Witches of Ästad Farm was a larp about interned witches in an alternate history Swedish world war II.
Setting and Themes
Lesbianism, witches and prison in a kitchen-sink magical setting.
Background
Karin Edman had a vivid dream in 2015 that she described to the Facebook group Larp Women Unite. Members of the group encouraged her to make the dreamed larp into a real larp and in November 2016 that happened.
Music
The larp has had different theme songs, in 2016 and it was a cover of ''Creep,'' recorded by Post Modern Jukebox, in 2017 an artist was paid to record a cover of Leonard Cohens song ''You Want it Darker'' and in 2018 the event paid the musicians of Mary Read to write them the song ''Truth to Tell''.
Runs
Häxorna på Ästad Gård (2016)| English name | Witches of Ästad Farm (2016) |
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| Run of | Witches of Ästad Farm |
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| Information |
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| Date | 2016 (2016) |
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| Location | Ästad 4H Farm, Sweden |
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| Participants | 40? |
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| Budget | ~€5,030 |
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| Participation fee | €92 |
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Häxorna på Ästad Gård (2017)| English name | Witches of Ästad Farm (2017) |
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| Run of | Witches of Ästad Farm |
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| Information |
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| Date | 2017 (2017) |
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| Location | Ästad 4H Farm, Sweden |
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| Participants | 40? |
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| Budget | ~€5,030 |
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| Participation fee | €100 |
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Häxorna på Ästad Gård (2018)| English name | Witches of Ästad Farm (2018) |
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| Run of | Witches of Ästad Farm |
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| Information |
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| Date | 2018 (2018) |
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| Location | Ästad 4H Farm, Sweden |
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| Participants | 40? |
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| Budget | ~€5,030 |
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| Participation fee | €120 |
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The larp has been run three times: In 2016, 2017 and 2018.
