LITTLE EYOLF to Make UK Premiere

The National Theatre of Norway returns to the UK for the first time in 18 years with Little Eyolf, one of Ibsen's major but rarely performed prose plays. Director Sophie Jupither puts the child Eyolf at the centre in this production, probes the complex question of how our children fit within our adult relationships - and shows that Ibsen's people speak strongly to us today.

Alfred Almers returns home from a writing retreat to his wife Rita and their only child Eyolf. He has abandoned his life's literary work for a new vocation: to devote himself to caring for his son. But what does that really mean? While his relationship with Rita disintegrates, one seismic event will change the course of his life forever. Little Eyolf is a haunting portrait of a marriage in crisis and the agony of acts and words that can never be undone.

Artistic Director of The Norwegian Ibsen Company, Kåre Conradi, plays Alfred Almers and Pia Tjelta plays Rita Almers, with Ine Jansen, John Emil Jørgensrud, Andrine Sæther and Sebastian Sørlie Lamb.

"There's a reason why Ibsen is one of the world's very greatest. He understands people in a way that is totally relevant in 2018. We all struggle with the same things." Kåre Conradi

The 120 year-old National Theatre in Oslo is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues, a centre for classical, innovative and sometimes controversial performances. The theatre is often considered the home for Ibsen's plays, and has produced most of his works.

Performed in Norwegian with English surtitles.

Kåre Conradi's awards include Best Actor Award for Ibsen's Love's Comedy; Trøndelag Theatre Award for Hamlet and The Continental Award for Stones In His Pockets. Theatre credits include: Over 30 productions at the National Theatre of Norway including Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Skylight, Fanny and Alexander, Peer Gynt, League of Youth, and The Threepenny Opera. Other theatre includes: The Pretenders (The Royal Theatre of Denmark); The Glass Menagerie, Hamlet, Westside Story (Trøndelag Theatre) Singing In The Rain, My Fair Lady (Oslo New Theatre), and The Little Prince (Lyric Theatre Belfast). TV and Film credits include: Boys will be Boys (Emmy nominated); Ibsen Centennial Awards; Wide Blue Yonder, The Philanthropist (NBC series); Arctic Passage: Prisoners of the Ice (ITN); King Curling, The Conqueror (NRK). Jazz concert credits include headline act at Debbie Curtis Radio Big Band concert at the London Palladium.

Pia Tjelta's work at The National Theatre of Norway includes Fanny and Alexander, Flying Lord, The Dynasty (Ad Hoc), Hedda Gabler, Anna Karenina and The Auditor. Other theatre credits include Les Misérables and the title role in Elektra (Oslo New Theatre), Gossip (Rogaland Theatre) and Peer Gynt (Gålå). Film includes: Mongoland, Buddy, An Enemy of the People, The Woman in My Life, Mars & Venus, Angels, 90 minutes and Amnesia. TV series include Hombres, The Code Name Hunter, A Good Number Two and Next Summer.

Director Sofia Jupither's credits include: Sleep, The Glass Menagerie, A Dream Game, The Moon, Mr. Kolpert and The Flying Child (National Theatre of Norway) Other work includes : The Girl On The Couch, To Damascus, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? and 3.31.93 by Lars Norén (Stockholm City Theatre), A Doll's House, In The Gazebo and Lady From The Sea (The Drama, Stockholm), The Wild Duck (Rogaland Theatre), Scales and Fragments by Lars Norén (Folkeatern, Gothenburg) and Salome (Royal Opera, Stockholm). Since 2015 she has run Jupither Josephsson Theater Company with producer Ulrika Josephsson and in 2016 they presented The Tiger of Giannina Carbunariu and November 20th by Lars Norén at the Avignon Festival. Awards include Best Director for Sleep at the National Theatre and the Thalia Prize 2014 for 3.31.93 at Stockholm City Theatre.

Prices: £25 / £20 All Concessions £15 To Book:?Tel: 020 3642 6606?Online: the-print-room.org

Photo: Pia Tjelta (Rita Allmers) and Kåre Conradi (Alfred Allmers)
Photo by Marte Garmann

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