Denmark

THEATRE REVIEW: Copenhagen starring Richard Schiff, Damien Malony & Alex Kingston

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By Aline Mahrud

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

WHEN?: Wednesday 1 April, opens 2 April and runs through 2 May 2026 RUN TIME: 170 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)

What happened when German physicist Werner Heisenberg visited his mentor Niels Bohr, whose father was Jewish, in the titular Copenhagen in 1941?

  • Read on for reasons including how this is a brilliantly cast revival of a thought-provoking play which has plenty to say about world events we are currently living through
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PREVIEW: Denmark’s Eurovision selection show Dansk Melodi Grand Prix starring EYJAA & Maia Maia

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By Neil Durham

WHEN?: 7pm UK time 11 February 2023

WHERE?: Næstved Arena in Næstved HOW DO I WATCH?: DR

Denmark hasn’t made a Eurovision final since 2019 and recent Dansk Melodi Grand Prixs have been slated for their blandness although this is a criticism that would be difficult to justify in 2023 given these fine and varied 8 songs.

  • Read on for reasons including EYJAA, Maia Maia, Mariyah LeBerg and Frederik Leopold
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SONG OF THE MONTH: Øve os på hinanden by Fyr & Flamme (February 2021)

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WORTH A LOOK?: *****

OUT: now

Stellar electropop duos like Pet Shop Boys, Soft Cell and Erasure were all the rage in the 80s but seem far less so now although that could all change with the emergence of this Danish pair.

  • Read on for reasons including details of their Eurovision bid in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix
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