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Brie Larson, the Oscar-winning histrion champion known for starring successful Room and Lessons successful Chemistry, is to marque her UK signifier debut adjacent twelvemonth successful a Greek tragedy.
The 34-year-old volition prima successful Elektra, an adaptation of Sophocles’ play which has been translated by writer Anne Carson.
Larson described the play arsenic a "timeless story" and said she "couldn't beryllium much excited" to beryllium joining the production, directed by Daniel Fish.
The amusement volition motorboat successful Brighton successful January. It volition play determination for a week earlier transferring to the West End for the remainder of its three-month run.
Larson told BBC News: "I couldn’t beryllium much excited to execute successful this Greek drama, oregon successful amended institution collaborating with Daniel Fish and Anne Carson.
"Storytelling has ever been the mode I organise life, feelings and experiences. I look guardant to sharing abstraction with the fantastic West End assemblage portion we research this timeless story."
The play follows a young woman, named Elektra, who is consumed by grief pursuing her father's assassination.
She teams up with her agelong mislaid member Orestes successful an effort to question vengeance.
Larson won the champion histrion prize astatine the Oscars, SAG Awards, Baftas and Golden Globes successful 2016 for her show successful the movie Room.
She has besides starred successful Captain Marvel, Kong: Skull Island and the Apple TV+ bid Lessons In Chemistry, based connected the publication by Bonnie Garmus.
However, the histrion has not appeared connected signifier since 2010, erstwhile she played Emily successful a accumulation of Our Town astatine the Williamstown Theatre Festival successful Massachusetts, USA.
Elektra volition statesman performances astatine Theatre Royal Brighton from Monday 13 to Saturday 18 January 2025.
The amusement volition past determination to the Duke of York’s Theatre successful London for an 11-week tally from Friday 24 January.
It volition beryllium produced by Empire Street Productions, the squad down caller West End productions of Prima Facie, Slave Play and The Pillowman.
Director Fish's accumulation of Oklahoma! won some the Tony and Olivier Award for champion philharmonic revival pursuing runs connected Broadway and successful the West End respectively.
Fish told BBC News it was a "thrilling situation to enactment connected Sophocles' tragedy", adding that Carson's translation "explodes the question of what is past and what is contemporary".
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