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Edinburgh International Festival: A Trial - after An Enemy of the People

Experience this electrifying UK premiere when visionary Brazilian director Christiane Jatahy returns to the Festival with a radical sequel to Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People!

Edinburgh International Festival: A Trial - after An Enemy of the People

About Edinburgh International Festival: A Trial - after An Enemy of the People

7th Aug 2026 to 10th Aug 2026
7.30pm
The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh
Royal Lyceum Theatre Grindlay Street, Edinburgh West EH3 9AX
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UK PREMIERE

Visionary Brazilian director Christiane Jatahy returns to the Festival with a radical sequel to Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, featuring Golden Globe-winning actor Wagner Moura.

Christiane Jatahy picks up where Ibsen left off.

In Ibsen's groundbreaking 1882 play, An Enemy of the People, protagonist Thomas Stockmann faces shame and exile after attempting to expose a water pollution scandal in his hometown. More than a century later, Ibsen’s work remains urgent, grappling with the conflict between personal integrity and social conformity.

Jatahy’s sequel throws Stockmann, played by Golden Globe-winning actor Wagner Moura (Narcos, The Secret Agent), into a modern-day public courtroom to determine his fate. Lawyers and judges are noticeably absent, and it’s up to a jury of audience members to decide if he is innocent or whether he is indeed an ‘enemy of the people’.

Transplanting Ibsen’s themes to contemporary Brazil, A Trial – After the Enemy of the People offers a sharp look at authoritarianism, fake news and public judgement. Ever inventive and deeply political, Jatahy combines audience participation and filmed footage, creating a one-of-a-kind performance each night where the line between reality and fiction is constantly blurred.

A special collaboration between Edinburgh International Festival, Festival d'Avignon and Holland Festival, the three European festivals established in 1947.

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