Pepper's Ghost Theatre Company tackle work from the pen of Victorian writer Henrik Ibsen this week, when they begin a four-day stay at Stantonbury Campus, with A Doll's House.
When it debuted - in 1879 - the play was incredibly controversial, and yet it remains very appropriate today, focusing on the quandaries we face as we try, and often fail, at relationships.
‘A Doll’s House focuses on the life of a devoted wife and mother. But Nora has a troubling secret and it now begins to catch up with her in the most dramatic and devastating way.
Nora sees only two terrifying ways out - suicide or running away, unless of course there is a miracle, but that miracle can only come from her husband.
Will he have the courage to support Nora, or will he be more concerned with his own reputation?’
Seemingly a feminist piece, with Nora making a decision which would have been an unthinkable outrage at the time, she embarks on a brave journey of discovery.
"Ibsen was a man ahead of his time," said Pepper's Ghost director Rosemary Hill, "He believed that a woman could not be herself whilst laws were made by men assessing female conduct from a male standpoint. He felt that every individual has a need to find out who she or he really is and that they should strive to do that."
Performances begin on Wednesday (October 14) and run nightly through to Saturday (October 17).
Tickets are £14 (£12 for concessions) and show time is 7.30pm.
An additional matinee will run on Saturday, at 2.30pm.
To book call 01908 324466 or visit www.stantonburytheatre.co.uk
