Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy review – classical myth burns into modern England

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Theatre Royal Stratford East, London In Ava Pickett’s tense play, Michelle Dockery’s heroine returns to a Towie-styled world where the violence and misogyny are all too recognisable ‘And Zeus created … Essex.

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:03:03 UTC.

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