Jävla Karlar 14:00

Christmas 1983. A two-storey house in the forests outside Norrköping is shaken by a violent quarrel, and a secret tumbles out from a mother's lips. A seven-year-old boy named Andrev learns that his father is not his father. The real one lives in a distant country and has long hair down to his shoulders - like an Indian, his mother says, gesturing to her elbow so the boy understands. The boy's world churns, because this is the best thing he has ever heard. It feels like he is the boy in a book about a boy who discovers his father is a king in a magical land and that a spirit will come to take him there. But no spirits come, only new fathers who are not his.

The monologue "Jävla Karlar" is written by Andrev Walden, directed by Eva Dahlman and performed by Shanti Roney. Roney has appeared in around 60 film and television productions, including "Vägen ut", "Tillsammans", "Tusenbröder", "Tove" and "Nymphomaniac", and has worked with directors such as Lars von Trier, Jan Troell, Tomas Vinterberg and Lucas Moodysson. He has performed at Dramaten, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Göteborgs Stadsteater, the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Betty Nansen Theatre in Copenhagen and the National Theatre in Oslo. For his role in "Vägen ut" he won a Guldbagge award for best supporting actor. In 2025 he performed "Juloratoriet" and "Hamlet" at Dramaten, and in January he premiered "Jävla Karlar" at Scalateatern in Stockholm.

Eva Dahlman has directed at venues including Dramaten, Stockholms Stadsteater, Malmö Stadsteater, Göteborgs Stadsteater, Riksteatern, Radioteatern and Uppsala Stadsteater. At Scalateatern she has previously directed and adapted Lena Andersson's novel "Egenmäktigt förfarande" and "Kärleksbrev". Set design and costumes are by Magdalena Åberg, lighting design by Ellen Ruge and makeup design by Sara Klänge.

On stage: Shanti Roney. Direction and script: Eva Dahlman. Author: Andrev Walden.