A new production of The Oresteia to play at the Bridge Theatre

Writer and director Simon Stone will present a new production of The Oresteia at the Bridge Theatre, with a limited run planned from 2 July.

The production, in collaboration with Wouter van Ransbeek, will run for 11 weeks until 19 September.

Simon Stone, acclaimed Australian theatre, opera 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. Simon Stone said:

“The Oresteia is one of the theatre’s great foundational texts and it hasn’t lost any of its potency to this day. A family haunted by its part in an unjust war, the painful burden of inherited trauma and inter-generational conflict, the descent into an increasingly merciless vortex of violence: as long as humankind wages wars and as long as families tear themselves apart this story will remain painfully, cathartically relevant. It is with great excitement that we embark on bringing this tale into our times at the Bridge Theatre.”

A contemporary family wakes up in a Greek myth and can’t seem to find a way out of their hellish destiny.

Writer and director Simon Stone is joined by the same creative team that brought the “fantastically original, gripping and magnificent” (The Guardian) The Lady from the Sea to life; set designer Lizzie Clachan, costume designer Mel Page, music by Stefan Gregory, lighting designer Nick Schlieper, and casting director Jessica Ronane CDG.

The Oresteia is on pre-sale for Bridge Theatre priority members now and goes on pre-sale to advance members and access patrons Tuesday 31 March at 10am. Public booking opens on Wednesday 1 April at 10am via bridgetheatre.co.uk.