Adapted by Marthe
Snorresdotter Rovik and Renato Fabretti
Directed by Renato Fabretti
With Marthe Snorresdotter Rovik, Tone Skaardal, Renato
Fabretti, Richie Flanagan and Phil Miolin
The Blue
Room Theatre
Until August
31
The world’s
in a bit of a spin over all things gritty and Scandinavian. Our televisions (or
at least the best bits of them) are tuned to grim Swedish skies (various
Wallanders and Girls With Tattoos) and rotten days in Denmark (serial Killings
and Borgens) – the two countries have even combined forces, if not bodies, over The
Bridge.
As far as
I’m aware, the Norwegians have yet to join this small-screen splatter party, so this very tight,
contemporary take on Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler comes at a fortuitous time.
