Katie Holmes to Star in Hedda Gabler at the Old Globe Theatre

Hedda review – Lily Allen leads a helter-skelter take on Ibsen’s tragedy

Ustinov Studio, BathAllen is convincing as the bored newlywed but Matthew Dunster’s version gets lost between our time and Ibsen’sIt is not through any shortcomings of the cast that Matthew Dunster’s modern-dress reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler is so peculiar. Lily Allen is convincingly brittle as the bored newlywed who has just returned from honeymoon with her plodding academic husband, George (Ciarán Owens). His loyal aunt, Julia, i…

Katie Holmes to star in Hedda Gabler at the Old Globe Theatre

The Old Globe Theatre announced that actress Katie Holmes will headline its 2026 in a bold new production of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler. The reimagined version of the classic play is by Erin Cressida Wilson, commissioned by The Globe. Directed by Barry Edelstein, the Globe’s Artistic Director, the production promises a “fresh and emotionally charged take on the Ibsen classic.”...