NORA: A DOLL’S HOUSE | BATH THEATRE ACADEMY
THE EGG BATH 2021
WRITTEN BY Stef Smith after Henrik Ibsen
‘I see now our home has been nothing but a playroom. I am a doll-wife.’
1918. 1968. 2018. Three eras. Three women. Three fights for freedom.
The same struggle.
As outsiders looking in, we see a woman holding together a home. But when a secret from the past threatens to dismantle Nora’s carefully constructed world, she is forced to make a choice.
Henrik Ibsen’s brutal portrayal of womanhood in A Doll’s House caused riots when first performed in 1879. This bold new version by Stef Smith reframes the drama across three different time periods.
What does it mean to be a woman, a wife, a mother?
How do you escape a structure designed to lock you in?
CREATIVE TEAM
Direction - Julia Head
Design - April Dalton
Sound - Dinah Mullen
Lighting - George Seal
Movement - Sophie Cottle
Production Manager - Lisa Hall
Stage Managers - Hollie Marshall, Kay Hudson and Rob Browning
Producers - Laura Knight and James Moore
Made in collaboration with students at Bath Theatre Academy.
1918. 1968. 2018. Three eras. Three women. Three fights for freedom.
The same struggle.
As outsiders looking in, we see a woman holding together a home. But when a secret from the past threatens to dismantle Nora’s carefully constructed world, she is forced to make a choice.
Henrik Ibsen’s brutal portrayal of womanhood in A Doll’s House caused riots when first performed in 1879. This bold new version by Stef Smith reframes the drama across three different time periods.
What does it mean to be a woman, a wife, a mother?
How do you escape a structure designed to lock you in?
CREATIVE TEAM
Direction - Julia Head
Design - April Dalton
Sound - Dinah Mullen
Lighting - George Seal
Movement - Sophie Cottle
Production Manager - Lisa Hall
Stage Managers - Hollie Marshall, Kay Hudson and Rob Browning
Producers - Laura Knight and James Moore
Made in collaboration with students at Bath Theatre Academy.
