Olivier and Manchester Theatre Award nominated actress Cush Jumbo stars in a major revival of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre from May 1 to June 1.
Fresh from playing Mark Antony in the Donmar Warehouse’s all-female production of Julius Caesar. Previous Royal Exchange credits also include Pygmalion and As You Like It—for which she won the 2012 Ian Charleson Award.
This new production sees her play Nora, a young wife and mother, who is married to Torvald, recently promoted to a high level position in banking. Life seems content and settled until their marriage is threatened when a terrible secret from Nora’s past comes back to haunt her and she begins to question their world.
Ibsen’s ground-breaking play is widely regarded as a landmark of the modern stage. A story of domestic revolution, female empowerment and the journey towards self-liberation, it queries aspirations, success and what it means to raise a happy family.
The actress is reunited for this production with artistic director Greg Hersov who also directed her in her previous Exchange plays.