Overview

• Simon Stone’s adaptation is now running at London’s Bridge Theatre through 8 November, led by Alicia Vikander and Andrew Lincoln.
• The update relocates the play to the Lake District, recasts Finn as a climate activist, and makes explicit an age-gap backstory in which Ellida met him at 15.
• Reviewers highlight conspicuous staging in the round with heavy water effects, including rain, pools and onstage showers, designed by Lizzie Clachan.
• Andrew Lincoln is widely praised for anchoring the production, while reactions to Vikander’s debut range from mesmerising to underpowered, with audibility noted by some.
• Critics split on Stone’s additions and length—around two hours forty to three hours—with references to pop culture and eco-activism seen by some as diluting Ibsen’s original symbolism; Joe Alwyn and other supporting roles draw mixed notes for definition and purpose.