Hedda review — Lily Allen is a blank canvas in this crisp Ibsen update
Does it make sense? Well, the intimate dimensions of the Ustinov Studio, that atmospheric space nestling at the rear of Bath's Theatre Royal, add to the aura of domestic malaise in director Matthew Dunster's rewrite which, like the original, lurches towards a melodramatic conclusion. You just know that the set of antique Norwegian pistols loitering in designer Anna Fleischle's chic Scandinavian-style living room will wreak havoc before too long.
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