ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE

‘Orcs & Others’ has free access for all and takes place during opening hours at Husets Teater throughout the biennale.

Orcs & Others / O & O turns the basement bar of Husets Teater into a living LARP-world inhabited by six orc-like bartenders. For one month, the performers follow simple behavioural loops—serving, sweeping, playing games—letting everyday actions drift into fantasy. Guests enter a space where fiction bleeds into reality, and new characters appear through short guest performances. A strange, playful ecosystem unfolds beneath the theatre, open for anyone to step into. 

WATCH OUT FOR THE ORCS & OTHERS OPEN MICS

April 17 at 21.00: Open Mic – With Kim Kim

April 29 at 21.00: Open Mic – With the Weapon Grinder

April 30 at 21.00: Open Mic with Hedera Helix

May 2 at 16.30: Open Mic with LOGEN

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Kristoffer Akselbo is a Danish artist based in Odense, working across performance, sculpture and installation. His practice examines bodily presence, absurdity and ritual through staged and spatial interventions. 

Recent works include Barracuda (2025), a week-long durational performance for Berlin Atonal’s Third Surface programme, and Once I was a Human (2025, Den Frie/Toaster), a performative reflection on dehumanisation in urban space. Akselbo has also presented works at Kunstmuseum Bonn, SMK, Kunsthal Aarhus, Cabaret Voltaire (Zürich), Aspen Art Museum, and Palais de Tokyo (Paris). His solo show WDB2 (2022, Kunsthal Kongegaarden) was awarded by Statens Kunstfond. 

He is the recipient of several distinctions, including a 3-year working grant from Statens Kunstfond, Torjussens Legat (2021), and Aage & Yelva Nimbs Honorary Grant (2024). 

TOASTER PERFORMANCE BIENNALE

In April 2026, Toaster presents Denmark’s first international performance biennale, taking place across Den Frie and Husets Teater.

The biennale offers a current portrait of the performance field within both visual art and performing arts – and the many intersections between them – which are rapidly evolving nationally as well as internationally. The focus is state of the art: taking the temperature of the field right now.

Experience more than 20 performances, including 10 entirely new works created specifically for the biennial. The artists range from established performance practitioners to emerging talents – sometimes within the same work.

The programme encompasses works rooted in dance, text, costume, sound, light, music, and space. Performance is here and now – it is the time we live in, and the time we choose to spend together.