Theater freezeProductions was founded in 2004 by Hanne Trap Friis, CEO and artistic director. Theater freezeProductions is an independent theater company that creates new stage art independently and through various collaborations and co-productions.
Since 2012, Theater freezeProductions has worked closely with Greenlandic artists, actors, theaters, and producers. In collaboration, the theater and its Greenlandic co-producers focus on creating socially relevant and contemporary productions based on Greenlandic reality and narrative. Together with Greenlandic artists, productions are made both on and off stage.
When the theater works in Greenland, it is a natural part of the Greenlandic theater scene and societal debate, with extensive tours throughout the country. Collaboration is with theaters, cultural centers, municipalities, ministries, and NGO organizations. When productions play in Denmark, the goal is to establish a contemporary narrative about Greenland, present a wide range of Greenlandic artists on the Danish stages, foster dialogue and debate, confront preconceived notions, and entertain.
Theater freezeProductions creates stage art with great relevance and a strong connection to life as it is lived or previously has been. Productions focus on topics that are historically or socially interesting and relevant. Therefore, the theater always works with new texts, whether traditional drama or texts in other formats developed in close collaboration between the director and storytellers. These are often texts with a documentary element based on more biographical material. The theater is often ahead of the political agenda on topics that later become highly relevant in societal debates.
The form or structure of a production should contribute to a deeper understanding of the subject, illuminating it in a nuanced and complex way. Therefore, the theater constantly works to refine and develop different forms of open narratives, allowing the form that best illuminates the content of the production to dominate. Throughout its history, the theater has produced productions with very different forms of dramaturgy and performance styles. It could be circular dramaturgy, which examines a subject from multiple perspectives without necessarily having a classic developmental trajectory. It could be a montage of consecutive situations that create a framework of understanding for a given life path, theme, or otherwise more complex subject. It could also be a linear developmental trajectory in a more classical sense.
The most important thing is for the audience to be moved, thoughtful, and reflect on life and our contemporary world.