Witches of Ästad Farm

Häxorna på Ästad Gård
English name	Witches of Ästad Farm
Duration	43 hours
Designed by	Karin Edman Alfhild Thörner
Techniques	Tap Out Safewords Slow landing Theme song Pre-larp workshop Playing to lose NPCs Lookdown Zoning
Website	witchesofastadfarm.wordpress.com/english

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

2016

Häxorna på Ästad Gård (2016)

English name	Witches of Ästad Farm (2016)
Run of	Witches of Ästad Farm
Information
Date	2016 (2016)
Location	Ästad 4H Farm, Sweden
Participants	40?
Budget	~€5,030
Participation fee	€92
Credits
Crew	Agnes Hultén Myke Ripa Martina Jansson Siri Arvidsson Klara Ryberg Atle Ryberg Carl Nordblom

2017

Häxorna på Ästad Gård (2017)

English name	Witches of Ästad Farm (2017)
Run of	Witches of Ästad Farm
Information
Date	2017 (2017)
Location	Ästad 4H Farm, Sweden
Participants	40?
Budget	~€5,030
Participation fee	€100
Credits
Crew	Myke Ripa Emma Kleviam Siri Arvidsson Frida Laestander Emma Öhrström Wedberg Anders Edgar

2018

Häxorna på Ästad Gård (2018)

English name	Witches of Ästad Farm (2018)
Run of	Witches of Ästad Farm
Information
Date	2018 (2018)
Location	Ästad 4H Farm, Sweden
Participants	40?
Budget	~€5,030
Participation fee	€120
Credits
Crew	Emma Kleviam Mattias Tauson Myke Ripa Emma Öhrström Wedberg Elli Garperian Peter Hansson Silva Anna Lyppert Frida Lestander