THE ORESTEIA announces full cast and shares rehearsal photos

Shehrazade Zafar-Arif 5 June, 2026, 12:26

London Theatre Company have announced the full cast for The Oresteia, opening at the Bridge Theatre this July, and shared a first behind-the-scenes look at rehearsal photos.

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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.

Joining the previously announced Mary-Louise Parker (Two-time Tony Award Winner for The Sound Inside and Proof, Weeds) as Montie, David Morrissey (Gone, The Walking Dead) as Christopher, Tom Glynn-Carney (All My Sons, House of the Dragon) as Augie, Rosie Sheehy (Guess How Much I Love You?, Machinal – Olivier Award Nominee 2025 & 2026) as Alice, Lloyd Hutchinson (Dear England) as Melville, John Macmillan (The Lady from the Sea, House of the Dragon) as Jerome and Archie Madekwe (Saltburn) as Lorenzo are Alyth Ross (The Woman In Cabin 10) as Jenny and Rakhee Thakrar (Sex Education) as Chandra.

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.