Larson up to par in punchy, feminist take on Sophocles

The Marvel star’s unruly Greek heroine is bent on revenge in the haunting but flawed Elektra’,

- Alice Saville

Duke of York’s Theatre, London

Don’t be fooled by the presence of shaven-headed Captain Marvel star Brie Larson in a Bikini Kill band T-shirt – this dream-like staging of Sophocles’s Elektra is closer to the spirit of ancient drama than anything else you’ll find in the West End’s current spate of Greek plays. In true classical style, the action takes place offstage, chanting floods the air, and a round revolving stage mimics a stone amphitheatre. It’s haunting, punchily feminist and perverse, all at once.

Director Daniel Fish’s last West End outing saw him needling at fans of traditional musical theatre with his intriguingly weird, post-dramatic take on