Bloodsport - After Helen of Troy Tickets

Priority booking is now open (with general tickets going on sale from 6th March) for Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy, opening on 3rd September 2026 at Stratford East. What happens when the woman who started a war comes home to finish it? Helen of Troy, the woman whose incomparable beauty set off one of the most famous wars in history when she ran off with Prince Paris of Troy and her husband, Menelaus of Sparta, declares war on Troy in order to get her back. Now, after the decade-long Trojan War that ended with Troy burning, Helen has returned home to Sparta. Her husband is celebrating, but her best friend Cee is less convinced. The play explores the reality of Helen's homecoming, with old wounds reopening and loyalties fracturing as her true plans emerge.

Bloodsport is the latest masterpiece from Ava Pickett, whose award-winning debut historical play 1536 delighted and enchanted audiences at the Almeida Theatre, and who is co-writing a film about Joan of Arc with Baz Luhrmann. Artistic Director Lisa Spirling (The Boys Are Kissing, In Event of Moone Disaster) makes her directorial debut at Stratford East with this fierce new play. Witness the world premiere of a brand new original historical play by a master storyteller, and a story about feminine rage, female friendship, and motherhood in the face of the brutality of war.

Don't miss your chance to catch the limited run of this fresh, female-centric take on the Trojan War in a dazzling new historical play.