A Doll's House

Synopsis

First performed in Copenhagen in 1879. Christmas Eve. Excitement and love filled the Helmer's apartment. Nora is her husband's cherished 'songbird' and the romance of their marriage has been played out over the years. But beneath the carefree surface of their lives, the secret of how Nora saved her husband's life begins to emerge. Tension increases as the characters react against one another and this taut and gripping drama ends as Nora demands her right to individual freedom. One of the great landmark plays of the nineteenth century.

Our Review:

4 July 2011

Bringing elements of puppetry, dance and physical theatre, Space productions bring their adaptation of Ibsen’s A Doll's House to the Arcola Studio.

The play looks at the life and struggles of Nora, who is weighed down by the pressures of being the perfect wife and mother. While doing all she can to keep Torvald happy, Nora’s biggest preoccupation is to keep a secret hidden, and as the play conspires this becomes more and more difficult. Where the extent of Nora’s difficulties can seem ridiculous in the wrong hands, director Alex Crampton seeks to bring the power play of this marriage, and Nora’s social vulnerability to a modern audience. This production, and Gina Abolins’ central performance, succeed in making her plight important and truthful.

However, Crampton’s main addition to A Doll's House is also the most peculiar. Expressing Nora’s inner turmoil and dilemmas, she is accompan...

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