The 'Tar' co-stars take turns playing four roles, two each night, as they explore thematic cross-currents between Sophocles ...

Directed and adapted by Benedict Andrews, this new play is based on both Sophocles' story of Electra from Greek mythology and ...

The actors decide their performances on the toss of a coin in this two-part adaptation of both Sophocles and Ingmar Bergman ...

In “Electra/Persona” at the National Theater in London, the actresses turn a spotlight on performance and the slipperiness of ...

Benedict Andrews’ intense, interval-free mashup of ancient and modernist classics is a show of two halves ...

Curiously unmentioned in the publicity around the National Theatre’s most anticipated show of 2026 is that it’s one of those ...

Electra/Persona at the National Theatre review: Strong performances can't save this misstep - 3/5 ...

Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss lead a visually striking but plodding Sophocles-Bergman mash-up at the National Theatre; read the review.

A Greek tragedy, a film by Ingmar Bergman and two compelling performances from Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss are the raw ingredients of this peculiar theatrical mash-up. What it lacks in intellectual ...

Benedict Andrews’ audacious yoking of Sophocles’s Electra and Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 modernist masterpiece, Persona is a blast ...

This two-hour show directed by earnest Aussie Benedict Andrews, is in two halves (without the mercy of an interval).

Two actresses, both dressed in black, blonde hair tied back, toss a coin. Cate Blanchett will play Clytemnestra and Alma; ...