Review: A Doll’s House (Ensemble Theatre)
Joanna Murray-Smith and director Mark Kilmurry have combined to re-invent A Doll’s House in a way that honours the original while also fashioning a play for today.
Diana Simmonds is an author, editor and theatre critic. She is also a regular book reviewer for Limelight. Her arts website Stage Noise is Sydney’s longest established. She has written for Fairfax, News Ltd and Kerry Packer, and at 15 was The Mombasa Times’ yachting correspondent.
Joanna Murray-Smith and director Mark Kilmurry have combined to re-invent A Doll’s House in a way that honours the original while also fashioning a play for today.
The Lysicrates Prize-winner finally makes it to the stage, with something serious to say about contemporary life and mores – which it does with wit, excoriating humour and insight.
Despite strong performances and some moments that really land, this show makes one wonder – why stage this play in Australia at all?
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