May 22nd 2025

B TOURS: Turen går til Brechts Hus (The trip goes to Brecht's House) 

BaggårdTeatret, in collaboration with Brechts Hus, organized one of their B Tours. Lars Hansen and Lars Kirkegaard from the board gave presentations on Brecht's stay in the house, as well as on the house's history and its function as a residence and cultural institution in Svendborg. The English poet and literary scholar, Andrew Permain, who had a writing residency at the house, spoke about his work.

Afterwards, the participants took a tour of the house and garden. Inside the house, Brecht had returned after 86 years of absence and sat at the desk in his study, reading aloud from his Svendborger Gedichte. In the garden, actress Marie Nørgaard read excerpts from Mutter Courage. The evening concluded with a communal sing-along in front of the house.

August 25th  2024

Jens Christian Grøndahl

In the garden, author Jens Christian Grøndahl read from and talked about his new novel, Noget tabt i mørket (Something Lost in the Dark), which partly takes place on Skarø.

13. august 13th 2023

Commemoration of the 90th Anniversary of Brecht's Flight to Svendborg
Event in the garden on a beautiful summer day with many attendees. Readings of Brecht's Svendborger Gedichte by, among others, Josefine Ottesen, Peter Michaelsen, Jesper Wung-Sun, Christel Wiinblad, Jens Christian Grøndahl, and Tommy Kenter.

August 6th 2011

Günther Grass

The German Nobel laureate, Günter Grass, gave a presentation, read aloud, and discussed with his Danish translator, Professor Per Øhrgaard.
Grass preferred to draw a flounder rather than sign the house's guestbook!

August 30th 2009

Siegfried Lenz

The German author Siegfried Lenz, famous for his novel Deutschstunde, among others, spoke about his authorship. Professor Christian Benne from the University of Southern Denmark gave a brief introduction to Lenz's work.