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'A Competitive Deconstruction of Ibsen’s Greatest Heroine.
'Hedda Gabler was a Feminist battle-cry in 1891, but 129 years later, do we need more stories about bourgeois angst and pretty-dead-women?
'Each night, three women will compete against each other to decide who will play Hedda in each scene. The roles will not be predetermined. The competitions will be real.
'Blurring the worlds of fiction and reality, Hedda GablerGablerGabler interrogates the actors’ personal dedication to this iconic part. Why are we so obsessed with Hedda? What does it mean to play her? And how should we interact with a literary canon that prioritises the experiences of the privileged?'
Source: La Mama Theatre.
Production Details
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Scheduled to be produced by La Mama Theatre at La Mama Courthouse, 27 April - 3 May 2020.
Director: Mary Angley.
Dramaturg: Meta Cohen.
Lighting Designer: Merissa Tang.
Sound Designer: Olivia McKenna.
Production Manager: Max Woods.
Cast: Caithlin O'Loghlen, Emma Jevons, and Sarah-Jayde Tracey.
Production postponed, but not initially cancelled, as a result of the COVId-19 pandemic.
Originally rescheduled for 30 November - 5 December 2021, but postponed a second time until 2022.
