Ég, Jóhanna - the story of Joan of Arc retold

  • Published: 16 May 2026

Ég, Jóhanna is a powerful and personal theatre production at Tjarnarbíó, where the story of Joan of Arc is retold in a new way. The work is a rebellion against the gender binary and explores identity, power, war, the body and freedom.

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Pillion

  • Published: 19 February 2026

 

The film Pillion will premiere at Bíó Paradís on 19 February. The screening is part of a special event evening that will also include a discussion on power dynamics, boundaries, and BDSM culture.

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The Triangle of Shame | Borgarleikhúsið theatre

  • Published: 18 November 2025

The theatre collective Stertabenda premieres its new production, The Triangle of Shame, a sharp, satirical look at contemporary culture through the lens of a dystopian future. The play is set in a distant time when the backlash against human rights has reached its endpoint: LGBTQ+ equality, gender autonomy and women’s rights have been erased. In this bleak society, a group of “experts” launches a grand museum exhibition about the so-called dark age of political correctness — the era we live in today — despite the fact that books have been burned, archives destroyed and all forms of diversity censored out of history.

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