Twin sisters replay an ancient feud over a man, a miner’s son, who paces incessantly in his room above them. He is the husband of one and the former lover of the other. He has been disgraced following a fraud and has served time in prison. He is now destitute. A young girl plays the piano to him. The former lover comes upstairs to torment herself and him. The wife appears to claim ownership of her son. Downstairs, the three wrangle over the love of that son whose own lover comes to take him and the girl away. The three go out into the storm…or is that the mine? John Gabriel Borkman – written by Henrik Ibsen, translated by William Archer and directed by Peter King.
Venue: La Mama Theatre, 205 Faraday Street, Carlton
Dates: September 18 – 29
Times: 8.30pm (Wednesdays and Sundays 6.30pm)
Tickets: $15 – $25 from here.
