With challenging close contact, K puts one of the hottest literary events of recent years on stage. Katarina Frostenson’s memoir about her husband, who was accused of rape and later convicted, is portrayed by Ylva Olaison with brilliant, dynamic acting and a consistently exclusionary perspective from within. Lovisa Samuelsson’s music is an evocative, propulsive hub in the monologue’s fascinating journey of a woman gearing up for attack. The stiletto heels are as sharp as the tongue and the frenetic energy evokes both empathy and discomfort in the audience. In choosing this performance, Monika Wade has not participated in any discussions or decisions.

— Motivation of the selection jury

K is one of Sweden’s greatest poets, with an obvious place on one of the eighteen chairs. One of Sweden’s greatest poets, acclaimed and elevated. Then comes the explosion. Her husband is accused of serious offences, and the media frenzy rages. They fall together. She falls. Hard. K flees the country of S and its bloodthirsty people. What happens to a person in free fall? Can she ever land? She writes to survive, she writes because it will be her salvation in the fall. She writes because it is the only thing she can do. In literature there is a breathing space. She writes even though everyone around her demands answers and opinions. She writes out of love. She writes to understand the plot of her own life.

K is one of Sweden’s greatest poets, with an obvious place on one of the eighteen chairs. Elevated and honoured. Then comes the explosion. Her husband is accused of serious offences, and the media frenzy rages. They fall together. She falls. Hard. K flees the country of S and its bloodthirsty people. She writes to survive. She writes out of love. She writes to understand the plot of her own life.

Idea Ylva Olaison & Kristian Hallberg
Screenplay Kristian Hallberg
Director, scenography & light Tobias Hagström-Ståhl
Costume & mask Jenny Ljungberg
Composer & musician on stage Lovisa Samuelsson
Cast Ylva Olaison

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