Colin McColl

A retired couple spend their time digging into the earth beneath their house in search of treasures, until a tremor shakes things up.

An Italian woman who has not heard from her daughter for a while travels to London, where the daughter is living, and is shocked to be confronted with the young woman's world. During the brief days they spend together, the women come to acknowledge the insurmountable differences that exist between them despite the love they share.

Janet Frame vit en Nouvelle-Zélande dans une famille pauvre et nombreuse. Son enfance est marquée par de tristes événements : sa soeur aînée se noie et son frère est frappé de crises d'épilepsie. Janet a du mal à communiquer avec ses camarades et se réfugie dans la lecture. Lorsqu'elle entre en faculté, elle tombe amoureuse de l'un de ses professeurs. Après une tentative de suicide, elle suit ses conseils et demande à être soignée dans un hôpital psychiatrique. Les médecins diagnostiquent un cas de schizophrénie et la traitent sans ménagement, à coups d'électrochocs et de supputations sur une éventuelle lobotomie expérimentale. Seule l'écriture la sauve de ce funeste destin...

Through talent and hard work, Halvard Solness has achieved no small measure of fame and fortune. But the unexpected return of Hilde Wangel to his life threatens to shake the foundations of his success. ATC On Stage|On Screen presents one of Ibsen’s most fascinating and enigmatic works in a new hybrid of theatre and film. In this high quality studio adaptation of The Master Builder, a successful builder and property developer has his creative flame reignited by a young woman from his past, with dramatic consequences. Ibsen specialist and ATC Artistic Director Colin McColl presents a magnificent work from a master playwright, in an innovative post-COVID-19 format.