When Kristina Lugn’s most performed play transforms from an intimate chamber piece for two into musical grandeur, the stage is filled with women. It becomes ecstatic and life-affirming, with two choirs and newly composed music by Andrea Tarrodi. All of it is wrapped in the beloved poet’s whimsical language.

“At Gothenburg City Theatre, a whole group of women embody Kristina Lugn’s text with diverse bodies and tonalities. Wild and moving… Without overshadowing the actors, the set design, costumes, music—indeed, all the theatrical elements—work together to organically highlight the one-act play’s focus on the body. I hope Kristina Lugn is smiling in her heaven.” (Birgitta Lindh Estelle, SvD)

“Mellika Melouani Melani’s production of Idlaflickorna at Gothenburg City Theatre is grand and brimming with theatrical imagination. Lis Hellström Sveningson rides an existential rollercoaster in Kristina Lugn’s text.” (GP)

Curiosities

Kristina writes in her final email in our correspondence:

Hello Mellika, I have been sick since before Easter and I am missing most of what I need - such as writing and my grandchildren […]. So one night I tried to remember that something could still be good for me, and that was when I started thinking about you staging Idlaflickorna […]. I love the idea of a choir; nothing is as attractive and close as that (including that new/alternative text could be used). Everything, the beginning and end of all things, is music; everything else is translations […]. See you, whether the witching hour turns into something else or not.