Näidendite andmebaas

Up till now, Paula has never wanted to have a child. But when her girlfriend leaves her to start a family with another man, it makes Paula reconsider many of her earlier beliefs.

The play consists of brief cinematic scenes, the pervading metaphor being the growth of things, since plants, trees and children all begin life as seeds. But what becomes of a woman who isn’t meant to be a gardener?

Paula’s self-questioning is reflected by the couples around her – a key topic proves to be the shifts in personal relationships that occur when having a child. The social isolation of a lone woman amidst endless parental discussions is more precarious the further she withdraws into herself. And Paula as a character is no ray of sunshine either – her coldness, bordering on hostility, turns her into a complex and thought-provoking protagonist, whose behaviour does not lend itself to open-and-shut judgments.