LITTLE EYOLF
By Henrik Ibsen
The Rosemary Branch
3-22 March 2003
Translated, Directed and Designed by Terje Tveit
Lighting Design by Finnuala McNulty

Cast: (in order of appearance)
Rita Allmers	Sarah Head
Asta Allmers	Sanna Stellan
Eyolf	Xavier Williams
Alfred Allmers	Tom Peters
Rat-Wife	Rosalind Stockwell
Borgheim	Finn Sivertsen

What the Critics said:
"Little Eyolf loses nothing for being presented with minimal props. … What is remarkable is the fluid choreography that Tveit has brought to the play. Within a constricted space, the six actors manage to suggest the picture of the house by the fjord, the jetty and the horror of the drowned Eyolf's eyes staring out from under the water. … Eyolf is played by a lanky giant, Xavier Williams, who stays on stage throughout, the personification of the Allmers' guilt. Similarly the Rat-Wife, unusually soft and elegant in Rosalind Stockwell's interpretation, sits in a corner and surveys the situation, a sad, knowing smile on her face."
Times Literary Supplement

"The Norwegian director, Terje Tveit, should not be underestimated, and given its limited resources, the Dale Teater Kompani has made significant steps towards making this sometimes metaphorically clunking play into an accessible and bracing piece of theatre - an interesting version of one of Ibsen's lesser-known dramas."
Evening Standard

"The adaptation keeps all the characters on the freshly painted white stage at all times. As a way station between the play's well-made mechanics and folk-myth leanings, it works fine. … Tom Peters is a young Alfred, but has an unforced vulnerability that contrasts well with Sarah Head's magnificent, disappointed Rita. … This production is a pacy proof that Ibsen's understanding of people, and the desperate things they do in the search for fulfilment, can outshine the gloom."
Time Out

"Some deep thought has gone into the play's rendering. Even at its most distressing, it has a dreamy quality. Soft blues descend on the scene and bleak piano music fades in. At times the characters move around the stage with the graceful reserve of ballet dancers. A footbridge placed over the centre has the actors walking down unseen corridors and paths, creating a sense of space where there was none, and leaving the leads talking side by side, but poignantly facing opposite directions."
Camden New Journal

Norwegian Review - Bergens Tidende