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Fr 6 Jul 2012 21.30 première, within the Festival de Almada |
Lisbon Teatro Maria Matos 00351 218 438 801 website |
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Sa 7 Jul 2012 21.30 within the Festival de Almada |
Lisbon Teatro Maria Matos 00351 218 438 801 website |
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Su 8 Jul 2012 21.30 within the Festival de Almada |
Lisbon Teatro Maria Matos 00351 218 438 801 website |
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Mo 9 Jul 2012 21.30 within the Festival de Almada |
Lisbon Teatro Maria Matos 00351 218 438 801 website |
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Fr 24 Aug 2012 19.00 within the International Ibsen Festival 2012 |
Oslo Black Box Teater +47 815 11500 website |
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Sa 25 Aug 2012 19.00 within the International Ibsen Festival 2012 |
Oslo Black Box Teater +47 815 11500 website |
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Su 26 Aug 2012 19.00 within the International Ibsen Festival 2012 |
Oslo Black Box Teater +47 815 11500 website |
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Th 30 Aug 2012 on location : Logen Teater |
Bergen BIT Teatergarasjen +47 815 33133 website |
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Fr 31 Aug 2012 on location : Logen Teater |
Bergen BIT Teatergarasjen +47 815 33133 website |
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Sa 1 Sep 2012 on location : Logen Teater |
Bergen BIT Teatergarasjen +47 815 33133 website |
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We 20 Feb 2013 20.00 Belgian premiere |
Louvain 30 CC / Schouwburg / ism STUK +32 16 203020 website |
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Th 21 Feb 2013 20.00 |
Louvain 30 CC / Schouwburg / ism STUK +32 16 203020 website |
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Fr 22 Feb 2013 20.00 |
Antwerp Het Toneelhuis / Antwerpse Kleppers Festival +32 3 2248844 website |
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Sa 23 Feb 2013 20.00 |
Antwerp Het Toneelhuis / Antwerpse Kleppers Festival +32 3 2248844 website |
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Th 28 Feb 2013 20.00 |
Ghent Vooruit / in Minard +32 9 2672828 website |
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Fr 1 Mar 2013 20.00 |
Ghent Vooruit / in Minard +32 9 2672828 website |
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Sa 2 Mar 2013 20.00 |
Ghent Vooruit / in Minard +32 9 2672828 website |
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Fr 24 May 2013 20.30 copresentation with the Brakke Grond |
Amsterdam Theater Frascati +31 20 6266866 website |
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Sa 25 May 2013 20.30 copresentation with the Brakke Grond |
Amsterdam Theater Frascati +31 20 6266866 website |
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Fr 7 Jun 2013 20.30 |
Brussels Kaaitheater +32 2 2015959 website |
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Sa 8 Jun 2013 20.30 |
Brussels Kaaitheater +32 2 2015959 website |
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Mo 24 Jun 2013 19.00 |
Poznan Malta Festival Poznan |
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Tu 25 Jun 2013 19.00 |
Poznan Malta Festival Poznan |
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Th 29 Aug 2013 20.30 Theaterfestival 2013 - surtitled in Dutch |
Brussels Theaterfestival 2015 / Bronks |
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Fr 11 Oct 2013 21.00 surtitled in Greek |
Thessaloniki Dimitria Festival +30 2310228414 website |
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Sa 12 Oct 2013 21.00 surtitled in Greek |
Thessaloniki Dimitria Festival +30 2310228414 website |
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We 27 Nov 2013 18.00 surtitled in Japanese |
Tokyo International Modern Ibsen Festival 2013 |
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Th 28 Nov 2013 14.00 surtitled in Japanese |
Tokyo International Modern Ibsen Festival 2013 |
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We 28 Jan 2015 20.00 |
Toulouse Théâtre Garonne +33 5 62485477 website |
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Th 29 Jan 2015 21.00 |
Toulouse Théâtre Garonne +33 5 62485477 website |
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Fr 30 Jan 2015 21.00 |
Toulouse Théâtre Garonne +33 5 62485477 website |
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Sa 31 Jan 2015 21.00 |
Toulouse Théâtre Garonne +33 5 62485477 website |
Nora traces the awakening of Nora Helmer from her previously unexamined life of domestic, wifely comfort. Having been ruled her entire life by either her father or her husband Torvald, Nora finally comes to question the foundation of everything she believed in when her marriage is put to the test.
The play was controversial when first published, as it is sharply critical of the traditional role of man and woman in 19th-century marriage. To many 19th-century Europeans, this was scandalous. Nothing was considered more holy than the covenant of marriage, and to portray it in such a way was completely unacceptable.
Ibsen started thinking about the play around May 1878, but he did not begin its first draft until a year later. He outlines his conception of the play as a modern tragedy in a note written in Rome on 19 October 1878. A woman cannot be herself in modern society, he argues, since it is an exclusively male society, with laws made by men and with prosecutors and judges who assess feminine conduct from a masculine standpoint.
Nora: We must come to a final settlement, Torvald. Eight years long... we have never exchanged one serious word about serious things.
Nora is much more than a mere historical study of 19th-century society. Seen through 21st-century eyes, the play becomes a chilling analysis of relations between men and women today. It asks us whether the position of women has really changed since 1879. It's an exhilarating tale of moral condescension and societal hypocrisy and a subtle criticism of consumerism and the potential pitfalls awaiting well-to-do households in the Europe of 2013.
Together we STAN
Over the years, crosspollination with guest actors and companies both national and international have kept the inspiration flowing at tg STAN, which has become one of Flanders' leading contemporary theatre groups, giving old repertoire a new life in modern times.
Tom Peeters, Flanders Today (B), 13 February 2013
Gunpowder and the wheel reinvented
Throughout the play's action the actors clearly demonstrate the characters' emotional transformation, reminding us that there is a theatre in which the actor's condition evolves, which is to say, that the wheel has already been invented.
Jorge Louraço, Público (PT), 12 July 2012
Four actors. One Ibsen play. No director. Tg STAN does it best on their own
A traditional Nora, in many ways, in a performance that nevertheless avoids clichés and is charming in its clarity.
Andreas Wiese, Dagbladet (NO), 27 August 2012
Fine theatre: Acclaimed tg STAN fulfils expectations
Belgian tg STAN makes Ibsens A Dolls House glow and quiver with life and truth. It is rare to see theatre this fine and simple.
Ann Kristin Ødegård, Bergensavisen (NO), 31 August 2012
tg STAN both reveals and obscures Ibsen
A realistic sincerity dominates the performance, which is fortunately balanced by a number of ruptures of the dramatic illusion.
Espen Ingebrigtsen, Bergens Tidende (NO), 31 August 2012
by and with Jolente De Keersmaeker, Wine Dierickx, Tiago Rodrigues and Frank Vercruyssen
lighting design Thomas Walgrave
costumes An dHuys
translation surtitles Dutch Martine Bom
technique André Calado and Tim Wouters
technical assistance première Lisbon Magda Bizarro
production tg STAN
coproduction House on Fire, Teatro Maria Matos, Lisbon (PT), BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen (NO), Maltafestival Poznan (PL), Kaaitheater, Brussels
many thanks to Mundo Perfeito, Alkantara, Björn Schmeltzer and Clive Mitchell
première 6 July 2012, Teatro Maria Matos, Lisbon (PT)