Women and Apple Trees

Sally and Ellen grow up in a poor neighbourhood of Norrköping in the late 1800s. As adults, they meet again and 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 a 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, labour, 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 Women and the Apple Tree takes on new theatrical life in an adaptation by Tora von Platen and directed by Julia Marko-Nord. Performance length: 2 hours including intermission.

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

Adapted by: Tora von Platen from Moa Martinson's novel
Directed by: Julia Marko-Nord
Costume design and scenography: Sven Haraldsson
Composition: Martin Hederos
Make-up design: Angelica Ekeberg
Lighting design: Sofia Linde and Hannele Philipson
Dramaturgy: Ninna Tersman

A co-production with Västerbottensteatern.