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Faithful to Ibsen's original setting,
this new version of A Doll's House takes place in the centre
of Norway's capital on Christmas Eve, 1879. Nora, an
excitable young housewife, makes her last minute
preparations under the Christmas tree. This towering symbol
of Christianity is the perfect find; and a resplendent
finishing touch to Nora's idyllic picture of family life.
Nora knows full well however, that the tree is diseased, and
it casts a macabre shadow over the household as the needles
slowly drop... As with many of Nora's
well-meant but not entirely lawful machinations, the truth
begins to creep into her husband's narrow field of vision.
Frantically she attempts to clean up, but becomes lost in an
onslaught of blackmail and pine needles. The one thing that
her husband cannot stand begins to unfold; a huge and
insoluble mess. A period piece revitalised
by a fresh telling, and a moving tale of the dangers of
repression and social captivity is brought to you by one of
East Anglia's leading touring theatre companies, as part of
their national Autumn tour, as paired with The Crucible. |
