About
Toaster is a collaboration between Husets Teater and Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art in Copenhagen. Each year, Toaster curates a program comprising companies and visual and stage artists from Denmark and abroad who experiment with formats and contribute to the development of the performance art field in Denmark.
PERFORMANCE FOR THE NEAR FUTURE
Toaster is a platform for unique interdisciplinary experiments, where conventional thinking and tradition are challenged in favour of new formats and audience encounters. Toaster aims to change the way audiences go to the theatre and to exhibitions by making them curious about what they do not immediately recognize, and by reshaping their expectations of the art experience itself.
A HOME FOR ARTISTS
Toaster is both a home and a driving force for art at the crossroads of theatre, performance, and the visual arts, where artists have great artistic freedom in realizing their works.
Toaster will revitalize the spaces and opportunities for art through the curation of a program in which a series of performances, talks, workshops, and seminars focus on interdisciplinary experiments and knowledge sharing.
INTERNATIONAL WORK
Toaster promotes increased internationalization by re-establishing Copenhagen as part of the flow of international guest performances and by fostering networking between self-producing groups, collaborative scenes, and art institutions abroad.
Contact:
Miriam Frandsen
Head Curator
miriam@toastercph.dk
+45 21 86 51 84
My van Dijk
PR & communication
my@husetsteater.dk
+45 31 41 66 92
Martin Wendelbo
PR & communication
mw@denfrie.dk
+45 42 63 53 27
General inquiries:
info@toastercph.dk
TOASTER is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation with a four-year grant from 2025 to 2029.
Toaster’s spaces
View pdf of the spaces at Den Frie and Husets Teater.
Thoravej 29
Toaster is part of the community at Thoravej 29 – an interdisciplinary working collective consisting of artists, organizations, and initiatives dedicated to creating real societal change.
At Thoravej 29, art, social innovation, sustainability, democracy, and digital rethinking converge in a committed network where cross-disciplinary collaboration is the driving force. It brings together individuals and organizations who share the ambition to challenge conventional thinking and develop new ways of acting and reflecting.
As part of this community, Toaster is rooted in an environment where creativity, critical reflection, and sustainable practice go hand in hand – both in terms of content and in the physical surroundings, which have been created through radical reuse and thoughtful consideration for the future.
International Network
Toaster is a member of the Nordic performing arts network Yggdrasil and serves on its steering committee.
Yggdrasil was founded during the pandemic to strengthen ties between performing arts institutions and independent groups in the Nordic region, and to promote innovation within the sector by sharing knowledge and best practices among professionals. By acting as a connecting platform, Yggdrasil also fosters collaboration among its members, which currently include around 60 performing arts professionals.
In 2023, Yggdrasil received a three-year grant from Nordic Culture Point, enabling the further development of the network and supporting both online and on-site workshops and assemblies. During the grant period, Yggdrasil is coordinated by Hålogaland Teater (Tromsø, Norway), with an operational coordinator based in Helsinki, Finland.