Hedda
From: Thursday, 21st August 2008
To: Saturday, 4 October 2008
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Synopsis
Free-spirited Hedda Gabler is trapped in her marriage and weighed down by her questioning mind. Caught between her disturbed sense of propriety and a desire for revolution, something in the end, must give.
Our Review:
29 August 2008
Fitting out Ibsen’s frock coat morality in modern gear is best left to the experts, as Thomas Ostermeier’s stunning Berlin Schaubuhne production of A Doll’s House proved at the Barbican a few years ago. This new version of Hedda Gabler at the Gate lacks the courage of its own half-cock convictions, coming across as mere fiddling about.
The script is by Lucy Kirkwood, who made such an impact with Tinderbox, a bawdy night of farce and fireworks in a butchers’ shop, at the Bush in April. Having relocated Ibsen’s post-marital crisis in contemporary Notting Hill, she strains to make it fit and is further handicapped by a disastrously low wattage performance of Hedda in Carrie Cracknell’s production.
As in the Ostermeier Ibsen, there is a split-level interior in Holly Waddington’s design, with Cara Hogan’s febrile, unfocused Hedda first seen lounging in slip and stockings on big cushions. The pad is half-finished, with visible br...
Creative
Ibsen (Author)
The Gate (Producer)
Lucy Kirkwood (Adaptation)
Carrie Cracknell (Director)
Holly Waddington (Design)
Katharine Williams (Lighting)
Ed Lewis (Sound)
Lucy Bevan (casting) (Other)
Carrie Cracknell (Director)
Holly Waddington (Design)
Ed Lewis (Sound)
Katharine Williams (Lighting)
Temitope Ajose (Choreographer)
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