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Theatre

Pure gold: My Master Builder, at Wyndham’s Theatre, reviewed

3 May 2025

9:00 AM

3 May 2025

9:00 AM

My Master Builder

Wyndham’s Theatre, until 12 July

The Brightening Air

The Old Vic, until 14 June

My Master Builder is a new version of Ibsen’s classic with a tweaked title and a transformed storyline. Henry and Elena Solness are a British power couple living in the Hamptons whose relationship is in meltdown after the accidental death of their son. Elena has scrambled to reach the top of the publishing world but she feels bitter that Henry’s career as an architect came to him so easily.

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