What life do we dream of? In our youth, where do we feel we are heading? And as adults, where did we end up?

During one intense night, a woman tells the story of her life. About falling in love with the boy she met as a teenager – a love that never faded. About a crooked relationship that had to be kept secret. A love life lived only at night, in the moonlight. Small, hidden moments of happiness, quickly tainted by the shame in others’ eyes.

Almost thirty years before the law on self-determined abortion was passed in Norway, Torborg Nedreaas published her first novel, Nothing Grows by Moonlight, striking Norwegian literature like a bolt of lightning. It was a brutal, raw, and brave novel, portraying aspects of women’s lives that had never been written about before. The direct, detailed depiction of a self-induced abortion was taboo-breaking at the time and has since made a profound impression on generations of readers. The book also portrays a political awakening and stands as a powerful moral reflection on what it means to be a responsible human being.

Agder Nye Teater
By: Torborg Nedreaas
Director: Magnus Sparsaas
On stage: Ragnhild Meling Enoksen, Bibbi Winberg, and Anette Röde Hagnell
Lighting design: Randiane Sandboe
Graphic design: Carl Lützen

Co-produced by Grenland Friteater and Oslo Nye Teater

Supported by: Arts Council Norway, Agder County Council, Vestland County Council, Grimstad Municipality, Arendal Municipality, Kristiansand Municipality