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A Doll's House

Showing at: Donmar Warehouse

Box Office: 0870 060 6624

Age: General

Genre: Play

Sub Genre: Play (Drama)

A Doll’s House is arguably Henrik Ibsen’s most famous play. In this production by the Donmar Warehouse the stage and screen actress Gillian Anderson plays the lead role of Nora.

Nora loves her husband above all else. When he was ill, she fraudulently borrowed money to save his life and has been secretly working to pay back the debt ever since. When her husband receives a promotion, the end of the struggle is in sight, but then his employee begins to blackmail Nora and her world begins to fall apart.

Anderson is best known for playing the sceptical FBI agent Dana Scully in long-running paranormal drama The X-Files, but A Doll’s House is not her first UK stage appearance. The American actress previously appeared in the Royal Court production of The Sweetest Swing In Baseball and What The Night Is For, which ran at the Comedy theatre. She also received much acclaim for her performance in the BBC adaptation of Bleak House.

Writer Zinnie Harris has produced a new version of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House for this Donmar Warehouse production which sets the story against the backdrop of British politics at the turn of the last century, in a world where duty, power and hypocrisy rule. Her other plays include Fall, Solstice, Midwinter, Nightingale And Chase, By Many Wounds and Further From The Furthest Thing, which won the Peggy Ramsay Foundation Award and the John Whiting Award.

Director Kfir Yefet makes his Donmar Warehouse debut at the helm of A Doll’s House. A BAFTA Award-winner for short film It’s Not Unusual, Yefet has directed stage productions of Is That All There Is (Almeida theatre), Shimmer and The Soldier’s Tale.

For more about A Doll's House at the Donmar Warehouse, read the First Night Feature or the Big Interview with Tara Fitzgerald.

Performance Details

  • previews from: 14 May 2009
  • opening night: 19 May 2009
  • closing: 18 Jul 2009

show times: Mon-Sat 19:30, Mats Thu & Sat 14:30

ticket prices: £15-£29

duration: 2h20

Assisted Performances

captioned performance: By STAGETEXT on Mon 15 Jun at 19:30, tickets £12 T: 020 7845 5822 E: access@donmarwarehouse.com

audio described performance: By VocalEyes on Sat 4 Jul at 14:30 (Touch Tour 13:30), tickets £12 T: 020 7845 5822 E: access@donmarwarehouse.com

sign language interpreted performance: By Wendy Ebsworth on Mon 29 Jun at 19:30, tickets £12 T: 020 7845 5822 E: access@donmarwarehouse.com

cast: Gillian Anderson, Toby Stephens, Christopher Eccleston, Tara Fitzgerald, Anton Lesser, Maggie Wells

author: Henrik Ibsen, in a new version by Zinnie Harris

director: Kfir Yefet

music by: Tim Phillips

sound: Tim Phillips

lighting designer: Hugh Vanstone

designer: Anthony Ward

map: View Map

Access Enabled Map (pdf format):
View The Donmar Warehouse Access Enabled Map

address: Earlham Street, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9LX

nearest tube: Covent Garden (275m)

nearest bus: 14, 19, 24, 29, 38, 176

parking: Westminter City Council car park at Cambridge Circus. NCP at Drury Lane and Upper St Martin's Lane. Meters in Earlham Street and Mercer Street. 1 Disabled parking bay outside theatre.

air conditioned: Yes

Assisted Performance Booking Information

Access Booking: Tel: 0871 297 5477

Accessible Facilities Venue Information

discounts: Discounts available for disabled theatregoers and their companions.

limited mobility: Aisle seats have the most legroom, except row A in the Stalls. C9 and C30 in the Stalls have unlimited legroom.

access description: A portable ramp can be placed over the 15cm step into entrance on Earlham Street. Box office counter is straight ahead from the Earlham Street entrance. Lift up to all floors of the auditorium, to the right of the box office counter. All staircases have handrails on both sides and steps are highlighted. Stalls up 26 steps from the foyer and have one step between rows. Circle up 48 steps from the foyer, with one step between rows. The Stalls is level, the Circle is raked.

hearing impaired: Infra-red system with 8 headsets. Headsets can be collected from the Box Office. Returnable deposit of credit card or driving licence required. Portable induction loop at the Box Office.

guide dogs policy: Guide dogs are allowed in the auditorium, alternatively staff are happy to dog-sit. The theatre can accommodate 4 guide dogs per performance.

wheelchairs: Slight slope up from the lift to the back of the Stalls. 1 space for a wheelchair user in the Stalls. Up to 4 wheelchair transfer seats available. Wheelchair/Scooters are stored beside the Box Office.

toilets: Women’s and men’s off the Circle bar, off the foyer and 4 steps up from the Stalls.

disabled toilets: Adapted toilet off Circle bar.

bars: 2 licensed bars. No steps to both the Stalls and the Circle bars. Both have fixed seating and limited space. Drinks may be taken into the auditorium in plastic cups, or brought to customers.

Toby Stephens and Gillian Anderson in A Doll's House (Photo: Johan Persson)

Toby Stephens and Gillian Anderson in A Doll's House (Photo: Johan Persson)

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