This production began performances on 22nd August and closed on 7th November 2015.
The best show of the year
The Guardian
A huge, moving, bloody saga, the original of all family dramas, Aeschylus' greatest and final play asks whether justice can ever be done?
An exhilarating adaptation
Observer
Oresteia is brought to you from the Almeida Theatre – a venue renowned for introducing ground-breaking, critically acclaimed transfers to the West End. Following Chimerica, Ghosts, King Charles III and 1984, Oresteia is their most recent exhilarating theatrical feat. Directed by Robert Icke (Mr. Burns; 1984) and starring Lia Williams (Old Times; Earthquakes in London) as Klytemnestra and Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey) as Electra.
A quiet riot of theatricality. Huge themes, ordinary people, great performances, big success.
The Times
CAST
LIA WILLIAMS – Klytemnestra
JESSICA BROWN – Electra
CREATIVES
ROBERT ICKE – Version/Direction
HILDEGARD BECHTLER – Designer
NATASHA CHIVERS – Lighting Designer
TOM GIBBONS – Sound Designer
JULIA HORAN CDG – Casting