Ghosts

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For the first time ever in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, experience the work of Henrik Ibsen with a ‘superb’ ★★★★ (Time Out) and ‘devastating’ ★★★★ (Evening Standard) adaptation of Ghosts, a scandalous and searing exploration of family secrets and forbidden desire.

Plagued by the ugly truth of her late husband’s legacy, Helene vows to erase the past and start again.

Ignorant to the reality of his father’s character, Osvald, her son, returns home to face an uncertain future. But when the ember of an illicit romance stands to ruin Helene’s plans to play happy family, she is forced to make a decision that threatens to engulf what’s left of her – and her son’s – life completely.

Nearly 150 years after causing a furore when it premiered with its depiction of incest, infection and euthanasia, Director Joe Hill-Gibbins (The Marriage of Figaro, ENO; The Tragedy of King Richard The Second, Almeida), in his Globe debut, brings an ‘impassioned and haunting’ ★★★★ (WhatsOnStage) version of the first modern tragedy to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

‘There are ghosts everywhere. There are ghosts here right now.’

Ghosts is part of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse 10th Anniversary Season.

Content Guidance: The play contains themes of incest, euthanasia and references to suicide. This production features the smoking of herbal cigarettes. Please contact the ticketing team on 020 7401 9919 or [email protected] if you would like further details on the play’s content.

DETAILS

TICKETS
Galleries (Seating) £62 – £25
Standing £10, £5

This event is on-site in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Running time 1 hour 40 minutes with no interval

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Part of Sam Wanamaker Playhouse 10th Anniversary

Photographer Credit: By Pip
Art Direction: Louise Richardson

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Reviews (2023)

★★★★

‘Poignant and fresh… devastating’

EVENING STANDARD

★★★★

‘Bold, inventive, stylish… accessible and absorbing’

THE STAGE

★★★★

‘Scintillating… impassioned and emotional’

iNEWS

★★★★

‘Superb, intimate, empathetic’

TIME OUT

★★★★

‘Terrific, simmering, seething’

THE MAIL ON SUNDAY

★★★★

‘Darkly intimate’

BROADWAY WORLD

★★★★

‘Quietly revelatory… haunting’

WHATSONSTAGE

★★★★

‘Potent’

ARTS DESK

‘Lucid, poised, well-acted’

THE TIMES

‘Timeless and psychological… magnificent’

THE GUARDIAN

‘Slick… high calibre’

THE TELEGRAPH

 

 

PHOTOS & VIDEOS

'There are ghosts everywhere' Act II, scene 7 (2023)

'Broken homes make broken people' Act I, scene 4 (2023)

Feature trailer (2023)

Staging Ibsen's Ghosts (2024)

THE COMPANY

Introducing the company of Ghosts

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