A Doll's House: Letter of Intent

It all started with the sound of a bird crashing into my window.

It's a rainy day and I am sitting at my kitchen-table, curled up with a big cup of coffee and a good book, when I heard a “thump” against the window. This short, but immediately recognizable sound, instantly made me close my eyes. The sound of a bird crashing into my window. “Thump”. The sound echoed through my body, as if its vibrations stirred up long time quiet water, creating circling ripples that multiplied and grew until it filled my eyes. It was as if the moment the bird's bones cracked against the glass, something made of glass also cracked inside of me.

Annoyed of my own ridicules, I dried my eyes, picked up my book and took another sip of coffee. But the coffee had a bitter taste I hadn't notice before, and I couldn't concentrate on what I was reading. With a sigh I put down my book and walked over to the bookshelf. I stood there for a moment, my eyes searching among the titles, my hand suspended in front of'the book's backs, the sound of that bird still beating against my ribs. And my hand landed on A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen.

Nora, the main character in A Doll's House, is known as a light-winged, chirping skylark. And she crashes, headfirst, into the invisible glass-surface of her own existence. A Doll's House is an old house filled with timeworn ghosts that still haunts us today. A story of the roles we play, the games we gamble, the illusions we surround ourselves with. It is about grabbing hold and letting go, and about dancing as if your life depends on it.

And I plan to make A Doll's House, that shakes and breaks and lets the old ghosts loose. An uncanny mix of actors and puppets, illusion and reality, dead birds and shattered windows.”