Henrik Ibsen
O, Canada! The Bard is ribbed and revered at Ontario’s Stratford festival
The side-splitting Something Rotten! fondly mocks Shakespeare and musicals at the annual arts jamboree celebrated for both. It is a witty accompaniment to fresh takes on Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night and Cymbeline
Chris Wiegand
28, Jun, 2024 @4:54 PM
Lily Allen to star in new version of Hedda Gabler ‘absolutely for now’
Matthew Dunster, who directed Allen in her West End debut 2:22: A Ghost Story, will write and direct the show for Bath’s Ustinov Studio next year
Chris Wiegand
03, May, 2024 @11:04 AM
An Enemy of the People review – Jeremy Strong impresses in timely Ibsen drama
The Succession star delivers a bravura central turn in a rousing adaptation of a story that carries a discomforting contemporary relevance
Adrian Horton
19, Mar, 2024 @2:00 AM
‘No theatre on a dead planet’: climate activists disrupt Jeremy Strong Broadway show
Production of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People halted when protesters warned the audience about environmental damage
Benjamin Lee
15, Mar, 2024 @4:02 PM
The week in theatre: An Enemy of the People; King Lear; Double Feature – review
Matt Smith heads a rousing adaptation of Ibsen for a bruised world; Danny Sapani and co lean into the storm in Yaël Farber’s liberating Lear. Plus, Hollywood power play the hard way
Susannah Clapp
25, Feb, 2024 @10:30 AM
An Enemy of the People review – Matt Smith’s groovy firebrand swings from rebel to conspiracist
Rock’n’roll reimagining of Ibsen’s timeless corruption drama brings the audience into direct Question Time-style dialogue with Smith’s idealist revolutionary
Arifa Akbar
20, Feb, 2024 @11:59 PM
The week in theatre: The Witches; Ghosts; Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) – review
The youngsters steal the show in the National’s terrifying gothic Disney Roald Dahl; a fine cast are stranded in Ibsen by candlelight; and a bittersweet fairytale in New York hits the spot
Kate Kellaway
26, Nov, 2023 @10:30 AM
Ghosts review – Ibsen’s intense tragedy by candlelight
Joe Hill-Gibbins directs his own version of the psychodrama, creating a potent atmosphere with designer Rosanna Vize
Arifa Akbar
23, Nov, 2023 @5:32 PM
Ibsen’s Ghosts: a resounding flop that still returns to haunt us
Despite being panned as ‘a dirty act done publicly’ on its London premiere, the tragedy is now regarded as a classic – here are three productions that radically shifted our perspective
Michael Billington
06, Nov, 2023 @8:17 PM
Shooting Hedda Gabler – Ibsen update is a brilliantly unnerving study of coercive control
A demanding director drives his cast into discomforting areas in this clever play critiquing the patriarchal power structures of the movie business
Kate Wyver
08, Oct, 2023 @12:04 PM
The best theatre to stream this month: Blues for An Alabama Sky, Macbeth and more
Our roundup of drama to enjoy at home includes the National Theatre’s Pearl Cleage revival and David Tennant taking on the Scottish king for the first time
Chris Wiegand
01, Jun, 2023 @5:00 AM
A Doll’s House review – Jessica Chastain captivates in minimalist revival
The Oscar winner makes for an exceptional Nora in a visually muted yet emotionally effective remount of Ibsen’s classic drama
Gloria Oladipo
10, Mar, 2023 @1:30 AM
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