A new production of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' has premiered at Gothenburg City Theatre. Reviewer Isa Andersson describes the set as full of meaning, but the acting as initially one-dimensional. Hysterical marriage ideals feel relevant in today's society with tradwives and arranged marriages.
Gothenburg City Theatre has staged a pink-tinted comedy based on Jane Austen's classic 'Pride and Prejudice'. The review in Dagens Nyheter, written by Isa Andersson and published on December 6, 2025, highlights how the set is full of meaning from the start. The acting is described, however, as troublingly one-dimensional in the beginning.
Andersson notes that the hysterical marriage ideals in the work feel painfully relevant in an era marked by tradwives and arranged marriages featured on prime-time television. The production explores themes of pride, prejudice, and norm collapse in an engaging manner, despite the initial shortcomings in performances. The article emphasizes the potential of the production to portray these timeless conflicts on stage.