Christian Lollike (born 20 April 1973) is a Danish

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and

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of Sort/Hvid (formerly

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) in

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. Lollike is working with

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and

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in theaters, public areas and virtual platforms. He has made theater, film, musicvideo, opera, dance and art interventions. He often uses current political events in his work.

Career

Lollike studied playwrighting at

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in Aarhus in 2001. He had his debut as playwright at

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with Operation: Louise and Ferdinand in 2002. In 2005 he became resident playwright and director at Aarhus Theater. Here he, among other things, created the play Nathan (without title), that was written for

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. In 2009 he became leader of playwrighting at

together with Mads Thygesen. In July 2011 he took up the position as artistic director of

(now Sort/Hvid) in Copenhagen. He has also written the play ''The Normal Life'', that has been performed in i.a. Germany, Austria and Sweden, and the plays ''The wonder - the re-mohammed-ty show'' and ''Cosmic Fear'', that has been performed in France and

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, Canada. In addition ''The wonder - the re-mohammed-ty show'' was produced for Danish Radio Drama. In 2012 Lollike got a lot of media coverage with the play ''Manifesto 2083'', that is based directly on

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's manifesto in relation to the terrorist attack in

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, the

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. Lollikes reinterpretation of the classic Danish play Erasmus Montanus by

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was performed first at Aarhus Theater in 2017 and was later restaged at

Østre Gasværk Teater Østre Gasværk Teater is a theatre in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark, located in an abandoned gasholder house of the former Østre Gasværk (‘Eastern Gasworks’). The theatre is constructed within the masonry shell that used t ...

in Copenhagen in 2018. and at

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, Norway.

Honours

Christian Lollike has been nominated several times for awards, of which he has won several of them, including a Reumert in 2009 as Playwright of the Year for Cosmic Fear and three

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s in 2013: Playwright of the Year for Skakten, Manifesto 2083 and Kagefabrikken, The Jury's Special Award for Manifesto 2083 and Performance of the Year for ''Skakten''. In 2016, Christian Lollike received Teaterporkalen for his work with Living Dead. In 2017 Lollike's critically acclaimed adaptation of Erasmus Montanus received three Reumert Awards.. These include Theater Performance of the Year 2017, Male Leading Role of the Year 2017, and Stage Design of the Year 2017. The same year Living Dead received the Reumert Jury's special Prize.

Works

*''Blindness'', Sort/Hvid (teater), Aarhus Teater and Teater Momentum *''DON JUAN'', Sort/Hvid (teater), 2019 *''Erasmus Montanus'', Østre Gasværk 2019 *''Aladdin, or The wonderful lamp'', Royal Danish Theatre 2018 *''White Nigger, Black Madonna'', Sort/Hvid (teater) 2018 *''Revolution'', Aarhus Teater og Sort/Hvid (teater) 2018 *''Hospital'', Aarhus Teater og 2018 *''Erasmus Montanus'', Århus Teater 2017 *''Living Dead'', Århus Teater and Sort/Hvid 2016 *''Uropa'', Royal Danish Theatre and Sort/Hvid, 2016 *''We are not real'', Sort/Hvid and Aarhus Festuge, 2015 *''Leaves'', Sort/Hvid and Copenhagen Opera Festival, 2015 *''The Provocateur'', Sort/Hvid, 2015 *''In Contact'', Sort/Hvid and Corpus, The Royal Danish Ballet, 2014 *''The Puppet Party''
The Puppet Party. 2014-2015 *''The Apostles of Nationalism'', 2014 *''All My Dreams Come True'', CaféTeatret og Aarhus Teater 2013 *''Kagefabrikken'', Det Kgl. Teater 2013 *''The Shaft or Gerhards adventure'', CaféTeatret og Aarhus Teater 2013 *''Manifesto 2083'', CaféTeatret og Dramatikkens Hus, Oslo 2012 *''Project Farming'', CaféTeatret 2012 *''The Normal Life'', CaféTeatret og Aarhus Teater 2011 *''Romeo & Julie'', Aarhus Teater 2010 *''The History of the Future'', The Royal Danish Theater and Aarhus Teater 2009 *''Undskyld, gamle, hvor finder jeg tiden, kærligheden og den galskab der smitter...?'' *''The Meat Carousel'', Aarhus Teater (2009) *''Cosmic fear or the day Brad Pitt got Paranoia'', Aarhus Teater 2008 *''Nathan (without titel)'', Aarhus Teater 2007 *''Grace was here'', dramatization of von Triers Dogville, Kaleidoskop 2007 *''Suicide Service'', Aarhus Teater 2006 (nominated for a Reumert prize as Best Dramatist) *''Himlen over os'', Edison 2005 *''The wonder – the re-Mohammed-ty show'', Katapult and radio play, DR 2005 *''Afrikas Stjerne'', Bådteatret 2004 *''Faust og Reklamekabaretten'', Aarhus Teater 2004 *''Sexy Sally'', Katapult 2004 *''Pas på din lænestol!'', DR 2003, radio play *''Operation: Luise og Ferdinand'', Aarhus Teater 2002, (nominated for a Reumert Prize as Best Dramatist) *''Gensyn i Braunau'', Midtvejsprojekt 1999

References

External links

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