Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler can be described as a ‘suicide play’. Hedda is a fiery, intelligent and unpredictable woman conflicting with the repressed norms of 19th century Norway. The entire play is confined to Tesman’s living room, which Hedda views as her own prison. A modern spin redefines Ibsen's classic as a feminist and revolutionary element of theatre.
With a cast led by director Ivana Hladusz, the audience welcomed to a refreshingly contemporary venue of the converted police station, The Island. Indeed, the production team made good use of an intimate space more typically suited to Bristol’s alternative nightlife. With the menacing figures of the three male characters incarcerated in the custody cells before the performance, and Hedda draped despairingly against the fragile polythene curtains that swayed eerily in the breeze of people moving into their seats, the essence of a crime scene was evoked; an arena quite fitting for the dark, tortured morality of one of theatre’s most captivating heroines.
https://epigram.org.uk/2019/12/13/hedda-gabler-the-island/
Hedda Gabler is one of the most alluring and intriguing plays of the 19th century, and thus I cannot help but commend Hladusz for producing such a captivating and tantalizing show.
https://www.heliconmagazine.com/live-review-hedda-gabler