Joe Bannister, Bebe Cave, Rina Fatania, Caroline Harker, Jake Mann and Milo Twomey will join Pearl Chanda in Tanika Gupta’s Hedda, coming to Orange Tree Theatre this October.
Inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, it is directed by Hettie Macdonald. The creative team includes set designer Simon Kenny, costume designer Sheena Napier, lighting designer Ben Ormerod, sound designer & composer Pouya Ehsaei, assistant director Tara Jamora Oppen and production manager Sean Laing.
It was our love of India which drew us closer together. And of course, films…
London, 1948. The war is over, India is newly independent, and Hedda Gabler has retired: early, elegantly, and with secrets. Once a Hollywood star, now the wife of rising British film director George Tesman, Hedda lives in Chelsea, hiding behind drawn curtains. But the past is beginning to stir.
Her husband is asking questions. An old colleague has written a screenplay that cuts too close to the truth. And there’s a powerful producer in town: and he never takes no for an answer.
Inspired by the story of Anglo-Indian screen legend Merle Oberon, Hedda is a bold new version of Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama about blackmail, secrecy and power.
Hedda opens at Orange Tree Theatre on October 27, with previews from October 18, and runs until November 22, 2025. Tickets here.
Top image: Hedda cast (image supplied)