THE ORESTEIA is returning to London after its invigorating West End engagement in 2015 and will play at the Bridge Theatre for a limited run.
Simon Stone, acclaimed Australian theatre and film director known for his radical reimagining of classic works, including Yerma and Phaedra, continues to make the Bridge Theatre his London home after staging The Lady from the Sea starring Alicia Vikander and Andrew Lincoln last year.
A contemporary family wakes up in a Greek myth and can’t seem to find a way out of their hellish destiny.
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The Oresteia is a trilogy of ancient Greek tragedies by Aeschylus that follows the downfall and eventual redemption of the House of Atreus.
Age guidance: 15+
Content warnings: Features themes of death and suicide, themes of incest, scenes of a sexual nature, strong explicit language, depictions of violence, self-harm, blood, vomit and other bodily fluids, use of needles.
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3hrs 40mins (incl. two intervals)
Mary-Louise Parker (Montie), David Morrissey (Christopher), Tom Glynn-Carney (Augie), Rosie Sheehy (Alice), Lloyd Hutchinson (Melville), John Macmillan (Jerome), Archie Madekwe (Lorenzo), Alyth Ross (Jenny), Rakhee Thakrar (Chandra), Seán Donegan (Understudy Christopher & Melville), George Renshaw (Understudy Augie), Andy Umerah (Understudy Lorenzo & Jerome), Emily Waters (Understudy Alice, Chandra & Jenny), Kirsty Yates (Understudy Montie)
Simon Stone (Director) Lizzie Clachan (Set Designer) Mel Page (Costume Designer), Stefan Gregory (Music), Nick Schlieper (Lighting Designer), Jessica Ronane (Casting Director), Wouter van Ransbeek (CDG Producer).
'a stunningly modernised take on a devastating family drama'
'a superbly acted psychodrama'
'fizzingly funny, stingingly painful'
'a compulsive revenge thriller'
