Nora of een poppenhuis

Name: Nora of een poppenhuis - Wonkapodia
Start: 2027-04-02T20:15:00+02:00
End: 2027-04-02T23:59:00+02:00
Location: Theater Speelhuis

Theater en toneel

Confrontational classic about marriage

It is one of the most influential plays ever written and still strikingly topical: Nora of een poppenhuis by Norwegian writer Henrik Ibsen, from 1879. It is no coincidence that the play is on UNESCO’s Memory of the World register. In this timeless classic, a woman tries to free herself from the expectations of others – above all those of her husband. Her search for freedom and self-respect is painfully recognisable. Because how equal are men and women in today’s society?

Sarah Sluimer, columnist for NRC among others and writer of the successful show En ze maakte een kind, has adapted the play with a sharp eye for current tensions in women’s emancipation. Sexual freedom is celebrated through all kinds of open relationships, and the traditional family is no longer a given everywhere. On the other hand, so-called tradwives glorify the 1950s housewife and a growing group of young men long for conservative gender relations. Leading actors Waldemar Torenstra and Judith Noyons step into the shoes of this famous stage couple and, in this penetrating and confrontational show directed by Nina Spijkers, reveal how gender roles can suffocate people.

45 minutes before the start, Annette Embrechts, dance and theatre journalist for de Volkskrant, will give an introduction. You can reserve a free place for this during the ordering process.

Writer: Henrik Ibsen

Adaptation: Sarah Sluimer

Director: Nina Spijkers

Performed by: Judith Noyons, Waldemar Torenstra, Ridder van Kooten, Anne-Chris Schulting and others