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The Greeks: Radical Reinvention - available on the 'Bloomberg Connects Arts & Culture' app

10 December 2025
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The exhibition ’The Greeks: Radical Reinvention’ is available nationally and internationally via Bloomberg Connects Arts & Culture! Download the app and search for ’National Theatre London’ to find the virtual exhibition. There you can explore all the content for free and wherever you are!

Download Bloomberg Connects Arts & Culture to start exploring this fascinating exhibition from Durham University's Dr Lucy Jackson and the National Theatre.

  • Discover backstage moments from many of the productions of Greek tragedy at the National Theatre
  • Hear clips from Harrison Birtwhistle’s modernist score for the Oresteia directed by Peter Hall in 1981
  • View some of the images that inspired designer Rae Smith for Kae Tempest’s 2021 version of Sophocles’ Philoctetes 
  • Listen to a performance of an ode from Euripides’ Bacchae in Greek and compare with the performance (in English) in 2004
..and much more.
The exhibition also incorporates films from the ‘In Search of Greek Theatre’ series, funded by Durham University and made in collaboration with the Archive at the National Theatre, London. Just search YouTube for ‘In Search of Greek Theatre’, or follow this link. 
Got some thoughts to share about the exhibition? There’s a questionnaire here and we would be grateful for any and all feedback!