Women and Apple Trees

Sally and Ellen grow up in the poor quarters of Norrköping in the late 1800s. Meeting again as adults, they find in each other a rare strength. Ellen is the quiet, enduring mother struggling in a destructive marriage. Sally is righteous and fearless - a woman who speaks loudly even when no one wants to listen. Around them, children move through daily life marked by hardship, loss, and moments of belonging.

Moa Martinson's 1933 novel portrays women's living conditions with a gaze that still feels unusually direct, a language rooted in earth, work, and survival. It is a story of sisterhood as resistance and friendship as necessity in a world where security was rarely to be found. Now the novel comes to life on stage in an adaptation by Tora von Platen, directed by Julia Marko-Nord.

Cast: Emilia Roosmann, Tuuli Heinonen, Maria Sundbom, Mårten Andersson, Emil Grudemo El Hayek

Costume design and scenography: Sven Haraldsson - Composition: Martin Hederos - Makeup design: Angelica Ekeberg - Lighting design: Sofia Linde and Hannele Philipson - Dramaturg: Ninna Tersman

A co-production with Västerbottensteatern. Performance length: 2 hours including intermission.