29 May 2015 – 18 July 2015
Oresteia
Aeschylus
a new version created by Robert Icke
Orestes’ parents are at war. A family drama spanning several decades, a huge, moving, bloody saga, Aeschylus’ greatest and final play asks whether justice can ever be done – and continues to resonate more than two millenia after it was written.

Following Mr Burns and 1984, Almeida Associate Director Robert Icke radically reimagines Oresteia for the modern stage, in its first major London production in over a decade.

Lia Williams returns to the Almeida as Klytemnestra.
23 July 2015 – 19 September 2015
Bakkhai
Euripides
a new version by Anne Carson
directed by James Macdonald
Pentheus has banned the wild, ritualistic worship of the god Dionysos. A stranger arrives to persuade him to change his mind. Euripides’ electrifying tragedy is a struggle to the death between freedom and restraint, the rational and the irrational, man and god.
Using three actors and a chorus, echoing the original performance model, James Macdonald returns to the Almeida to stage Euripides’ hedonistic tragedy in a visceral new version by Anne Carson. Ben Whishaw makes his Almeida debut as Dionysos and Bertie Carvel returns to the Almeida as Pentheus.

25 September 2015 – 14 November 2015
Medea
Euripides
a new version by Rachel Cusk
directed by Rupert Goold

Medea’s marriage is breaking up. And so is everything else. Testing the limits of revenge and liberty, Euripides’ seminal play cuts to the heart of gender politics and asks what it means to be a woman and a wife.

One of world drama’s most infamous characters is brought to controversial new life by Almeida Artistic Director Rupert Goold (Merchant of Venice, King Charles III, American Psycho) and award-winning feminist writer Rachel Cusk (Outline, Aftermath).

Kate Fleetwood makes her Almeida debut in the title role.