Sound of Sewing

Name: Sound of Sewing
Start: 2026-08-23T11:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-23T11:30:00+02:00
Location: Blågårds Plads

took place · 23 Aug 2026

Blågårds Plads, Copenhagen

theater family outdoor free

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Description was written before the event

Sound of Sewing is a live theatre sewing workshop where recycling, performance art, and humour come together. Dutch artists Karin Arts and Mariken Biegman-van Geel have toured the world since 2003 with their antique sewing machines - and all they need is the audience's feet to pedal.

Children and adults are welcome to bring old clothes and take home a unique souvenir for their wardrobe.

Free entry, no registration required. The performance can be seen at 10-11 and 11.30-13.30.

About the venue: Blågårds Plads

Blågårds Plads is an open-air public square in the Indre Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, laid out by the city between 1912 and 1916 on the site of Anker Heegaard's ironworks. The sunken, paved area of 30 x 50 m is bordered by a low granite wall incorporating 22 sculptures by Kai Nielsen depicting working-class life, designed together with architect Ivar Bentsen. The square is a listed monument and serves in summer as a venue for outdoor events, markets and the annual Blaagaards Festival.

Blågårds Plads, 2200 København N Get directions

About: Mariken Biegman-van Geel

From Friesland to festival stages worldwide: Mariken Biegman-van Geel turned an environmental engineering degree into a street theatre career. With Sound of Sewing - the travelling sewing studio she co-founded with Karin Arts in 2003 - she has spent over two decades transforming audience members' clothing into one-of-a-kind pieces, right there in the crowd.

20+

years at festivals with Sound of Sewing (founded 2003)

continents naaiatelier has performed on (Europe, Oceania, etc.)

What's new

2023-08
Het mobiele naaiatelier celebrated its 20-year anniversary with a performance at the Open Flair festival in Eschwege, Germany (August 8-11, 2023).
2023-09
Groot Heerenveen and Groot Fryslan presented in September 2023 a portrait of Mariken Biegman-van Geel, in which she told about the balance between festival life and family life in Jubbega.
2023
In addition to Sound of Sewing, Mariken now also works with smaller productions such as 'Sisters of Soap' and 'Het Bankje, de ontmoeting'.

Tracks

Het mobiele naaiatelier / Sound of SewingTraveling sewing-show founded 2003 - toured at festivals in Europe, New Zealand and around the world

Mevrouw BakkerFemale street theater company founded in 2000, toured at European festivals 2000-2003

De verdwenen peerdenProduction shown at Under de Toer festival in Oldeberkoop, 2018

Sisters of SoapNewer smaller production in development from around 2023

Het Bankje, de ontmoetingNewer intimate street theater production in development from around 2023

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