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Just married. Bored already. Hedda longs to be free…
Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel.
Hedda Gabler was never this much fun. Lizzy Watts gives her an energy and a willfulness that is hugely entertaining and makes her behaviour almost, almost forgivable. Together Marber, van Hove and their company have reinvigorated a classic and made it a play for today.
Strangely unemotional and chilling.
It is an unsettling, confrontational reading of the play.
Its pathos, themes and core desolation are all present in Hove’s production. It will turn heads, most likely cause discussion, but is a triumph for the National Theatre and all involved.
Aided by Patrick Marber's lean new version of the play and Jan Versweyveld's ice-cool design, this contemporary reimagining more resembles a piece of Scandic noir than Ibsen's nineteenth century original.
Searingly brilliant.
A chilling if uneven adaptation of the classic Ibsen play.
Hedda Gabler isn't an easy way to spend two hours of your life. It is a play that is hugely unsettling, tense and bleak- but the performances make it so worth it.
Ivo van Hove, Patrick Marber and Lizzie Watts--Hedda Gabler
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh from Tuesday October 17, 2017, until Saturday October 21, 2017. More info: http://www.edtheatres.com/festival
Theatre Royal, Glasgow from Monday January 15, 2018, until Saturday January 20, 2018. More info: www.theambassadors.com/theatreroyalglasgow/
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