SHE IS ANGRY/ANGRY/ANGRY

SHE IS ANGRY/ANGRY/ANGRY

A paradigm shift in the narrative of adoption.

SHE'S ANGER/ANGER/ANGRY is a scenic testimony to transnational adoption. Based on LEE LANGVAD's acclaimed book, SHE IS ANGRY (Gyldendal 2014), a multilingual meditation on heritage, identity and the search for truth is created. The project brings together artists from Norway, Sweden and Denmark in a unique collaboration that stems from LangVad's text and the ensemble's own experiences with adoption. On stage, we meet a collective that opposes the dogmatic hero narratives and trauma narratives which often attach to adoptees. Together they pitch across a text full of contradictions, spinning threads between existential, interpersonal and geopolitical issues, inviting the audience into both the grief and the anger.

LEE LANGVAD was one of the first in Nordic literature to give voice to the adoptee's own perspective with HUN ER ANGRY. The book is considered a key work within the adoption critical movement and has contributed significantly to how the public conversation about adoption has changed over the past decade. In both Norway and Sweden, public authorities have recommended a temporary halt to adoptions from other countries, citing a lack of legal certainty and ethical problems in current practices.