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Following a successful sell-out run at the Almeida earlier this year, Robert Icke's reworking of Aeschylus's Oresteia has transferred to the West End, making its home at the Trafalgar Studios. Bringing the story into the 21st century, the production portrays Agamemnon (Angus Wright) as a modern day politician working hard to win the war while trying to maintain life as a family man.

A company of more than 60 artists will bring The Iliad to life in a durational reading on Friday 14 August. The reading will begin at the British Museum and culminate on the Almeida stage. The marathon reading is the latest event in the theatre's Almeida Greeks Festival which has so far seen Robert Icke's critically acclaimed production of Oresteia transfer to Trafalgar Studios in the West End and James Macdonald's production of Bakkhai play to sold out houses at the Almeida.

The Almeida Theatre's critically acclaimed, sold out production of Oresteia, by Aeschylus, re-imagined for the modern stage by Almeida Associate Director Robert Icke (The Fever, Mr Burns, 1984) will transfer to the Trafalgar Studios in the West End from August. Press night September 7th.

ORESTEIA, in a modern reimagining by Almeida Associate Director Robert Icke, will be transferring to Trafalgar Studios late next month -- original company intact.

The 2015 season of Shakespeare's Globe On Screen continues with Dominic Dromgoole's sell-out envisioning of Roman classic, Julius Caesar, which will be screened in cinemas across the UK in a special event release on Thursday 30 April. Tickets to experience captivating theatre from the London home of Shakespeare are now on sale at www.globeonscreen.com.

Casting is today announced for Oresteia, reimagined for the modern stage by Almeida Associate Director Robert Icke (The Fever, Mr Burns, 1984), in its first major London production in more than a decade.

Hampstead Theatre has announced Tiger Country will be Free Streamed worldwide on the final night, Saturday 17 January at 7.30pm at hampsteadtheatre.com and at telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre.

Hampstead Theatre has announced the casting for Tiger Country, which will be on the Main Stage 8 December 2014 to 17 January 2015. Indira Varma will star in the production, written and directed by Nina Raine.

The shortlist for the annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards has been announced. Winners revealed at a ceremony presented by Damian Lewis at the Savoy Hotel on November 17, when the recipients of six special awards will also be revealed.

The longlist for the annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards has been announced, and includes Dame Judi Dench, Dame Helen Mirren, James McAvoy and Dominic West.

Three music graduates from the Elder Conservatorium, who studied in the early 2000's and went on to create incredible careers for themselves in the world of jazz, come together for the first time in a jazz blockbuster, once only, concert at the Scott Theatre at 7.30pm tonight, 12 October. Topping the bill of this all-star, jazz-fest are Naomi Crellin, from The Idea of North; Julian Ferraretto, jazz violinist recently returned from London; and Adam Page multi-instrumentalist.

Three music graduates from the Elder Conservatorium, who studied in the early 2000's and went on to create incredible careers for themselves in the world of jazz, come together for the first time in a jazz blockbuster, once only, concert at the Scott Theatre at 7.30pm Saturday 12 October. Topping the bill of this all-star, jazz-fest are Naomi Crellin, from The Idea of North; Julian Ferraretto, jazz violinist recently returned from London; and Adam Page multi-instrumentalist.