About the Show
A doting husband. A troubled writer. A loaded gun. It’s 2019 and Hedda Tesman returns to a life she can’t seem to escape. After thirty years of playing wife, Hedda is bitter and bored. When her estranged daughter, Thea, suddenly reappears asking for help, the present begins to echo the past and Hedda embarks on a path of destruction. Cordelia Lynn’s Hedda Tesman breathes new life into Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, asking what we inherit, what we endure and how we carry our history. Holly Race Roughan directs this vital exploration of motherhood, power and sabotage.
Cast
Haydn Gwynne
Hedda Tesman
Anthony Calf
George Tesman
Jonathan Hyde
Brack
Jacqueline Clarke
Julie Tesman
Natalie Simpson
Thea Tesman
Irfan Shamji
Elijah
Rebecca Oldfield
Bertha
Creatives
Chichester Festival Theatre
Producer
The Lowry
Producer
Headlong Theatre
Company
Holly Race Roughan
Director
Anna Fleischle
Design
Zoe Spurr
Lighting
Ruth Chan
Music
George Dennis
Sound
Charlotte Sutton (casting director)
Director
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