"The biggest name is Cate Blanchett, who returns to the National Theatre seven years after starring in the somewhat 'difficult' sadomasochism drama When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, which was staged in the smaller Dorfman Theatre. While Aussie auteur Benedict Andrews' new mash up of Sophocles' Electra and Ingmar Bergman's 1966 film classic Persona isn't necessarily going to be a nakedly commercial romp, it probably will be by the standards of WWHSTEO, and it'll be staged in the much bigger Lyttelton Theatre."
"Re-uniting Blanchett with her Tár co-star Nina Hoss, Electra/Persona doesn't yet have finalised dates but we're told it will commence its run in August. It'll also have a fancy new score from Oscar-winner Hildur Guðnadóttir. Before that, the great Sandra Oh will make her UK stage debut in a Rubasingham-directed production of Molière's timeless comedy The Misanthrope (Jun 16-Aug 1, Lyttelton Theatre), with the great playwright Martin Crimp updating his superb 1996 adaptation. Paul Chahidi and Abigail Cruttenden will co-star."
Indhu Rubasingham began her tenure as National Theatre artistic director in the autumn and has programmed a star-driven 2026 season. Cate Blanchett returns in Benedict Andrews' mash-up Electra/Persona, reuniting her with Nina Hoss, staged in the Lyttelton with a new score by Hildur Guðnadóttir and due to commence in August. Sandra Oh will make her UK stage debut in Rubasingham's production of Molière's The Misanthrope (Jun 16–Aug 1), updated by Martin Crimp and co-starring Paul Chahidi and Abigail Cruttenden. Letitia Wright will make her National Theatre debut in Tracey Scott Wilson's newsroom drama The Story (Aug 27–Oct 24), directed by Clint Dyer. Les Liaisons Dangereuses with Lesley Manville and Aidan Turner remains imminent.
Read at Time Out London
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