This piece is an edited version of the original play, with documentaric elements.

A couple Juan and Yerma can't get pregnant, and they don't know who is "responsible". This is affecting both their love for eachother and their understanding of self but also confronting them with the question of wanting a child.  YERMA is a piece about fertility, infertility, motherhood, womenhood, parenthood the "kids kish" and what this does to a relationship. Dealing with the story then and now. 

Yerma is a tragic poem by Frederico Garcia Lorca, written in 1934. He was a in 1936 assassinated by the nationalist, maybe because he was outspokenly socialist and queer.

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Regie: Johanne Fridahl Willman

Yerma: Oumi Niang

Juan: Jard Struik

Maria: Nikki Kuis 

Kids wish: Charlotte Vlugt

Scenography/Lights: Sara Darle Olsson

Interviews and with special thanks to: Dorthe Willman, Amira Nørregaard Gullaksen, Ellie Nørregaard Gullaksen, Ida Johannessen

Music: Pink Floyd- "Shine on your crazy diamond", the Swingle singers classical choir

Soundscape/music: Johanne Fridahl Willman

Mentoring: Quirine Racké and Helena Muskens

Technical guidance: Geert Oddens, Pim Elberse

Photos: Sjoerd Derine

In the first interview we meet MOTHER who shares her experience as an infertile woman, even though she birthed Johanne and her twin. 

In our second interview, we meet MOR and MAMMA, two mothers who share their experience with fertility. One carried and gave birth, while the idea of giving birth feels entirely unnatural to the other. Exploring the concept of the "ideal mother," often symbolized by "Mother Mary," whose love is defined by her endurance of pain. This raises questions and sparks reactions, such as, "Oh, so does that make you the dad?" —as if motherhood is solely validated by the physical pain of childbirth.

In our third interview, we meet THE FRIEND, a woman who spent ten years believing she was infertile after being told so by a gynecologist. Recently, she discovered that diagnosis was incorrect, leading her to question her identity.

Eggwatches/timers, flowers, pregnancy tests, Jesus, a golden wrestling(pregnancy) belt, yoga poses, sex, Mother Mary and a naval string– the space was filled with symbols, transforming the space into a dynamic arena.