The Norwegian Ibsen company is taking Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People worldwide to increase our awareness and mutual responsibility to support those who speak up for our common good. The project, helmed by director Christian Holm-Glad, will consist of three phases:

Workshops with locally adapted versions around the globe (from 2022 to 2027) with local actors to explore: How does An Enemy of the People resonate in the present time in the country and culture they live in? What are the most pressing topics in their society?

We are planning approximately 7 of these local versions.

So far, we have done the following: Istanbul (2022) in collaboration with Galata Perform and Los Angeles (2023) in collaboration with Latino Theatre Co.

To see a presentation of the Istanbul version, please click here.
To see a presentation of the Los Angeles version, please click here.

In 2024, Vienna will be the next city where we will conduct a local version. Mumbai, Kathmandu, Nairobi, Buenos Aires, Bangkok, Jerusalem, and Sydney are the cities we will consider next.

With the knowledge we have gathered from these experiences, we will create an international, large-scale version of An Enemy of the People that will be played on all continents, using local places with environmental issues as the stage.

The goal is to raise awareness of our global issues and that these problems can only be solved if we come together. These plays will be executed in 2028 (Ibsen’s 200th anniversary).

These international large-scale plays will be recorded and used with local actors in different countries to make smaller local adapted versions.

A documentary team will follow the workshops and large-scale performances to make an international documentary on the topics of An Enemy of the People.