A DOLL’S HOUSE

University of Winnipeg Theatre Department / Winnipeg, MB

By: Adapted from the play by Henrik Ibsen Posted: 2:25 PM CDT Sunday, Jul. 19, 2009

IT seems like a crazy idea, but casting five actors in the role of Nora in this adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 classic works like a charm. The quintet are like a collection of life-size porcelain dolls, gliding and twirling around the set in the opening Christmas Eve scene, and positively swarming every other character who enters the room.

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Nora’s husband Torvald is also doll-like, resembling a ventriloquist’s dummy, although he rules the roost with a paternal hand, withholding sweets and scolding Nora like a child.

And there’s a broad, cartoonish villainy to the ghoulish Krogstad, who threatens to destroy Nora’s marriage by revealing she borrowed money with a forged note.

University of Winnipeg Theatre Department / Winnipeg Fringe Festival
A DOLL'S HOUSE — University of Winnipeg Theatre Department / Winnipeg Fringe Festival A DOLL'S HOUSE

The Noras are by turns frivolous and flirtatious — inappropriately so in the company of the randy, terminally ill Dr. Rank — or naive and spoiled. Well played, choreographed and staged, this 85-minute gem seems shorter than many 60-minute shows.

— Pat St. Germain

From the official Fringe Festival program:

UWinnipeg (HAIR – **** – highest attendance – ‘07) presents the most innovative and engaging production you’ll see at Fringe 09!

In 1879, Ibsen’s A DOLL’S HOUSE was scandalous for challenging Victorian romanticism and treatment of women.

Renowned choreographer Tom Stroud and UWinnipeg’s theatre department bring lyrical movement and image together with a theatrical classic to resonate with modern headlines and the domestic unrest that still lingers beneath.