now/Núna. Gestahátíð frá Winnipeg. Artists: Debby Patterson, Jaimz Asmundson, Jeremy Pillipow, Matthew Holm, Paul Butler.

 

LÓKAL 2012

Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir (IS): Kameljónið

Jared Gradinger og Angela Schubot (DE): What They are Instead of

Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir (IS/BE): Variations on Closer

Amy Conroy (IE): I ❤️Alice ❤️I

Brokentalkers (IE): The Blue Boy

Friðgeir Einarsson (IS): Blokkin

Mind Group (IS) : Map of the World

Kviss Búmm Bang (IS): Downtown 24/7

 

LÓKAL 2013 (21.08-01.09)

Verk Produksjoner (NO): Build Me A Mountain,

Juha Valkeapää (FI): Executed Storiessem

Kriðpleir (IS): Tiny Guy

Theatre Replacement (CA): Winners&Losers

Brogan Davison og Pétur Ármannsson (IS): Dance for Me

Ragnheiður Harpa Leifsdóttir (IS): Tómið/Void

GRAL (IS): Óðurinn

Diederik Peeters (BE): Red Herring

 

LÓKAL 2014:

Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir (IS/BE): Blind Spotting

Pétur Ármannsson og Brogan Davison (IS): Petra

Vala Höskuldsdóttir (IS): Gudda, an epic tale

Óskabörn ógæfunnar & Borgarleikhúsið (IS): Bláskjár

Aude Busson (IS): Ég elska Reykjavík

Dóra Jóhannsdóttir (IS): Haraldurinn

Kviss Búmm Bang (IS): Flækjur

 

Everybordy´s Spectacular 2015 (curated by LÓKAL and Reykjavík Dance Festival)

Zachary Oberzan (USA): Tell Me Love is Real

Florentina Holzinger og Vincent Riebeek (DE): Schönheitsabend

Ásrún Magnúsdóttir (IS): Grrrrrrls

Margrét Bjarnadóttir (IS): Opening drum performance

Halla Ólafsdóttir (SE): Gizelle

Herbergi408 (IS): Ódauðlegt verk um ást og ástleysi, Ódauðlegt verk um stjórn og stjórnleysi, Ódauðlegt verk um samhengi hlutanna, Ódauðlegt verk um draum og veruleika.

Thom Luz (CH): When I Die

Melkorka Magnúsdóttir (IS): Milky Whale

Kriðpleir (IS): Krísufundur

Snæbjörn Brynjarsson (IS): Series of Novels Never Written

Marta Nordal (IS): Nazanin

Macho Man

Anna Kolfinna Kuran (IS): Bríet

Borralho & Galante (PT): Atlas

Gígja Jónsdóttir (IS): The Drop Dead Diet

Stina Nyberg (SE): Splendour

Ragnheiður Harpa Leifsdóttir (IS): Söngur krananna

Dustin Harvey og Adrienne Wong (CA): Landline

Íslenski dansflokkurinn (IS): Blæði: obsidian pieces

Björn Leó Brynjarsson (IS): Frami

 

Everybody’s Spectacular 2016 (curated by LÓKAL and Reykjavík Dance Festival)

Peaches (CA): Peaches Christ Superstar

Sómi Þjóðar (IS): Just Pretend I´m not here

Aðalbjörg Árnadóttir og Ylfa Ösp Áskelsdóttir (IS): It´s Volleyball Hallelujah

Íslenski dansflokkurinn (IS): Double Bill: What a Feeling (Halla Ólafsdóttir/Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir) and The Valley (Rósa Ómarsdóttir/Inga Huld Hákonardóttir)

Hljómsveitin Eva (IS): Glæðingamessa

Magnea Björk Valdemarsdóttir (IS): If You Only Knew ... Ef þú bara vissir...

Dance for Me & Olga Sonja Thorarensen (IS): Stripp

Erna Ómarsdóttir/Valdimar Jóhannsson (IS): Hidden Moments in Nature: A Sacrifice Event

Innra Eyrað (IS): Lazaretto

Verk Produksjoner (NO): Beat the Drum

The Iceland Love Corporation (IS): Psychography

Theatre Replacements (CA): Town Criers

Contact Gonzo (JP)

Under Influence

 

Everybody’s Spectacular 2017 (curated by LÓKAL and Reykjavík Dance Festival)

Brogan Davison (IS): The Brogan Davison Show

Elina Pirenen (FI): Personal Symphonic Moment

Brokentalkers (IE): Have I No Mouth

Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir (IS/BE): Spotted

The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein (UK): Notorious

Gerald Kurdian (BE): Hot Bodies

Ásrún Magnúsdóttir & Alexander Roberts (IS): Listening Party

Ragnar Ísleifur Bragason & Ragnheiður Maisól (IS): Guided Tour

Steinunn Ketilsdóttir (IS): Overstatement/Oversteinunn

Bára Sigfúsdóttir (IS): Being

Iceland Dance Company (IS): No Tomorrow by Ragnar Kjartansson, Margrét Bjarnadóttir and Bryce Dessner.

Kviss Búmm Bang (IS): Horfin heimili

 

Everybody’s Spectacular 2018 (curated by LÓKAL and Reykjavík Dance Festival)

Superamas (FR): Chekov – Fast & Furious

Marble Crowd (IS): Moving Mountains

Krista Burane (LV) & Andy Field (UK): Nocturne

Ragnar Ísleifur Bragason (IS): Gamli

Sarah Vanhee (BE): Lecture for Everyone

Styrmir Örn Guðmundsson (IS): Gjörningahátíð

Stertabenda (IS) & Amalie Olsen (DK): Insomnia

Samira Elagoz (FI/EG): Cock, Cock…Who is There?

Kolbeinn Hugi Höskuldsson (IS): Secret of the Ooze

PME ART / Jacob Wren (CA): Authenticity is a Feeling

Margrét Bjarnadóttir (IS): Movement

 Tim Darbyshire (AU): Significant Encounters

GRAL (IS): Svartlyng

16 elskendur (IS): Leitin að tilgangi lífsins

Dana Michel (CA): Mercurial George

 

After four spectacular festivals with Reykjavík Dance Festival under the title “Everybody´s Spectacular” LÓKAL went back to the basics. In order to focus on the local independent performance scene, we hired Eva Rún Snorradóttir as a programmer and she valiantly put together six editions of LÓKAL, 2019-2024. In addition to the live performances and workshops LÓKAL published A collection of manuscripts, scripts fragment and working methods of performing artists in Reykjavík (2009-2020).

The following artists showed work in progress and some full fletched productions in those editions:

Andrea Vilhjálmsdóttir

Eirún Sigurðardóttir

Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir

Margrét Bjarnadóttir

Snæfríður Sól Gunnarsdóttir

Ólöf Ingólfsdóttir

Aðalbjörg Árnadóttir

Ylfa Áskelsdóttir

Janus Bragi Jakobsson

Loji Höskuldsson

Íris Stefanía Skúladóttir

Steinunn Knúts Önnudóttir

Friðgeir Einarsson

Svanhvít Júlíusdóttir

Leikfélagið PólíS

Ragnheiður Harpa Leifsdóttir

Iggy Malmborg

Hrefna Lind Lárusdóttir

Búi Bjarmar Aðalsteinsson

Ragnar Ísleifur Bragason

Sviðslistahópurinn JHM

Hallveig Kristín Eiríksdóttir

Selma Reynisdóttir

Birnir Jón Sigurðsson

Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir

Embla Guðrúnar Ágústsdóttir

Nína Hjálmarsdóttir

Viktoría Blöndal

Eva Halldóra

Pétur Eggertsson

Kriðpleir

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