HEDDA (after Ibsen)
‘These impulses come over me all of a sudden, and I just can’t resist them”
Screening & Q&A: September 3rd 2023 @ Politik Korrekt Teaterfestival, Hamar, Norway
Nominated: #Offies 2022 #NewNoms: OnComm: ONLINE
We are currently touring with HEDDA (after Ibsen) doing screenings at theatres and cinemas and most are followed with Q&A’s with David Hoyle and Jen Heyes, with more dates coming in all the time!
WE ARE TAKING BOOKINGS: info here
Presented by Cut to the Chase Productions in association with Soho Theatre and The Arts Centre, EHU
Performed by David Hoyle
Created and Directed by Jen Heyes
Reimagined by Jen Heyes In collaboration with David Hoyle
Sound and Music by Tom Parkinson and Cora Bastable
Lighting Nigel Edwards
Sound John Avery
Dramaturgy Jessica Alice Tillings
Production Manager Helen Mugridge
Camera Anthony Swords, Connor MacMahon
Edit Anthony Swords
Producer Ruby Glaskin
Executive Producers Jen Heyes, Ruby Glaskin
Research and Development/ Rehearsal Space and Green Screen studios
@ Edge Hill University Campus, Ormskirk
Originally Commissioned by The Arts Centre, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk
Filmed at Soho Theatre, London
Recordings @ Hope Mill Studios Manchester
Photos by Sarah Hickson
photo by Lee Baxter
SONGS
‘Femme Fatal’, ‘Once there was a Child’, ‘Scarcity’
‘Daddy Real Man’, ‘Dead on Arrival’, ‘Topsy Turvy’
Lyrics by Jen Heyes, Music by Tom Parkinson
Hoyle’s commanding stage presence combined with Heyes’ excellent direction as well as beautiful innovative cinematography and animation
A pungent and stylishly captured performance
What works here is Hoyle’s depiction of both charisma and obsession, and the original compositions by Tom Parkinson. The bespoke sound design, the filming choices, all add to an unsettling yet rich experience
a stellar performance...Hoyle plays the perfect Hedda
Heyes’ production is innovative in its approach to reimagining the story and in putting Hedda’s self-absorbed perspective even more firmly at the heart of the show
It stands to say that the cinematography in this production (directed by Jen Heyes) is nothing less than brilliant
