John Gabriel Borkman (London) London Reviews and Tickets
Member Reviews (18)
See it if you are a fan of great acting.I love Simon Russell Beale.He is brilliant in this.Set is excellent.Sadly the play itself is a tad dull.
Don't see it if you voted for Trump or think he was wonderful.This play feels totally relevant, but Ibsen can be a bit much.
See it if you're interesting in a lesser-known Ibsen play, that is still relevant, with the amazing Mr. Beale in the lead with 2 other fine actresses.
Don't see it if you're expecting a big production or a fast-paced play, this one takes its time brewing and is beautifully directed as a small chamber piece
See it if you want to see a masterclass in acting from Beale, Higgins, and Williams. They are stuck in a bad play, but they make it worth seeing.
Don't see it if you are expecting a good production or an interesting play. If great acting in a bad play isn't sufficient for you, this play is not for you Read more
See it if You appreciate an exploration of human psychology and relationships from a master craftsman, enhanced by an excellent production.
Don't see it if You're looking for a critique of capitalism. That's not at all what the play is about.
See it if You like astonished by the acting skills, like Ipsen, wordy drama.
Don't see it if You don't like slow developing one place drama.
See it if You enjoy family dramas and political interest and undying love
Don't see it if You don't like big open stages and can't sit still for 1 hour. The acting was sublime.
See it if The acting and the staging were top notch.
Don't see it if Very slow and a bit sad.
See it if You like to see good actors on stage. Humour in Ibsen brought out more. Want to see an infrequently performed Ibsen play.
Don't see it if You like the despair and depression in Ibsen brought to the fore. You can’t find humour in sexism.
Critic Reviews (8)
"It’s an eccentric play, and undeniably less ‘important’ feeling than Ibsen’s prodigious greatest hits. ... It has a whipsmart humour and wonderful momentum to it"
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"It’s right that we don’t feel unearned sympathy for these characters: wrong that we feel no convincing human connection with them at all."
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"Sour, regretful Ibsen still has much to tell us about the human cost of success – but his grim tidings need lustier pickaxe strokes."
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"Ultimately a production which reminds us of the exciting potential for theatre to turn the old inside out, and make new, if it dares to."
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"The play only lasts an hour and three quarters, without an interval, yet feels longer."
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"It's a strange, provoking play, full of difficult emotions and fierce feeling...its re-emergence here, at this time, feels doubly apt, as if by its very bleakness it brings a little light of insight."
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"... Nicholas Hytner’s production is glacially elegant. There are bouts of sour humour, and the mood is of a game of cat’s cradle with razor wire."
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"Lighting and sound come into play effectively for the characters’ climactic venture into a winter as cold as their hearts."
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