P Presents: Reading by Peter Adolphsen & Concert with Peter Adolphsen & Dødens Garderobe

Name: P Presents: Reading by Peter Adolphsen & Concert with Peter Adolphsen & Dødens Garderobe
Start: 2026-09-16T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-16T19:30:00+02:00
Location: Mayhem

took place · 16 Sep 2026

Mayhem, Copenhagen

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The evening at Mayhem features two parts: first a reading from Peter Adolphsen's literary works, followed by a live concert with him and the band Dødens Garderobe.

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About the venue: Mayhem

Mayhem is a volunteer-run venue for extreme and experimental music, founded in 2009 and located on the outer Nørrebro in the creative cluster around Bolsjefabrikken. Alongside concerts, it houses rehearsal rooms, music studios and artist workspaces. The programme centres on genres such as drone metal, punk and experimental sound art, and the venue operates as a non-profit with a strong DIY ethos.

Ragnhildgade 1, 2100 København Get directions

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Peter Adolphsen

Peter Adolphsen & Dødens Garderobe

About: Peter Adolphsen

One of Danish literature's most enduring experimenters, Adolphsen has moved from early short prose mixing the uncanny with science to recent nonsense sonnets - published with Gyldendal and Melodika, and recognised with the Niels Klim Prize and the Danish Arts Foundation's lifetime honour.

35+

books according to Goodreads

What's new

2025
Adolphsen published 'Small Stories 4' at Gyldendal - the fourth volume in the series he started with his debut in 1996.
marts 2025
Adolphsen's first poetry collection, the nonsense sonnet crown 'Din grønklop', was published by the publisher Melodika.
marts 2025
Information published a poem from 'Din grønklop' as the poem of the week on March 20, 2025.

Tracks

Små historierDebut novel from 1996, the starting shot for an authorship and a genre

BrummsteinShort novel from 2003, translated into English and German

MachineShort novel from 2006, published in English in 2008

En million historierFormal experiment from 2007 with potentially one million combinations

Små historier 4Latest volume in the series, published by Gyldendal in 2025

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