A Landmark Productions and Abbey Theatre co-production
Ghosts
15 April - 13 May 2023
Written by Henrik Ibsen
A new version written and directed by Mark O’Rowe
Booking Information
Dates: 15 April – 13 May
On the Abbey stage
Previews: 15 – 18 April
Tickets: €13 – €45
Times: Mon – Sat 7.30pm, Sat matinee 2pm
Running time: Approx. 1 hour and 40 minutes, no interval
Sign language interpreted performance: Friday 5 May, 7:30pm
Audio-described and captioned performance: Saturday 13 May, 2:00pm
Touch Tour of Stage and Set: Saturday 13 May, 12:00pm
‘Didn’t you say there isn’t anything you wouldn’t do for me?’
After several years abroad, Helena Alving’s son has returned home. He carries with him a terrifying secret.
Ibsen’s Ghosts, one of the greatest plays ever written, is a devastating moral thriller in which ideas of love, duty and family are mercilessly put to the test.
This spectacular new version, written and directed by one of Ireland’s leading playwrights, Mark O’Rowe, grabs you by the throat from the outset and refuses to let go – all the way to its electrifying climax.
Reviews
★★★★
A ‘quietly confident production’
The Irish Times
★★★★
‘Intense performances animate Ibsen’s haunted family … this Ghosts succeeds on its own terms’
Financial Times
★★★★
‘Cathy Belton gives an outstanding performance’
The Stage
★★★★
Irish Mail on Sunday
‘Five fine performances’
Irish Independent
‘Superb... exquisitely good theatre’
Sunday Independent
‘Oswald (Calam Lynch) and Helena (Cathy Belton) were nothing short of magnificent ... the emotional weight behind their performances was astounding’
Lovin Dublin
Production images
Audio-described programme notes
Download the audio-described programme notes here, or listen to them below.
About the show
Cast interviews
Credits
- Helena Alving: Cathy Belton
- Regina Engstrand: Simone Collins
- Pastor Manders: Declan Conlon
- Jacob Engstrand: Lorcan Cranitch
- Oswald Alving: Calam Lynch