Michelle Dockery Stars as Helen of Troy in Ava Pickett's Bloodsport at Theatre Royal Stratford East

Ava Pickett's new play Bloodsport, staged at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in London, reworks ancient Greek drama with what the Financial Times calls bracing effect. Michelle Dockery takes the role of Helen of Troy, a performance the FT describes as riveting. The production relocates the mythological material into a contemporary theatrical idiom, updating the classical source rather than staging it as period drama. London's Theatre Royal Stratford East serves as the venue for the run. The FT's assessment frames both Pickett's writing and Dockery's central performance as the production's defining strengths.