Þöglar byltingar (2024)
by Magnús Thorlacius
Directed by Magnús Thorlacius
Ungleikur - Reykjavík City Theatre (2021)
RVK Fringe Festival - Tjarnarbíó Theatre, Reykjavík (2024)
Tvíhleypan - Tjarnarbíó Theatre, Reykjavík (2025)
Það er ekkert raunverulegt lengur.
Það er allt bara eitthvað snjall feik eitthvað.
Síðustu ár hafa þöglar byltingar gjörbreytt hversdagslífi borgarinnar. Sjálfsafgreiðslukassar í öllum búðum. Hjólastígar. Frisbígolfvellir um allt land. Algorithmar sem stjórna öllu sem við gerum og hugsum. Hopp hjól út um allt. Ætli síðasta þögla byltingin sé þögnin sem mun ríkja yfir hjónabandinu? Getur ógeðslegt fólk fundið hamingjuna á ný?
Þöglar byltingar (Quiet Revolutions) is an provocative one-act play about unhappy people reminiscing about their lives on their wedding day. We dive into and under the silence that characterizes their relationship, while their five year old child snoops around excited for the upcoming celebration. It premiered in Tjarnarbíó Theatre in the summer of 2024 as part of RVK Fringe Festival, and was performed again the following winter as part of Tvíhleypan, a theatre festival for shorter plays. It had originally been selected to be performed as part of Ungleikur 2021, a theatre festival with plays from 16-25 year old playwrights at The Reykjavík City Theatre.
Duration: 40 minutes.
Playwright and director:
Magnús Thorlacius
Actors:
Berglind Halla Elíasdóttir, Hólmfríður Hafliðadóttir, Fjölnir Gíslason/Ari Freyr Ísfeld Óskarason
Light design:
Magnús Thorlacius
Special thanks:
Annalísa Hermannsdóttir, Guðmundur Felixson, Guðbjörg Bergmann Skarphéðinsdóttir, Natalía Gunnlaugsdóttir, Sverrir Gauti Svavarsson, Ungleikur, Móeiður Helgadóttir
Photos by:
Hafsteinn Snær Þorsteinsson
Performed at:
Tjarnarbíó Theatre, Reykjavík (Jun 2024)
Tjarnarbíó Theatre, Reykjavík (Apr 2025)