How to watch Hedda in New Zealand
Tessa Thompson stars in this new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic.
Little Woods, Candyman and The Marvels director Nia DaCosta reteams with Tessa Thompson for this new adaption of Hedda Gabler, the 1891 play by Norwegian literary giant Henrik Ibsen.
How to watch Hedda in New Zealand
Hedda is streaming in New Zealand exclusively on Amazon Prime Video from October 29, 2025.
What is Hedda about?
DaCosta both writes and directs this take on Ibsen’s play, which switches the setting to England in the 1950s and sees Tessa Thompson as the titular newlywed, who is playing every angle to ensure the social and professional success of her university professor husband, George. A party she has thrown to inveigle him with his employer, Professor Greenwood, seems to be going swimmingly, until the arrival of Hedda’s former lover, Eileen Lovborg. DaCosta queers the romance while fully engaging with the play’s themes of repression, thwarted ambition, and neurosis.
The cast of Hedda
Tessa Thompson is Hedda Gabler; Imogen Poots is Thea Clifton; Tom Bateman is George Tesman, Hedda’s husband; Nicholas Pinnock is Judge Roland Brack; Nina Hoss is Eileen Lovborg; Kathryn Hunter is Bertie; Finbar Lynch is Professor Greenwood; Mirren Mack is Tabitha Greenwood, his much younger wife; Jamael Westman is David; and Saffron Hocking is Jane Ji.
Hedda trailer
Why we’re excited about Hedda
Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson’s first collaboration, the 2018 drug drama Little Woods, is simply one of the best indies of the 21st century, and one of the most assured feature debuts to boot. They also worked together on The Marvels. So, we’re keen to see if if they can strike the same kind of sparks here. And considering that Gabler is considered one of the greatest stage roles of all time, the odds are good that they will.
