Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss star in Electra/Persona, a two-part theatre production written and directed by Benedict Andrews that pairs Sophocles' Greek tragedy Electra with Ingmar Bergman's 1966 psychodrama Persona. Andrews, who previously directed Gillian Anderson in A Streetcar Named Desire, describes the work as "one hinged work" rather than a conventional double bill, exploring thematic echoes between the two pieces around guilt, maternal estrangement and shifting identity. The production is praised as bold, ambitious and demanding for both performers and audience, anchored by a formidable pairing of its two lead actresses.

Structured as two roughly hour-long acts with a short intermission, the show sees Blanchett and Hoss alternate nightly between playing Electra and Elisabet Vogler, or Clytemnestra and Alma, drawing parallels between the mythological mother-daughter conflict and Bergman's tale of a mute actress and her nurse. Supporting performances come from Ella Lily Hyland (Netflix's Black Doves) as Chrysothemis and Elisabet's doctor, and Patrick Robinson in dual smaller roles, while Magda Willi's minimalist wooden-steps set design is singled out for creating intimacy within a large auditorium.