Leonora Christina - Sandhedens dronning
“Leonora Christina - Sandhedens dronning” by Christian Lollike was performed at Aarhus theater in 2022. The role of Leonora Christina was performed by Nanna Bøttcher.
Anne Laybourn was nominated for the Danish Reumert Award for “Best ensemble actor” for the role of Queen Kristina of Sweden.
300 years after her death, the royal rebel and disgrace of Denmark, Leonora Christina, makes a return to tell the truth about what really happened through a play at Aarhus theater.
We follow her life story through the innocent years of youth, her meeting with Corfitz Ulfeldt and the incredible story of how she fights for the throne to become the next queen of Denmark - and her years of captivity in solitude in the Blue Tower, accused of treason to the State of Denmark.
Is her performance an act of truth or deception? Was she a genius robbed of power because of her gender in a history written by men? Or was she a entitled criminal fighting only for her own gain? Or maybe she was all of those things - and more?
“"Nanna Bøttchers Leonora stjæler hele scenen. Hun er mor, kone, datter. Hun er begavet, grisk, sexet, egenrådig, stærk, faldefærdig, og nuanceret, som kvinder sjældent får lov til at være i teatret."”
“"Et nuanceret, moderne og feministisk portræt af en kongedatter, der med intelligens og frygtløshed balancerer på en tvivlsom knivsæg mellem personligt magtbegær, hovmodig grådighed og kompromisløs loyalitet"”
- Knud Overgaard Pedersen, “Leonora Christina - Sandhedens dronning”, Kop kultur
“Forestillingen har sine helt egne greb på historien. Man kan vel bedst beskrive den som noget, der starter med lette, komiske greb og så eskalerer mod det decideret farceagtige, for derefter at skifte stil til en mere skrabet og eksistentiel fortælling, der slutter med den afpillede, men dog stærke kvinde. Fredrik Longvas instruktion styrer denne forandring stramt og præcist. Den doserer bevægelsen fra komedien over farcen til en enkelhed med elegante overgange, der danner rammer for den krævende hovedrolle som Nanna Bøttcher fremstiller fremragende.”
- Janek Szatkowski, “Magtens blå rum”, Peripeti.dk
LEONORA CHRISTINA
- Sandhedens dronning
by Christian Lollike
Directed by: Fredrik Longva
Scenography and costume design: David Gehrt
Lighting design: Súni Joensen
Sound universe: The Overheard - Marie Højlund & Morten Riis
Guitar-arrangements & musician: Jakob Bangsø
Compositions: Astrid Sonne
Choreography consultant: Marie Brolin-Tani
WITH
Nanna Bøttcher, Kjartan Hansen, Anne Plauborg, Emil Busk Jensen, Anne Laybourn, William Jacobsen Halken, Jakob Bangsø
Production photos by Emilia Therese & Rumle Skafte
More information at Aarhus theater
