27 MARCH - 1 APRIL 2023

A re-examining of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler
Written by Andrew Whittle

“I don’t even know always what sets it off, but when it happens I’m not responsible for what I say or what I do. “

Ludlow’s ‘Here To There Productions’ are thrilled to be back in Malvern to premier this unique interpretation of one of theatre’s most sacred of pieces.

Arriving home after a long honeymoon Hedda struggles coming to terms with her marriage, having married for financial security not love, and moving into a new home she and her new husband cannot afford.

Brought up in a sheltered environment by a single parent, Hedda had yearned for years to grasp life by the throat and enjoy herself. Instead she feels trapped. Buried alive with years of tedious, intolerable life ahead of her.

She plots to break that tedium by the manipulation of those close to her, with consequences that even she had not foreseen…