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SHOCKING: Orestes - What They Never Told You

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.

The Conversation

Women's rage is in season again

Hulu's "Furious" speaks to an ancient anger that the summer's biggest movie missed

Salon

Move over, Odysseus: time for the women of ancient Greece to have their moment in the sun

The hottest ticket in theatreland will soon be Cate Blanchett in Electra/Persona. Caged female rage continues to capture audiences, says writer Natalie Haynes

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Quote of the day inspired by Homer’s Odyssey: 'Men are so quick to blame the gods, they say that...' — and why the worst disasters are always self-inflicted

Throughout history, individuals have sought to attribute their setbacks and misguided choices to outside influences. This theme resonates in ancient tales like The Odyssey, illustrating a long-standing human inclination. In contemporary discussions, psychology's locus of control principle reflects this habit. Today, institutions and technology take center stage as convenient scapegoats…

The Times of India

Beauty, Protest and Power: These Are the Women Leading the Way at the Venice Biennale 2026

Inspired by Koyo Kouoh, the Venice Biennale curator who passed away before her vision was realised, Marie Claire columnist Bakul Patki shares her pick of the best female presentations at this year’s edition.

Marie Claire

Ritual review – pizza, punch-ups and paint drying in an eight-hour epic with Orestes

Get lucky with your arrival time in this expansion of Aeschylus’s Oresteia and you’ll witness a fight or a sacrifice – but there are long dull patches

The Guardian - UK

Oedipus at Colonus/Electra review – a double shot of Sophocles in Sicily

Two searing new productions, performed in a hallowed space by intense ensembles, bring strikingly fresh energy to the ancient dramas

The Guardian - UK

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Electra-fying! Captain Marvel’s Brie Larson brings back an ancient avenger

Sophocles’ classic about the bitter pursuit of justice – now revived by Daniel Fish – reveals fresh truths each time

The Guardian - UK

In the Middle East, as in Greek tragedy, justice must prevail over moral absolutism

When political solutions lose out to vengeance, in Aeschylus’s words, ‘Where will it end?’

The Guardian - UK

'The Last of Us 3' Needs To Give Ellie the Redemption She Deserves

Ellie's story still needs a proper ending that wraps up the series's themes about cycles of violence.

Inverse

Imagine the culture war the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony would spark now

Danny Boyle’s extravaganza burnished what was best about the UK, but the myth it forged has been crumbling ever since, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

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