The National Theatre of Iceland

The cellar is a performance space downstairs from the main theater with a much more intimate feel. Definitely a smaller crowd and the bar serves mostly wine and beer- no cocktail servers so keep that in mind! The performances for the Reykjavik Fringe festival were a blast. We went to two different performances on seraprate nights but wished we could have managed a 3rd!

The building is very unique, very Icelandic, built during the post world war 2 recession and finally opened in 1950. I suppose you have to be icelandic to truly appreciate the building, but personally I'm very found of it. The project of building the theatre was very ambitious for it's time and was a vital statement in the icelandic nations identity after being freed from being a danish colony.

Row 3 is perhaps bit too close to the stage. Row 4 has more space for people with extra long legs (XXL seat 😉) The tech stuff should put more effort in adjusting the music volume levels to voices of actors. The band that plays live should be placed in front of the stage, because they are also a part of the show.

Stunning architecture, really lovely place

Beautiful building - the national theatre or Iceland showing plays in Icelandic.

Beautiful, clean, and well maintained. They have dozens of shows here and the one that I saw was absolutely outstanding. It was entirely in Icelandic, (obviously) but hilarious none the less. During intermission they have snacks and drinks available.

We took out dearest grandchildren to see Frosen. Very nice atmosphere in this theatre. We will definetly come there again

Lovely performance 🙂