A Doll’s House – production photos

Take a look at these great new shots of A Doll’s House, now playing in our Main House. Photos by Richard Hubert Smith

A Doll’s House – book now!

Last year’s sell-out production of A Doll’s House returns at the end of March, and once again it’s looking like another packed out run. Since the end of the run last year, leading lady Hattie Morahan has won the Best Actress Award at both the Evening Standard and the Critics’ Circle Awards. Carrie Cracknell and Ian Macneil were also both nominated at the Evening Standard Awards for Best Director and Designer respectively.

The posters up and we’re running out of seats… so if you haven’t booked already, don’t miss out!

Critics’ Circle Triumph!

We were absolutely thrilled to receive three Critics’ Circle awards yesterday!

Best Actress: Hattie Morahan in A Doll’s House
Best Director: Benedict Andrews for Three Sisters
Best Designer: Miriam Buether for Wild Swans

Hattie Morahan, Young Vic Artistic Director David Lan (who accepted the award on behalf of Benedict Andrews) and Miriam Buether

Artistic Director, David Lan:

“What thrills me about receiving these three awards is that each of these shows was a major gamble for us – and all three sold out, including an extension of Three Sisters, resulting in our best performing year ever.

To grow you have to take risks, and risk needs investment – of imagination, of courage, of skill and also of money.

At a time when risk and experiment is threatened by, amongst other things, a decline of confidence in the power of public investment in the arts, it’s heartening to have our critics endorse the opinion of our audiences who snapped up every seat for these shows.

Miriam Buether’s design for Wild Swans was a brilliant artistic achievement in its own right and should be on permanent display.

Three Sisters was radically re-imagined, re-invigorated and released into the present moment by Benedict Andrews, aided by his collaborators Johannes Schütz, Victoria Behr, James Farncombe, Phil Bateman, Paul Arditti and a remarkable company of actors.

Hattie Morahan’s performance as Nora was, for me as for so many, stand-out brilliant and definitive.

We’re delighted that our new season contains just as many gambles and look forward to welcoming audiences and critics to shows directed by Rufus Norris, Kathryn Hunter, Joe Wright and Richard Jones as well as the return of
Carrie Cracknell’s A Doll’s House.”

Hattie’s success was featured on the front page of today’s Daily Telegraph!

Hattie Morahan as Nora, on the front page of today’s Daily Telegraph

What exciting news, a big congratulations to all the winners!

Remember you can still see Hattie as Nora as A Doll’s House is returning in April – find out more here.

11 Questions with the cast of A Doll’s House – Steve Toussaint

Steve Toussaint plays Dr Rank in A Doll’s House.

Tell us about your character
Rank is a romantic and playful soul, who pretends to be grumpy!

Favourite word?
Obstreperous.

Proudest moment?
Too many to name.

If you could be in a room full of any one thing, what would it be?
Happiness.

If days were 28 hours long, what would you do with the 4 extra hours?
Sleep.

Favourite holiday?
Warsini – an island off the coast of Kenya.

Weirdest quirk?
Couldn’t possibly tell you that!!

Favourite play?
Julius Caesar.

If you could have one supernatural power, which would you choose and why?
Flight.

Do you have any regrets?
Life’s too short for regrets.

Favourite midnight snack?
Currently digestives and cheese.

11 Questions with the cast of A Doll’s House: Susannah Wise

Susannah Wise plays Kristine Linde in A Doll’s House. 

Tell us about your character
Kristine’s a dude. She’s a great knitter, practical advice giver and she likes the odd whiskey when nobody’s looking

Favourite word?
Crepuscular.

Proudest moment?
Having my son (or winning the school obstacle race, aged 6; it’s a tough call).

If you could be in a room full of any one thing, what would it be?
Great views of the countryside.

If days were 28 hours long, what would you do with the 4 extra hours?
Sleep more (I have a toddler) or write that play that’s been in my head for years.

Favourite holiday?
New York, New York in 2008.

Weirdest quirk?
Biting my thumb nails.

Favourite play?
August Osage County (Steppenwolf Company at the National in 2008).

If you could have one supernatural power, which would you choose and why?
Being able to breathe under water.

Do you have any regrets?
No.

Favourite midnight snack?
Super noodles (classy!).

A Doll’s House – Full cast announced!

Joining Hattie Morahan (playing Nora Helmer) and Dominic Rowan (playing Torvald Helmer), we can now confirm the rest of the cast for A Doll’s House… And what an exciting bunch!

Susannah Wise joins the cast as Nora’s widowed friend Mrs Linde. Susannah has appeared in the BAFTA award-winning television programmes Peep Show,  The IT Crowd and the popular film adaptation of An Ideal Husband. Her recent theatre credits include The Holy Rosenbergs (National Theatre),  Seven Jewish Children (Royal Court), Rabbit (West End/Broadway) Festen (Lyric Theatre/West End).

• Nick Fletcher will play the disgraced lawyer Krogstad. His theatre credits include: A Woman Killed With Kindness, The White Guard, Once In A Lifetime, The UN Inspector (National Theatre); Twisted Tales (Lyric Hammersmith) and  Edgar in King Lear (Old Vic).
• Lynne Verrall will play the maid Anna-Marie. Her theatre credits include: Celaine (Hampstead), Pale Horse (Royal Court) and Mercy Fine (Southwark Playhouse).
• Yolanda Kettle joins the cast as the Helmers’ maid Helene. Yolanda recently graduated from LAMDA and has performed in Seagull (Arcola) as well as Holby City and Doctors.

Steve Touissant (pictured below) will play a family friend of the Helmers –Dr Rank. He has appeared in popular television programmes Spooks, Skins, Doctors, CSI: Miami and My Dad’s the Prime Minister.

We’re getting even more excited about the upcoming A Doll’s House, a new version written by Simon Stephens and directed by Carrie Cracknell.

Tickets are selling fast and with previews starting on 29 June – book today!

A Doll’s House – Cast announced

This month we were very excited to announce the cast for our upcoming production of A Doll’s House. 

Hattie Morahan will take the lead as Nora in A Doll’s House. Her husband Torvald will be played by Dominic Rowan.  

Hattie’s recent and acclaimed theatre work includes The Real Thing (Old Vic), The City (Royal Court), The Family Reunion (Donmar Warehouse) and Sixty-Six Books (Bush). She has starred in the popular BBC series Outnumbered and was the lead in the BBC adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. 

Dominic Rowan recently performed in Joe Hill-Gibbins’ Olivier Award-nominated production The Village Bike at The Royal Court. He will be in Henry IV parts 1 and 2, part of the BBC’s upcoming Shakespeare season.

Tickets for A Doll’s House are selling fast – to book your tickets and to find out more about the production, visit our website.