The Wild Duck

Ewen Leslie and Toby Schmitz

In this production at Sydney's Belvoir Street Theatre, Simon Stone has taken Henrik Ibsen's characters and setting and created a contemporary work out of The Wild Duck.

As I have not seen it, I can't make a comparison between the originating work and this modern take on it but the play we watched this evening, performed by a very strong cast, was accessible and beautifully constructed. It is a tight and fast paced 90 minutes long production. I can't resist adding that cast members, Ewen Leslie and Toby Schmitz, are very easy on the eye.