The Lady from the Sea

Premiere 19. Juli 2025

Jun 17, 2025

Hva skjer når lengselen blir sterkere enn kjærligheten? Kan man elske noen – eller noe – hvis man ikke valgte det selv? Ellida er en av Ibsens mest mystiske og moderne kvinneskikkelser. I Fruen fra havet trekkes Ellida mellom plikt og frihet, mellom landets trygghet og havets uendelige kraft.

What happens when longing becomes stronger than love? Can you love someone – or anything – if you didn’t choose it yourself? Ellida is one of Ibsen’s most mysterious and modern female figures. In the Lady from the Sea, Ellida is drawn between duty and freedom, between the safety of the land and the endless power of the sea.

Critically acclaimed Ibsen success from London is staged for the first time in Norway

May 19, 2025

Kritikerrost Ibsen-suksess fra London settes for første gang opp i Norge

Det Norske Ibsenkompaniets Fruen fra havet ble møtt med jubel fra publikum og kritikere da forestillingen hadde premiere i London i 2019. 19. juli 2025 får den endelig norgespremiere i Fjæreheia Amfi.

Fruen fra havet, i regi av Marit Moum Aune og med Pia Tjelta i hovedrollen, trollbandt både publikum og kritikere da den hadde premiere i London i 2019.

19. juli 2025 har forestillingen premiere i Norge for første gang, i en kraftfull og spesialtilpasset versjon – skapt for de spektakulære omgivelsene i Fjæreheia Amfi. Dette blir den fjerde forestillingen fra Det Norske Ibsenkompaniet i den unike utendørsscenen i granittfeltet i Grimstad.

Pia Tjelta inntar igjen hovedrollen som Ellida, kvinnen som trekkes mellom plikt og frihet, mellom landets trygghet og havets uendelige kraft. Tjelta ble nominert i kategorien Best Female Performance for rollen, en av flere nominasjoner til stykket ved britiske Off West End Awards (Offies).

I tillegg er det Nils Petter Molvær, en av Norges mest internasjonalt renommerte musikere, som står bak musikken.

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The Norwegian Ibsen Company’s The Lady from the Sea was met with cheers from audiences and critics when the performance premiered in London in 2019. On 19 July 2025, it will finally have its Norwegian premiere in Fjæreheia Amphitheatre.

The Lady from the Sea, directed by Marit Moum Aune and starring Pia Tjelta, captivated both audiences and critics when it premiered in London in 2019.

On 19 July 2025, the performance premieres in Norway for the first time, in a powerful and specially adapted version – created for the spectacular surroundings of Fjæreheia Amphitheatre. This will be the fourth performance from the Norwegian Ibsen Company in the unique outdoor stage in the granite field in Grimstad.

Pia Tjelta once again takes the lead role as Ellida, the woman who is pulled between duty and freedom, between the security of the country and the infinite power of the sea. Tjelta was nominated in the Best Female Performance category for the role, one of several nominations for the play at the British Off West End Awards (Offies).

In addition, Nils Petter Molvær, one of Norway’s most internationally renowned musicians, is behind the music.

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Interview with The Guardian’s Mark Lawson

Feb 6, 2019

On Oslo’s Victoria Terrasse there’s a white door marked 108. Behind it was once an office in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but before that, late in the 19th century, these rooms were occupied by a figure who has done more for Norway’s reputation abroad than all of its foreign ministers put together.

This was the apartment of Henrik Ibsen, generally regarded as the second-greatest playwright ever, and the second most-performed dramatist in the world. In both these criteria he is bested only by Shakespeare.

Ibsen’s living quarters have now become a significant venue in his thriving theatrical afterlife. For a week in January, two of Norway’s leading classical actors – Kåre Conradi and Pia Tjelta – were rehearsing here with a cast of Norwegian and UK-based actors for a bilingual production of Ibsen’s 1888 play The Lady from the Sea, which premieres this week in London.

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The Lady from the Sea at Print Room at the Coronet

Dec 3, 2018

The Norwegian Ibsen Company & Print Room at the Coronet present
The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen

In a new version by Mari Vatne Kjeldstadli
Based on the translation by May-Brit Akerholt
Directed by Marit Moum Aune

The Print Room at the Coronet are joining forces with the Norwegian Ibsen Company for a new production of Henrik Ibsen’s timeless story of self-determination. With creative teams from UK and Norway, this new staging brings with it a deep connection to the Norwegian culture in which Ibsen lived.

“Exhilarating… this is Ibsen with the gloves off”

The Guardian on the National Theatre of Norway’s Little Eyolf at the Print Room

Ellida, a lighthouse keeper’s daughter, was born where the fjord meets the ocean. Now trapped in a difficult marriage to a British doctor, Ellida longs for the open sea. Will the return of a former lover offer her a real choice?

A story of self-determination, modern families, loving other people’s children, and always looking for the perfect relationship, The Lady from the Sea was shocking in its challenge of societal norms when it premiered in 1889.

To mark the 130th anniversary of The Lady from the Sea, we’re thrilled to be collaborating with the Norwegian Ibsen Company for this new staging, which brings with it a deep connection to the Norwegian culture in which Ibsen lived: from its close relationship with nature, to the effect of the midnight sun on its inhabitants in the far north.

With performers and creatives from both UK and Norway, The Lady from the Sea follows the Print Room’s hugely successful 2018 collaboration with National Theatre of Norway and in co-operation with The Norwegian Ibsen Company, Little Eyolf, with many of the team returning for this shattering new production.

Both Norwegian and English will be spoken during the performance, with English surtitles for the Norwegian sections.

8 February to 9 March 2019

www.the-print-room.org

Premiere 19. Juli 2025

Critically acclaimed Ibsen success from London is staged for the first time in Norway

Interview with The Guardian’s Mark Lawson

The Lady from the Sea at Print Room at the Coronet

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