THE YELLOW WALLPAPER
Gathenhielmska Huset / Göteborg
“There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me – or ever will!”
A woman is confined to her room to rest after the birth of her child, not even allowed to write. But the woman’s mind cannot rest and soon she begins to see a figure in the wallpaper, a figure that wants to get out..!
Celebrate International Women’s Day with The Yellow Wallpaper at Gathenhielmska huset - theatre, hot 'n' cold drinks, good conversations!
“There is something strange about the house - I can feel it”
The old and beautiful house at Stigbergstorget is Gothenburg’s only preserved wooden townhouse from the mid-1700s. The secrets of the old walls suit the narrative and gothic tale of The Yellow Wallpaper - a psychological horror story, with underlying social issues of women’s mental health, isolation, freedom of choice, self-determination, and liberty.
To read more about the house: https://www.gathenhielmska.se
The Yellow Wallpaper is a theatre adaptation of the semi-autobiographical novella of the same name, by the early prominent literary feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1892. The Swedish-Australian co-production by Laurence Strangio and Annie Thorold, was developed in 2017 as an inclusion in La Mama Theatre’s Explorations Season in Melbourne Australia. After much acclaim for this interpretation, in 2019 it returned for a sold-out full season at La Mama. In 2022 it was a part of the Vancouver Fringe program, Canada. Now the theatre company Franca Theatrum is bringing The Yellow Wallpaper to Sweden!
“The themes The Yellow Wallpaper explores should feel outdated, they should feel inaccessible, yet they do not. And this is precisely what makes this show such a haunting experience. This piece reminds us that stigma around mental health and the minimization of women’s health issues are yet to be fully dissolved. The Yellow Wallpaper is timeless, thought-provoking theatre at its best.” (The Dialog Theatre, Melbourne)
Text by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Adapted and devised by Laurence Strangio and Annie Thorold
Directed by Laurence Strangio
Performed by Annie Thorold
Stage management by Martina Viglietti
Produced by Franca Theatrum
Poster by Jason Cavanagh
Photos by Jack Dixon-Gun & Joshua Braybrook
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