The Master Builder
23 Jan–19 Mar 2016
What you need to know
Dates
23 Jan–19 Mar 2016About the show
‘The change will come. And its not far away, I promise you that. Some figure will emerge from the dark screaming “Get out of the way”. And not far behind others will follow The young are waiting. In all their power. Knocking on the door.’
The master builder, Halvard Solness (Ralph Fiennes), has a fear of falling. A self-made man, without professional qualifications, he has achieved domination in the town, but he is increasingly frightened of being displaced by the young. A woman, Hilde Wangel (Sarah Snook), appears from the mountains, claiming to have known Solness ten years previously, and telling him of a promise he made to her when she was thirteen.
A searing and mesmeric exploration of power, control, death and life, Henrik Ibsen’s late masterpiece The Master Builder comes to The Old Vic in a lively new adaptation by David Hare (multi-award-winning writer and author of 32 plays for the stage including Skylight, The Absence Of War, Amys View, Pravda and Stuff Happens).
The Cast
James Dreyfus
Dr Herdal
Linda Emond
Aline Solness
Ralph Fiennes
Halvard Solness
Martin Hutson
Ragnar Brovik
James Laurenson
Knut Brovik
Sarah Snook
Hilde Wangel
Owen Findlay
Ensemble
Eleanor Montgomery
Ensemble
Eleanor Sutton
Ensemble
Peter Yapp
Ensemble
Charlie Cameron
Kaja Fosli
John McAndrew
Ensemble
Creative Team
David Hare
Writer
Matthew Warchus
Director
Hugh Vanstone
Lighting
Gary Yershon
Music
Simon Baker
Sound
Jessica Ronane CDG
Casting
Jim Carnahan CSA
US Casting
Rob Howell
Design
Katy Rudd
Associate Director