Icarus brings you one of the earliest challenges to modern patriarchy, a brazen precursor to feminism and gender equality. Recession and economic boom sit side by side in Hedda’s world, antiquated by patriarchal society and made vibrant by Hedda’s lust for life.
Icarus brings you one of the earliest challenges to modern patriarchy, a brazen precursor to feminism and gender equality. Recession and economic boom sit side by side in Hedda’s world, antiquated by patriarchal society and made vibrant by Hedda’s lust for life.
Hedda Gabler, one of the most notorious heroes in theatre, was born into a legacy of aristocracy. Though she lived a pampered life, Hedda's time as a single girl ran out and she married academic George Tesman, a man she clearly no longer loves - if, indeed, she ever did. Now Hedda is driven to diabolical ends trying to discover purpose in her life as she increasingly finds the world closing in on her.
Director: Max Lewendel
Movement Director: Carrie Mueller
Vocal Coach: Emma Vane
Production Manager: Meg Jones
Set Design: Christopher Hone
Costume Design: Ilona Kahn
Sound & Music: Theo Holloway
Lighting Design: Chris Withers
CSM: Aaron Carrington
ASM: Ben Hawkins, Kaiden DuBois
Photographer: George Riddell
Hedda Gabler: Alice Bonifacio
George Tesman: David Martin
Eilert Loevborg: David Sayers
Judge Brack: Julian Pindar
Thea Elvsted: Holly Piper
Juliana Tesman: Deborah Klayman
Bert: Kaiden DuBois
Running time: approx 2 hours 30 minutes, including interval
Nothing will stop me asserting this company is one of the best young outfits in English theatre today, giving a platform to some of the ablest prospects setting out on their acting career, or from encouraging you to see them whenever they come anywhere near you.
With fire in her eyes, and a look that feels seconds away from menace, Bonifacio does a fine job of carrying this most iconic of 19th century female characters.
Using original music by Theo Holloway, traditional costumes and a dramatically lit, turn-of-the century, household set, Icarus Theatre are living up to their reputation as a visually rich and dynamic theatre company.
