Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt

Colin Teevan’s irreverent adaptation of Ibsen’s classic play returns to the scene of its original triumph with a brief run at Dundee Rep before embarking on a tour of Scottish cities over the next couple of months. This thrilling, energetic…

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Recession? What recession? If you believe the old adage that entertainment thrives in hard times (proven by the rise of the cinema in the austere 30s) surely theatre, which offers escape into alternative worlds, is the ideal diversion from dreary…

Peer Gynt

For as long as people question their identity, pondering who they are and what role they play in the world, Peer Gynt will occupy a prominent place in the culture. It would, indeed become still more notable were all productions of Ibsen’s classic of…

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Recommended Peer Gynt Dominic Hill’s spectacular swan song at Dundee Rep retells Ibsen’s classic through Colin Teevan’s joyous, sad, and, at times, foul-mouthed adaptation. Splendidly acted and physically very impressive, this is a spellbinding…

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Dominic Hill’s last project at Dundee Rep, here combining its resources with the National Theatre of Scotland, shows no lack of ambition. The soon-to-be artistic director of the Traverse has chosen a complex, picaresque classic full of incident as his…

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Peer Gynt Dominic Hill’s last production at Dundee Rep takes on Ibsen’s classic picaresque adventure centring on a single, wasteful, very modern man. Keith Fleming leads in this epic existential caper. Dundee Rep, Mon 24 Sep–Sat 13 Oct. Rupture A…