I struggle with some demons
They were middle class and tame
I didn’t know I had permission
To murder and to maim
You want it darker
We kill the flame
– Leonard Cohen
Anna Vnuk, Lisen Rosell and Sandra Medina welcome you to an evening of things that rest or move fast in the dark, that can be hard to touch but easy to feel. Hearts are opened. A gap in time. A caressingly beautiful sanctuary.
You want it darker delves into the dark recesses of our minds at the intersection of guilt and shame, taking inspiration from medieval art with its jovial attitude towards butt trumpets, science and torture. It wasn’t easy to distinguish between punishment and entertainment in those days.
Medina, Vnuk and Rosell have each spent several years working across the arts in choreography, theatre and humour. Medina and Rosell met in the joint project The dark heart and the sweet part in 2020. Together with Vnuk, this curiously driven trio now appears for the first time in a joint constellation.
Content warnings:
Theatre smoke.
Sandra Medina is an actor, dancer and choreographer. She is one of the driving forces behind the Bastardproduktion platform and since its start in 2004 has initiated and created a series of co-creative projects with other artists.
Anna Vnuk is a choreographer, dancer, director and playwright working with stage, film and TV productions. She often works with music and comedy, moving freely between the Eurovision Song Contest, Dansens Hus and the Royal Dramatic Theatre (Dramaten).
Lisen Rosell is an actor and director. Coming out of the ÖFA collective, today Rosell works both on her own as well as part of collective processes.
By and with: Anna Vnuk, Sandra Medina, Lisen Rosell
Scenography, light design and costumes: Josefin Hinders
Composer: Foad Arbabi and existing music
Administration: Interim Kultur
Sound technicians: Lars Bomansson, Luka Curk
Supported by: Swedish Arts Council, Culture Administration in the City of Stockholm, Culture Administration in Region Stockholm, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Letterstedtska föreningen, Kulturfonden för Sverige och Finland
Thank you: Anders Rosell for the bows