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Who is the troll?
Booking the tickets, I had clocked the reference to ‘Ibsen’ – but not being an Ibsen aficionado, I had no expectations regarding the storyline. Now that I have skimmed a summary of the original plot, “inspired by Ibsen” seems a bit of a stretch. Maybe an “echo” or “impression” of Ibsen’s fictionalised attempt at exonerating…
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All the shades of grey
The Shakeaspears, the Chekovs, the Ibsens, they are greats because their work transcends time. But I get the urge to modernise them for today’s context – when done well, not only can existing themes be amplified, but new perspectives can also be woven through. That is the genius of some of the books within the…
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Misogyny and patriarchy
I had not read or seen this play before, so I do not know how much Joe Hill-Gibbins adapted the original written in 1881, but it felt incredibly current and contemporary. I also do not know, whether it is through his directing that the performance, at least to me, seemed to be centred on the…
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