Sound of Sewing

Name: Sound of Sewing
Start: 2026-08-24T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-24T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Mimers Plads

took place · 24 Aug 2026

Mimers Plads, Copenhagen

theater family outdoor free

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Description was written before the event

Sound of Sewing is an outdoor theatre sewing workshop where recycling, performance art, and humor meet in the urban space. Since 2003, Karin Arts and Mariken Biegman-van Geel have toured the world with bicycles, antique sewing machines, and a performance universe where the audience is an active part of the show.

Everyone is welcome to bring old clothes, which the two artists transform into personal artworks - completely free. All they need is someone to pedal the machines so the old equipment can run. The performance connects to the UN Sustainable Development Goal 12 on responsible consumption and production.

Sound of Sewing is part of Copenhagen Street Theatre Festival, running from 23 to 30 August 2026 and visiting Husum, Nørrebro, Sydhavn, Valby, and Ørestad. The festival is free and welcomes children and their adults. Organizer: Lygten Station. Supported by: Bispebjerg Local Committee.

About the venue: Mimers Plads

Mimers Plads is a 6,680 m² public square next to Nørrebro Station in Copenhagen, opened in 2021 and designed by EFFEKT Arkitekter. Formerly known as Basargrunden, it is crossed daily by thousands of cyclists and pedestrians heading to the S-train and metro. Six large organically shaped planting beds give the square its structure, while the paving is made from recycled cobblestones and flagstones - some 100-150 years old - drawn from the City of Copenhagen's materials reuse store.

Mimers Plads, 2200 København N Get directions

About the event: Sound of Sewing

2003

tour start

Good to know

Free admission - no ticket required
Outdoor performance in the city space - take the weather into account
Bring old clothes that can be sewn into a personal artwork
The audience actively participates by pedaling the bicycle-powered sewing machines
Suitable for all ages - family-friendly
Organizer: Lygten Station, supported by Bispebjerg Local Committee
Part of Copenhagen Street Theater Festival 23.-30. August 2026
The theme is reuse and upcycling - linked to UN Sustainable Development Goal 12

What's new

2026-08
Sound of Sewing performs on August 24, 2026 as part of Copenhagen Street Theater Festival, which runs from August 23 to 30 and visits Husum, Nørrebro, Sydhavn, Valby and Ørestad.

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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