
Overview
Trapped in a house that keeps its secrets behind closed doors, a mother is confronted with the ghosts of her past when her son returns home after finding himself embroiled in a scandal.
The world premiere of a harrowing tragedy by Evening Standard Award nominated Anupama Chandrasekhar (Most Promising Playwright for Free Outgoing, Royal Court) transposes the themes of Ibsen’s Ghosts into modern-day India.
Critic reviews
Not enough of an attempt here to explore exactly why, rather than how, this society allows women to have fewer rights than men
An uncomfortable watch devoid of hope
A triumphant translation as Ibsen moves to Mumbai
This response to the 2012 Delhi bus gang-rape by way of Ibsen’s ‘Ghosts’ is uneven and insensitive
A wildly uneven evening, but one with an unquestionable fire in its belly and its heart in the right place
Ayesha Dharker is captivating in an excoriating new play about sexual violence