Avignon: Ibsen huis – La Maison d’Ibsen, Ibsen reinvented !
Photo. Christian Raynaud de Lage.
Ibsen Huis (La Maison d’Ibsen) Directed by Simon Stone, dramaturgy and translation by Peter van Kraaij, set design by Lizzie clachan, a production by the Toneelgroep Amsterdam
Ibsen Huis is an homage to the genius of Henrik Ibsen, the first European playwright to study the complex intricacies of human psychology and behaviour, conditioned by our follies, indulgences, and failures. However, the play is neither a simple staging of one of Ibsen’s plays, nor is it a modern adaptation. This is a new script and production inspired by Ibsen’s characters in conflict. Created and written by the director Simon Stone and the members of this company hand-picked for this project, Ibsen Huis tells a story of the modern dysfunctional family, through the 50-year span of its history. …