The Success of an Asylum Seeker

Name: The Success of an Asylum Seeker
Start: 2026-10-08T18:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-08T23:00:00+02:00
Location: Union

took place · 8 Oct 2026

Union, Copenhagen

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Rue spent eight years in limbo - forcibly displaced, separated from her family, and struck by profound personal loss - before finally receiving protection. Now she brings her story to the stage.

The event combines Rue's personal account of her migration journey with an academic panel. Rue performs in drag and tells chronologically why the journey began, which asylum centres she lived in, the forced transfers between countries, and the legal decisions along the way. The panel provides expert perspectives throughout.

The panel includes Niels Erik Hansen (human rights lawyer), Clara Dybbroe Viltoft (organizer, lim collective), Sandro Masai (multimedia artist), and Themba Lewis (asylum and human rights expert).

Food and drinks are served. Programme: 18-21 performance and panel, 21-23 DJ and music. The event is supported by Snabslanten.

About the venue: Union

Union is a municipally run cultural centre on Nørre Allé 7 in Nørrebro, housed in a former primary school built in 1857. It opened as a community centre in 1993, was known as VerdensKulturCentret from 2006, and took its current name in 2019. The programme is internationally and interculturally focused, with more than 400 events a year ranging from lectures and exhibitions to festivals and concerts. The concert venue Alice, with a capacity of 250, occupies the hall in the back courtyard.

Nørre Allé 7, 2200 København N Get directions

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