Cast announced for THE ORESTEIA at the Bridge Theatre

Shehrazade Zafar-Arif 15 May, 2026, 14:59

London Theatre Company have announced casting for Simon Stone's The Oresteia, which opens this July at the Bridge Theatre for an eleven week limited run.

The Oresteia Cast The cast of The Oresteia. Image provided by production.

Aeschylus's epic Greek tragedy, written over two millennia ago, is a powerful saga of revenge, power, and justice. The trilogy follows the young Orestes in the bloody fallout of the Trojan War during the power struggle within the House of Atreus. Orestes finds himself caught in a multi-generational cycle of violence as his parents, Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, wage a private war of vengeance. This landmark production, directed by Simon Stone, will bring a modern vision to this ancient play, aiming to raise timeless questions about morality and the cost of war. In this modernised adaptation, a contemporary family wakes up in a Greek myth and can't seem to find a way out of their hellish destiny.

Mary-Louise Parker (Two-time Tony Award Winner for The Sound Inside and Proof, Weeds) will play Montie, David Morrissey (Gone, The Walking Dead) will play Christopher, Tom Glynn-Carney (All My Sons, House of the Dragon) will play Augie, Rosie Sheehy (Guess How Much I Love You?, Machinal – Olivier Award Nominee 2025 & 2026) will play Alice, Lloyd Hutchinson (Dear England) will play Melville, John Macmillan (The Lady from the Sea, House of the Dragon) will play Jerome and Archie Madekwe (Saltburn) will play Lorenzo.

Writer and director Simon Stone is joined on the creative team by set designer Lizzie Clachan, with music by Stefan Gregory, lighting design by Nick Schlieper, and casting by Jessica Ronane CDG.

The Oresteia will begin previews at the Bridge Theatre on Thursday 2 July 2026 with an opening night scheduled for Tuesday 14 July. It will run until Saturday 19 September 2026.

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