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Cate Blanchett’s Electra/Persona at the National Theatre is a surreal triumph

Written and directed by Benedict Andrews, Electra/Persona is two plays conjoined. The first is a version of Sophocles’ ancient Greek tragedy Electra, and the second is a stage adaptation of the 1966 Ingmar Bergman film Persona.

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Electra/Persona at the National Theatre review: Strong performances can't save this misstep

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Evening Standard

Electra/Persona review – Blanchett and Hoss face off in lopsided Sophocles/Bergman double bill

Benedict Andrews’ intense, interval-free mashup of ancient and modernist classics is a show of two halves

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Cate Blanchett wields hammer in rehearsals for ‘intense’ National Theatre play

She is starring in the world premiere of Benedict Andrews’ new production.

Evening Standard

‘People say I’m pouring Coca-Cola into fine malt whisky’: why is the National Theatre shaking up Sophocles?

In a bold new production starring Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss, the NT is fusing Sophocles and Ingmar Bergman. So what can two stories written 23 centuries apart tell us about how we live today?

The Guardian - UK

Best cat? Funniest prop? Ahead of the Oscars, the AP hands out its own awards

Awards season has a way of diminishing the movie year into a handful of films that are talked about ad nauseam for months

The Independent UK

Cate Blanchett to headline National Theatre’s ambitious 2026 line-up

Oscar-winning actor will star alongside Nina Hoss and Ella Lily Hyland in Benedict Andrews’ new production Electra / Persona this August

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The 15 best films of 2025, from Mickey 17 to One Battle After Another

THE COUNTDOWN: This was a cinematic year of vampires, clones, restless mothers, maybe-ETs and Leonardo DiCaprio struggling to remember complex revolutionary passwords. Clarisse Loughrey has counted down the very best

The Independent UK

Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Hedda’ - A dazzling tale of a quest for freedom and power

Nia DaCosta's 'Hedda', out on Prime Video, is a modern and audacious retelling of Henrik Ibsen's 1891 play, about a disillusioned woman's quest for social and financial advancement.

Euronews

New Prime Video movie Hedda made me ask myself some difficult questions, but none as tricky as what I asked its cast

New romantic drama Hedda left me with a lot of food for thought, so I asked the Prime Video movie's cast the toughest questions of the bunch.

TechRadar

New Prime Video drama Hedda from The Marvels' Nia DaCosta is a masterclass on how to reboot a classic story

Big Screen Spotlight | Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, and the rest of the team behind Hedda unpack Nia DaCosta's deliciously fresh take on Ibsen's dour drama

Total Film

Stars of The Marvels director's new movie say it was like watching a dream come true on set of the Prime Video period drama: "She's made bigger things, but she always had a yearning to make this"

Exclusive: Imogen Poots and Nina Hoss praise "chilled out" Hedda director Nia DaCosta

Total Film

New Prime Video movie Hedda isn't just this year's Saltburn – it’s cooler, more calculated and serious fun

Hedda is more than the original play or a Saltburn wannabe, and Nia DaCosta's craft makes all the difference

TechRadar

Tessa Thompson on becoming a very different Hedda Gabler: ‘People say she’s terrible – I feel protective of her’

INTERVIEW: The classic Ibsen play led by one of theatre’s most complicated female characters has been reimagined by filmmaker Nia DaCosta, with the breakout star of ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ in the titular role. Both women, along with actor Nina Hoss, speak to Annabel Nugent about replicating the story’s classic beats with…

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The Guardian - US

Hedda review – Ibsen gets a Saltburn makeover in Amazon’s ill-advised romp

Nia DaCosta ups the nastiness of Hedda Gabler in a stylish but over-egged adaptation with lead Tessa Thompson losing the film to a standout Nina Hoss

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: The Cherry Orchard; Minority Report; Laughing Boy – review

The aged servant steals the show in a fast-paced 21st-century Chekhov, Max Webster’s dystopian sci-fi dazzles the eye, and a campaigning drama is tender and furious

The Guardian - UK

The Cherry Orchard review – Benedict Andrews brings Chekhov bang up to date

Nina Hoss stars in a kookily immersive production but the devastating hammer blow of the Russian tragicomedy is not lost in translation

The Guardian - UK

German actor Nina Hoss: ‘London is more driven. In the theatre, people are full of positive energy’

The star of Homeland and Tár on performing In The Cherry Orchard at the Donmar, working with Cate Blanchett and acting in a second language

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Evening Standard

Tár's Nina Hoss on making her stage debut in London: 'We Germans can't compete with British humour'

The great German actor talks about starring in a new revival of The Cherry Orchard, what Berlin could learn from London and how it felt to sing in front of 40,000 at Worthy Farm

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German Actress Nina Hoss To Star In Adventure Thriller

German actress Nina Hoss stars in adventure thriller The Other Side, directed by Mariko Minoguchi, showcasing her diverse acting range.

The Guardian - UK

Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World review – giddy Romanian experiment

Freewheeling essay-movie-slash-black-comedy collage takes swipes from all angles at modern life

The Guardian - UK

Streaming: Return to Seoul and the best films about homecoming

Davy Chou’s lovely drama about a young woman searching for her past follows in the footsteps of The Deer Hunter, Get Carter, Tiny Furniture and more

The Independent UK

Oscars 2023: Who will win, should win, and who should have got a look in

Will it be an ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ sweep? Or could ‘Tár’ prove to be the one to beat? Adam White has looked over the major categories to try and figure them out

The Independent UK

Oscars 2023: Who will win, should win, and who should have got a look in

Will it be an ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ sweep? Or could ‘Tár’ prove to be the one to beat? Adam White has looked over the major categories to try and figure them out

The Independent UK

Oscars 2023: Who will win, should win, and who should have got a look in

Will it be an ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ sweep? Or could ‘Tár’ prove to be the one to beat? Adam White has looked over the major categories to try and figure them out

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