The Oresteia
by Aeschylus
Adapted by Rory Mullarkey
Adapted by Rory Mullarkey
Shakespeare’s Globe
Cast: Naana Agyei-Ampadu /Trevor Fox / Dennis Herdman / Rosie Hilal / George Irving / Branka Katic / James Laile / Joel MacCormack / Petra Massey / Dean Nolan / Brendan O'Hea / Paul Rider / Sid Sagar / Katy Stephen / Dickon Tyrrell
Composer: Mira Calix / Choreographer: Lucy Burge / Designer: Hannah Clark / Fight Director: Kev McCurdy / Photograher: Robert Day
★★★★ Undertaken with a spirit it would be hard to trump. It is visceral in every sense
Observer
★★★★ A gripping evening that makes you laugh one moment and shudder the next
The Times
Observer
★★★★ A gripping evening that makes you laugh one moment and shudder the next
The Times
★★★★ This venue is ideal for Greek tragedy... tremendous
WhatsOnStage
★★★★ Important, timely and unexpectedly palatable
Londonist
WhatsOnStage
★★★★ Important, timely and unexpectedly palatable
Londonist
★★★★
One of the best things the Globe has done
The Independent
★★★★★ Entertaining, easy to follow and thrilling. There are laughs and gasps aplenty, with much to enjoy in this clever production.
The Upcoming
Adele Thomas's production of the first two plays is one of the best things I have seen at Shakespeare’s Globe.
British Theatre Guide
The Upcoming
Adele Thomas's production of the first two plays is one of the best things I have seen at Shakespeare’s Globe.
British Theatre Guide
One of the most visually inventive productions of this, or any, Globe season
The Stage
Adele Thomas’s visually striking production make great use of the open forum of the Globe to emphasise too a sense of public engagement with the profound moral and judicial issues at stake.
Financial Times
The Stage
Adele Thomas’s visually striking production make great use of the open forum of the Globe to emphasise too a sense of public engagement with the profound moral and judicial issues at stake.
Financial Times
