Event Nora: A Doll's House
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DescriptionNora is the perfect wife and mother. She is dutiful, beautiful and everything is always in its right place. But when a secret from her past comes back to haunt her, her life rapidly unravels. Over the course of three days, Nora must fight to protect herself and her family or risk losing everything. Henrik Ibsen's brutal portrayal of womanhood caused outrage when it was first performed in 1879. This bold new version by Stef Smith reframes the drama in three different time periods. The fight for women's suffrage, the Swinging Sixties and the modern day intertwine in this urgent, poetic play that asks how far have we really come in the past hundred years?
VenueThe Ron Barber Studio Theatre, Brindleyplace, Sheepcote St, Birmingham, England
First Date15th March 2025
Last Date22nd March 2025
StatusProfessional
Primary GenreTheatre
Secondary Genre
    • Drama
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MovingImage: Promo videoLink to Resource
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Contributors
Name
Function
Character
Notes
531111Lowde, TomTom Lowde379ActorTorvald HelmerThomas in this version
531110Plimmer, LukeLuke Plimmer379ActorDaniel 1 / 2 / 3
531109Potter, ChloeChloe Potter379ActorNoraNora 2 / Christine 1
531112Styles, LouLou Styles379ActorNathan
531116White, LydiaLydia White379ActorNoraNora 3
531108Youster, VickyVicky Youster379ActorNoraNora 1 / Christine 3
518993Smith, StefStef Smith389Adaptation
531115Urquhart, StephSteph Urquhart375Director
531114Briggs, ChrisChris Briggs380Lighting Designer
426902Ibsen, HenrikHenrik Ibsen386Playwright
531113Harris, KeithKeith Harris402Set Designer
Works
Production NationalityEngland
Performance languageEnglish
Further InformationIn essence, Smith takes Nora, Ibsen’s main protagonist and has her living three simultaneous ‘groundhog’ days in three different time zones 1918, 1968 and 2018 – with three different actresses playing the same role. Plus, they all get to stay on stage at the same time breathing the same theatrical air. The three principal women are dynamic, as solo actors and by feeding and supporting each other make a rare trilogy of perfection. Lydia White (refined yet rebellious Nora 1918), Chloe Potter (swinging 60s sexual revolutionary Nora 1968) and Vicky Youster (Potty mouthed borderline feminist Brummie Nora 2018). Additionally, they all also get to play Nora’s best friend Christine.
Event Identifier102725
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