Henrik Ibsen
A Doll’s House
Adapted and Directed by Rory Stuart
Things are looking up for the Helmers.
After years of scrimping and saving, Torvald has landed a promotion at work, finally giving the family the financial security and social position they crave. Nora couldn’t be happier.
But as faces from their past force long-held secrets out into the open, Nora must confront the consequences of her actions and question just how perfect her marriage really is.
Ibsen’s play captures one woman’s journey in the face of an oppressive society and remains as charged, intense and provocative as it was over 140 years ago.
Sarah Boulter
Christine
Trained at City of Sunderland College.
Selected theatre credits include: The Twelve Pound Look and A Doll’s House (HangFire Theatre), A Viking Christmas (Queens Hall, Hexham) The Dolly Mixtures (The Customs House), Teechers, Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, Jack and the Beanstalk (Gala Theatre), The Great Joe Wilson (Wisecrack Productions), Rainbird (Cloud Nine Theatre), Barnaby Rudge (NTC), The Miscast Bard, Shakers (Less is MORE Theatre), The Cinder Path (ION Productions) and Twelfth Night, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet (Theatre Space NE).
Jamie Brown
Helmer & Krogstad
Trained at Bretton Hall.
Selected theatre credits: When The Boat Comes In (Parts 1&2), The Man and the Donkey (The Customs House), A Doll’s House (HangFire Theatre), Macbeth, Sinful Shakespeare (1623 Theatre Company), The Geordie Nativity, The Great Joe Wilson, Mr Corvan’s Music Hall, Hadaway Harry (Wisecrack Productions), The Fighting Bradfords, Robinson Crusoe and Jack and the Beanstalk (Gala Theatre), Rainbird: Tragedy of an Artist and Death at Dawn (Cloud Nine Theatre), The Cinder Path and The Fifteen Streets (ION Productions). Jamie won Performing Artist of the Year at the Journal Culture Awards for his performance in Hadaway Harry.
Viktoria Kay
Nora
Trained at East 15 Acting School.
Selected theatre credits include: The Twelve Pound Look, A Doll’s House and The Importance of Being Earnest (HangFire Theatre), Rattle & Roll (Open Clasp), Perfect Wedding, The Man and the Donkey, Romeo and Juliet, Waiting for Gateaux (The Customs House), A Funny Thing Happened on the way to Durham, Aladdin (Gala Theatre), The Noise (Northern Stage / Leeds Playhouse), Jane Eyre (Hull Truck & Tour), Chalet Lines (Live Theatre / Bush Theatre), The Pitmen Painters (National Tour / West End) and Cooking with Elvis (Bolton Octagon) for which she won the Manchester Evening News Theatre Award.
Selected film and TV credits include: The Song of Names, I, Daniel Blake, Sunday for Sammy 2018, Wolfblood, Harriet’s Army, Vera and Emmerdale.
In 2019, HangFire’s production of A Doll’s House was awarded Best Classic or Revival from NE Theatre Blogger Chris on Theatre.
“I was impressed with Rory Stuart’s version of A Doll’s House…[he] managed to condense this into one hour and still managed to capture very effectively all that matters in the play…HangFire have a lot going for them with this format of pared-down classics, but they set themselves a hard act to beat with that one.”