Casting announced for Ibsen’s John Gabriel Borkman at the Bridge Theatre
Final casting has been announced for Bridge Theatre’s upcoming production of Ibsen’s John Gabriel Borkman. Book now and save.
Henrik Ibsen
Jessica Chastain to make UK theatre debut in A Doll’s House
The Jamie Lloyd Company has announced that award-winning actress Jessica Chastain is to make her UK theatre debut in Ibsen’s A Doll’s House at the Playhouse Theatre.
REVIEW: The Lady from the Sea, Print Room at the Coronet ✭✭✭
Mark Ludmon reviews the bilingual production of Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea at The Print Room at the Coronet in London
REVIEW: The Lady From The Sea, Donmar Warehouse ✭✭✭✭
While The Lady from the Sea dates back to 1888 and has been relocated to the 1950s, Ellida’s turmoil has a very modern feel as she struggles to find an identity for herself as an individual outside of her relationship to the men in her life.
REVIEW: (The Fall Of) The Master Builder, West Yorkshire Playhouse ✭✭✭✭
(the fall of) The Master Builder West Yorkshire Playhouse Four stars Book Tickets ‘The Master builder’, Henrik Ibsen’s play from 1893 is a masterly study of an ageing artist dealing with the loss of his powers as a result of various events in the past. Zinnie Harris’s reimagining of the story- a response to the original rather than a straight reworking of Ibsen’s text – presents Solness, the Master builder of the title, as a contemporary Northern architect again facing the unravelling of his status and power but for reasons far more focussed than those of the original. In these days of Murdoch and Trump where the power of business challenges and even supersedes the power of the state explorations in the first act of such themes as ruthlessness being an essential component of success and the tragic inevitability of youth triumphing over experience are both relevant and contemporary- however … Read more
REVIEW: The League Of Youth, Theatre N16 ✭✭✭✭✭
The genius of this work is that it opens up to us what is really great about the writer: his vision of humanity, his craft as a composer of lyrical epics of the struggle of people to find their way in a world full of dangers, challenges, betrayals, confusions and blind-alleys. It leaves you knowing that you will never be able to think about the creator of Peer Gynt or Mrs Alving in the same way again. And you feel so very, very glad about that. At last.
