Ibsen’s tale was a Nordic noir of obsession, trolls, and supernatural powers. Zinnie Harris takes that framework and gives it contemporary relevance in a world of celebrity. RICHARD HORSMAN sees a dark dimension of hidden abuse in this production that chime with the shocking revelations of our times.
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REVIEW | The Shed Crew (Red Ladder Theatre @ Albion Electric Warehouse, Leeds)
This is a show that made reviewer RICHARD HORSMAN uncomfortable, and not only physically. Director Rod Dixon didn’t want audiences to “sit passively in a velvet space watching the story unfold from the distance of an auditorium.” Staging it in the Albion Electric Warehouse certainly achieves that, by creating an urban industrial aesthetic as real as the health and safety inspector would allow …
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