- BY HENRIK IBSEN
- TRANSLATED BY HINRICH SCHMIDT-HENKEL
- SCHAUBÜHNE AM LEHNINER PLATZ
- DIRECTED BY THOMAS OSTERMEIER
NOV 28—DEC 2 AT 7:30PM
DEC 2 AT 2PM
BAM HARVEY THEATER
TICKETS: $20, 35, 50, 60
PERFORMED IN GERMAN WITH ENGLISH TITLES
BAMDIALOGUE WITH THOMAS OSTERMEIER
NOV 29 AT 6PM
BAM ROSE CINEMAS
($8; $4 FOR FRIENDS OF BAM)
BAMTALK: IBSEN IN THE 21ST CENTURY
OCT 28 AT 3PM
BAM HILLMAN ATTIC STUDIO
TICKETS: $10 ($5 FOR FRIENDS OF BAM)
A provocative, unsparing indictment of the bourgeoisie when it was first performed in 1891,
Hedda Gabler still retains its capacity to shock. Ibsen's spoiled, self-absorbed heroine responds to her dull new marriage and failed upper-class ambitions with such viciousness and malignant disregard, that within one day she has destroyed everyone around her and, ultimately, herself.
Her tragedy is timeless, and as re-envisioned by vanguard German director Thomas Ostermeier, it is startlingly immediate. In a hyper-modern apartment, the austerity of Hedda's environment somehow makes her actions all the more horrific. As in his equally audacious 2004 Next Wave debut,
Nora (A Doll's House), Ostermeier effectively distills the work's raw emotional core to devastating effect.
APX. RUNNING TIME: 120MIN, NO INTERMISSION
SET DESIGN BY JAN PAPPELBAUM
COSTUMES BY NINA WETZEL
MUSIC BY MALTE BECKENBACH
DRAMATURGY BY MARIUS VON MAYENBURG
VIDEO BY SEBASTIEN DUPOUEY
LIGHTING BY ERICH SCHNEIDER