Henrik Ibsen

‘She does terrible things’: what can a Marvel director do with Ibsen’s ruthless heroine Hedda Gabler?

by The Guardian | Oct 15, 2025 | Culture, Film, Henrik Ibsen, Tessa Thompson, The Guardian | 0 |

She made her name with a horror reboot and a mega-budget Marvel. So what drew Nia DaCosta to the dour Norwegian’s work? We meet the film-maker and Tessa Thompson, who plays Hedda as a sexy, sultry, machiavellian messNia DaCosta...

The Lady from the Sea review – Andrew Lincoln and Alicia Vikander make waves in magnificent rewrite

by The Guardian | Sep 18, 2025 | Alicia Vikander, Andrew Lincoln, Culture, Henrik Ibsen, Simon Stone, Stage, The Guardian, Theatre | 0 |

Bridge theatre, LondonIbsen’s mysticism and mermaids are thrown out as director Simon Stone amps up the 1888 play’s psychological intensity with his eco-focused updateWriter-director Simon Stone is known for his rock’n’roll...

‘It will be frightening but you have to do it’: Andrew Lincoln and Alicia Vikander’s nerve-shredding stage return

by The Guardian | Sep 8, 2025 | Alicia Vikander, Andrew Lincoln, Culture, Henrik Ibsen, Stage, The Guardian, Theatre | 0 |

Can two world-famous actors and auteur Simon Stone bring 19th-century Norway screaming into the modern world? They talk mean directors, bathtub revelations and reinventing Ibsen’s The Lady from the SeaEntering the almost silent...

Category: Henrik Ibsen

‘She does terrible things’: what can a Marvel director do with Ibsen’s ruthless heroine Hedda Gabler?

The Lady from the Sea review – Andrew Lincoln and Alicia Vikander make waves in magnificent rewrite

‘It will be frightening but you have to do it’: Andrew Lincoln and Alicia Vikander’s nerve-shredding stage return