A Flame for Lena Nyman

The performance warmly and humorously portrays the life and career of actress Lena Nyman - from the shy six-year-old in Kristineberg, Stockholm, sent to drama school to overcome her shyness, to the beloved actress equally at home in light comedy and profound drama.

Lena Nyman carried both light and darkness within her. When she realized she did not have long to live, she donated her diaries, photographs, and letters to the Swedish Theatre Museum. The performance is built on her own words from the notes she left behind.

In the roles and behind the performance: Anna Bromee (script, with excerpts from Jonas Gardell's "Hell is Memory Without the Power to Change"), directed by Hedvig Claesson, and pre-recorded musicians: Carina E Nilsson, Jenny Tidquist-Karlsson, Henrik Bromée, and Anna Bromee. A production by Anna Bromee Produktion.