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My Master Builder at Wyndham’s Theatre review: Ewan McGregor's first stage appearance in 17 years is a dud

2/5 This play boasts a glib, howlingly pretentious script and a drippy central character in McGregor’s architect Henry Solness

Evening Standard

My Master Builder review – Ewan McGregor’s cheating starchitect is torn down

Ibsen is moved to the Hamptons in Lila Raicek’s play, co-starring Kate Fleetwood and Elizabeth Debicki, about the destruction wreaked by adultery

The Guardian - UK

Ghosts review – gasps and laughter greet this modern revamp of Ibsen’s shocker

Gary Owen’s retelling changes the names and themes from the original, but retains the toxic power as a stellar cast negotiate the myriad secrets and suspicions

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Ghosts is a fiercely witty reworking of Henrik Ibsen’s tale of incest and love

4/5 As the play’s sulky heir, Callum Scott Howells delivers a tour de force performance

The Independent UK

Ghosts at the Lyric Hammersmith review: horribly funny and dark tale of incest

4/5 Victoria Smurfit and Callum Scott Howells star in this scorching update to Henrik Ibsen’s play

Evening Standard

Victoria Smurfit on Rivals S2 and Ghosts: "it's 17 years since I've been on the stage!"

Victoria Smurfit tells us about hitting the Lyric Hammersmith for a new adaptation of Ibsen’s Ghosts and heading back to Jilly Cooper land

Evening Standard

Ewan McGregor, Elizabeth Debicki and Kate Fleetwood: ‘There’s slight snobbery about film actors doing a play’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The garlanded trio are taking on marital and sexual politics in a radical modern update of Ibsen’s ‘The Master Builder’. They take on the hot potato of star power, annoying theatregoers and ‘why people call us luvvies’ with Annabel Nugent

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‘I always thought it would be amazing to be the first person to play a role’: Ewan McGregor on his return to the UK stage

As the star teams up with director Michael Grandage for his first West End part in 17 years, the pair discuss the thrill of putting on a new play, how it updates Ibsen for our times – and a Trainspotting-esque toilet encounter in Russia

The Guardian - UK

Dag Solstad obituary

Norwegian novelist who sustained a reputation as both seer and comrade for readers and writers for half a century

The Guardian - UK

Elizabeth Debicki will return to the stage in London this summer

The Crown actor and Kate Fleetwood will join Ewan McGregor in Lila Raicek’s My Master Builder, inspired by Ibsen

The Guardian - UK

Ewan McGregor returning to London's West End after 17 years

Ewan McGregor will lead the cast of the reboot of 'The Master Builder' on London's West End next year.

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Lebanese playwright Chrystèle Khodr's dramatic 'trial by ordeal' on stage in Paris

Her powerful performances give voice to some uncomfortable truths. Lebanese playwright and director Chrystèle Khodr wades through the ruins of a society in her latest play "Ordalie", exploring the social, political and physical wreckage of her homeland and its history. She tells us more about the quest for justice in…

France 24

'We want to help': Why climate activists are trying something new

A recent disruption at An Enemy of the People on Broadway by Extinction Rebellion shows a new approach to climate change activism.

WEKU

An Enemy of the People review – Jeremy Strong impresses in timely Ibsen drama

The Succession star delivers a bravura central turn in a rousing adaptation of a story that carries a discomforting contemporary relevance

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‘No theatre on a dead planet’: climate activists disrupt Jeremy Strong Broadway show

Production of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People halted when protesters warned the audience about environmental damage

The Guardian - UK

Walkouts and rows in the stalls as politics enters Theatreland stage left – or maybe right

From black-only nights to an anti-capitalist rant, the West End has discovered its radical side. But is it a playwright’s job to change the world?

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: An Enemy of the People; King Lear; Double Feature – review

Matt Smith heads a rousing adaptation of Ibsen for a bruised world; Danny Sapani and co lean into the storm in Yaël Farber’s liberating Lear. Plus, Hollywood power play the hard way

The Guardian - US

Jeremy Strong, Alicia Keys and The Wiz: biggest Broadway shows of 2024

This year on Broadway promises major debuts from Steve Carell, Rachel McAdams and revivals of Doubt and The Wiz

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Evening Standard

The Standard Theatre Podcast: Hattie Morahan on starring in Ghosts, reviews of The Homecoming & Infinite Life

Plus we discuss two exciting revivals heading to the West End next year

Evening Standard

Shooting Hedda Gabler at the Rose Theatre: Antonia Thomas is terrific in this stylish spin on an Ibsen classic

It goes way over the top at the end, but until then the production is absolutely gripping

The Guardian - UK

The Norwegian secret: how friluftsliv boosts health and happiness

The idea of communing with nature is instilled from birth in Norway. I hiked through a rain-drenched forest to try it myself

The Independent UK

'Succession' star Jeremy Strong lands a role on Broadway in 2024 in 'An Enemy of the People'

Jeremy Strong is going from a corporate boardroom on TV to a whistleblower on Broadway

The Independent UK

Jessica Chastain returns to theater with 'A Doll's House'

Jessica Chastain counts her performance as Nora in the current Broadway revival of “A Doll’s House” to be one of the “hardest things” she has ever done

Chicago Tribune

Review: ‘A Doll’s House’ on Broadway with Jessica Chastain and Michael Patrick Thornton: It’s all in your head

NEW YORK — Experiencing the fascinating new revival of Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House,” which reduces the iconic proto-feminist drama to its barest thematic essentials, is not unlike listening to a podcast. For anyone interested in Broadway trends, here is a remarkable example of how the rise of Audible and…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: What a difference a revival makes: 2 famously tricky Sondheim musicals shine in new outings

NEW YORK — At lunch recently in New York with a retired theater critic, I asked if he’d care to join me later in the week for a matinee of the touted Broadway revival of “Into the Woods.” No, he demurred. He had reviewed the original production, and the show,…

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