The Oresteia
The Bridge Theatre
4.2/5 based on 6 reviews (read reviews)- Booking until: Saturday, 19 September 2026
- Running time: 3hr 40min. Including 2 intervals
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The Oresteia description
The unmissable acclaimed masterpiece
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.
A huge, moving, bloody saga, the original of all family dramas, Aeschylus' greatest and final play asks whether justice can ever be done?
Part Godfather, part Breaking Bad, this new reimagined version of the epic Greek saga is the unmissable event of the year.
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.
Playing at The Bridge Theatre
Age restrictions
Ages 15+.
Important information
Contains 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.