HEDDA Toneelschuur / Abdel Daoudi

Director Abdel Daoudi gives Hedda Gabler a voice unlike any other. Raw, uncompromising, and steeped in the dynamics of power and control. In a society that marginalizes and exoticizes, Hedda doesn’t just fight for freedom—she demands space. She plays with perceptions, manipulating not out of lust for power, but out of sheer necessity: to establish her own value in a world that often sees her as an object. She’s the ultimate brat in exile—brazen, sharp, and unafraid to face the truth.

Hedda's relationships are determined by social power relations: her partner who does not understand her need for control, the men around her who label her as exotic without ever really knowing her. She seeks the boundaries of being a woman in a society that both reveres and despises her. She provokes, she defies, she challenges.