A Doll's House (Almeida Theatre)

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About the Show

Romola Garai stars in Joe Hill-Gibbins’s staging of Anya Reiss’s new version of Ibsen’s classic.

In this bold new version of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, Nora and Torvald’s seemingly stable marriage is shaken when a looming scandal forces them to re-examine the rules of their relationship. As the couple navigates the shifting ground of trust, loyalty, and self-preservation, the boundaries of love and obligation are pushed to their limits. What begins as a domestic arrangement slowly unravels into a reckoning with the cost of compromise.

Romola Garai returns to the Almeida Theatre to play Nora, following her Olivier Award-winning role in The Years. The production features a contemporary adaptation by Anya Reiss (Becoming Elizabeth, The Seagull), and is directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins (The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Ghosts).

Critic Reviews (6)

"It is a reimagining that might have Ibsen turning in his grave, yet it feels like a powerful, conflicting closing image."
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"The concluding showdown between Nora and Torvald is brutally compelling and the final image is a devastatingly powerful one."
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"I found it a disappointing cop-out that robs Garai of her big moment and suggests Reiss’s rethink, like Nora’s life, has rather been built on sand."
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"The adaptation, though radical, is both scintillating and intelligent, and gives Romola Garai a glorious opportunity to show once more just what a subtle and fascinating actress she is."
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"Joe Hill-Gibbins’s staging is provocative and fun, without bringing out the emotional depth of a story that feels like it’s torn between honouring the structure of A Doll’s House and demolishing it entirely. "
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"Garai is magnetically good as Nora, peeling back a sharp-edged brittleness that veers into monstrosity at times to reveal the damage and desperation beneath the surface gloss."
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