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When We Dead Awaken review

“Mesmerising”

ReviewsMar 4, 2022by Theo BosanquetThe Coronet Theatre, London

Ragnhild Margrethe Gudbrandsen and Øystein Røger in When We Dead Awaken at the Coronet Theatre, London. Photo: Tristram Kenton

Centring on a sculptor and his muse, whose reunion prompts reflections on love, art and what it means to be alive, Ibsen’s final play at the Coronet Theatre, London is mesmerising

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