Full cast announced for BLOODSPORT: AFTER HELEN OF TROY

What happens when the woman who started a war comes home to finish it? In this modern-day retelling of the story of Helen of Troy, the woman whose incomparable beauty set off the Trojan War, Helen returns home years after walking out on her family, in the aftermath of a war fought in her name. Her husband is celebrating, but her best friend Cee is less convinced. Over the course of this
first fragile night of peace time, wounds reopen, loyalties fracture, and the true cost of a woman's choice to leave her life is made clear.

As previously announced Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey, ITV & Focus Features; upcoming film The Queen of Fashion) will play Helen alongside Laura Aikman (Gavin & Stacey, BBC; upcoming new series of Line of Duty, BBC) as Cee. They will be joined by Olivier Award-winning actress Maimuna Memon (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Donmar Warehouse; Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Crucible Theatre/ National Theatre) as Dani, Gerard Monaco (Richard II, Bridge Theatre; Dear England, BBC) as Mario, Ethan Moorhouse (The Moment, Studio365; I Know I Know I Know, Southwark Playhouse) as Messenger, Emma Monnickendam (Sisters in Arms, BBC; Hope, Clean Break/Royal Court Theatre) as Hermione, Jay Taylor (Wolf Hall/Bring Up The Bodies, Swan Theatre/ West End/ Broadway; Midsomer Murders, ITV) as Marcus, Ellie Turner (Summerfolk, National Theatre; 2:22 A Ghost Story, West End) as Woman and Joshua-Alexander Williams (Romeo & Juliet, The Jamie Lloyd Company; Animal Farm, Stratford East/Leeds Playhouse/Nottingham Playhouse) as Luke.

Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy is written by 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.

The creative team will also include previously announced Set and Costume Designer Polly Sullivan, Lighting Designer Zeynep Kepekli, Sound Designer and Composer Nicola T. Chang, Movement Director Kloé Dean, Casting Director Juliet Horsley CDG and Dramaturg Ed Madden, joined by Costume Supervisor Sophie Fuller, Fight & Intimacy Coordinator Enric Ortuño, Voice and Dialect by Claudette Williams and Assistant Director Ariana Xeno.

Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy will run at Stratford East from 3 September 2026, with a Press Night on 10 September.

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