Overview
Why this concerts page exists
This countdown tracks the press night of Electra/Persona at the National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre, a new production fusing Sophocles' tragedy with Ingmar Bergman's 1966 film. Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett stars alongside Nina Hoss in a Benedict Andrews staging that is one of the most anticipated London theatre events of 2026.
Specificity
What makes this countdown specific
Event
Electra/Persona — National Theatre Opening Night
Venue / market
National Theatre (Lyttelton Theatre) · London · UK
Date posture
September 1, 2026 · Date confirmed · Confirmed
Source trail
National Theatre · nationaltheatre.org.uk
Content family
concerts · West End Theatre
Topic signals
theatre, west end, cate blanchett, national theatre, play
Type
Play
Star
Cate Blanchett
Venue
Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre
Electra/Persona — National Theatre Opening Night is kept distinct from neighboring concerts countdowns by its concrete source trail (National Theatre at nationaltheatre.org.uk), its date confirmed date signal, and its confirmed confidence label.
The location context for this listing is National Theatre (Lyttelton Theatre), UK. That matters because two pages can share a broad west end theatre label while still serving different reader tasks: travel timing, ticket timing, broadcast coverage, city logistics, or release-window monitoring.
Current event facts on file: type: Play; star: Cate Blanchett; venue: Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre. These details are included in the main article so the timer has venue, source, and schedule context.
Topic signals used for related-page matching: theatre, west end, cate blanchett, national theatre, play. Schema posture: Specific Event date emitted.
Evidence pack
Source, schema, and originality audit
Retention class
Confirmed-source major countdown
Evidence score
9/12 source/detail signals
- Evidence score9/12 signals present
- source name; source URL; source host; public date label; machine date value; location context; 3 fact rows
- Source and schemaCurated confirmed date
- Specific Event date emitted Source trail: National Theatre at nationaltheatre.org.uk.
- Date precisionDate confirmed / Confirmed
- The page can carry a precise Event startDate because the source signal is specific enough.
- Entity grounding3 facts, 5 tags
- Location context: National Theatre (Lyttelton Theatre), London, UK.
- Editorial depth0 paragraphs, 0 highlights
- The page relies on source confidence, specificity, facts, and related pages until a deeper dossier is available.
- Generation controlCurated event row
- This row is carried by the event catalog directly rather than a franchise template expansion.
Reference data for this countdown
Reference fields include Electra/Persona — National Theatre Opening Night's source, date, location, tags, and facts. They make it easier to distinguish this page from adjacent concerts countdowns without adding unsupported claims.
Reading the timer
How to use this concerts countdown
Electra/Persona — National Theatre Opening Night sits inside the concerts & live events calendar as a west end theatre date that readers may revisit as the public details firm up. This page keeps the tracked date, source quality, location context, and release confidence in one place so the countdown is useful without implying more certainty than the source provides.
Right now the key public signal is September 1, 2026, with confirmed status and date confirmed precision. That distinction matters. A confirmed datetime is very different from a month-level or date-only signal, and people planning watch parties, travel, ticketing, launch coverage, or newsroom publishing need that nuance instead of a misleadingly precise timer.
We are tracking Electra/Persona — National Theatre Opening Night from National Theatre plus the official event source. For this page, that means the safest way to read the countdown is as a reference layer: use the timer for awareness, then use the source, precision, location, and event facts together before you commit to travel, viewing plans, promotional scheduling, or time-sensitive announcements.
The most practical reading of this countdown is: Electra/Persona — National Theatre Opening Night is being watched for National Theatre (Lyttelton Theatre), UK, and the current page focus is the main west end theatre milestone rather than every surrounding rumor or speculative date. Type: Play. Star: Cate Blanchett.
Electra/Persona — National Theatre Opening Night sits in the live-events category where venue rules, ticket timing, broadcast windows, and city logistics often matter as much as the core date. Concert and festival countdowns become more useful when they explain what kind of live event this is, what scale it operates at, and how the official source should be used alongside the timer. Visible reference details include star: Cate Blanchett, venue: Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre. That keeps this page more useful than a bare timer built around theatre, west end, cate blanchett, national theatre.