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tschandala / tattaren - lindy larsson and the bonbon band

TSCHANDALA / TATTAREN




The Swedish award-winning actor, singer and Roma activist artist Lindy Larsson, along with the multi-award-winning BonBon Band, explores an undisclosed part of Swedish history in their joint performance titled “Tschandala/Tattaren.”

The production, which won the Swedish Critics’ Award, delves into various genres. The foundation of the show is August Strindberg’s anti-Roma novel “Tschandala,” as well as Larsson’s personal and familial history. The artist himself hails from a Swedish traveller Roma family, who experienced unimaginable atrocities against the Roma in Sweden, which have never found their way into history books.

„But I’m not here tonight to talk about hair colour and skin pigmentation. I’m here tonight for one reason and one reason only and that is: to be seen. Well, not me. Not just me. We. No, not you. I mean we, as a group. As a minority. We Romani Travellers.”


Creators


Writer:Lindy Larsson, Stefan Fross, August Strindberg
Director:Lindy Larsson
Performer:Lindy Larsson
Music: BonBon Band
Design:Delaine Le Bas, Stefan Fross
Premiered:Strindbergs Intima Teater, 11. November 2022

trailer


Focus scene



Reviews

'The national pig August Strindberg wrote about them in his antiziganist novel Tschandala. A novel whose brown (racist) case Larsson elegantly reconstructs. Oh how petty Göran Persson's government's public apology in modern times seems. Five performances remain of Tschandala / Tattaren. That's far too few.’

EXPRESSEN

Tschandala/Tattaren is many things at once: performance, concert, documentary, reading and family album. Lindy Larsson tells us how Swedish romani travellers have gone from being infamous, to forgotten, to recognised. He also reveals a new form of antiziganism that comes via a new wave of racism.'

SVENSKA DAGBLADET

The performance diverges radically from the usual Hungarian theatrical aesthetics, combining elements of performance, concert, cabaret, and classical theater. In 2022, it won the Swedish Theatre Critics' Award.'

SZINHAZ.NET

Materials to read

excerpts from the play
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