
Not only do the actors work well together but they are supported by a great team of creatives who are instrumental in making the show the success it is.

The most produced play in the world (outside of Shakespeare), Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House has been given new life for the 2014 Brisbane Festival in a new version by Lally Katz, directed by Steven Mitchell Wright.

Opening with the show signature tune, Beer Drinking Woman (how does she maintain that fabulous figure quaffing as she does?), Hughes vamped, camped and beer-gargled her way through a fabulous first set.

Quibbles over certain aspects aside, this is a very fine show predicated on a superb double-act, ably supported by a large cast and a lavish production design.

The production is wisely divided into three discrete acts – each work given time to breathe and be digested by audiences. The importance of this device becomes more pronounced over the course of the production.

This is a hugely demanding script and the ensemble worked tirelessly to maintain the cracking pace. I felt all the actors were excellent.