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Cate Blanchett Urges Audience to Put Away Phones

Updated 2026-09-19 18:55 UTC 1 source Neutral

Actress Cate Blanchett asks London audience members to stop filming the National Theatre’s production of Electra/Persona, emphasizing that the stage is a place for presence and connection.

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Cate Blanchett Asks London Audience To Stop Filming Play, Says Stage Is Place “Where We Can Simply Be Together And Be Present”

Enjoying the show? Then please put away your cellphone. That was the message delivered by Cate Blachett from the London stage of National Theatre’s Lyttelton Theatre after the curtain call of Electra/Persona, the new play written and directed by Benedict Andrews that combines the Sophocles tragedy E

2026-09-19 18:41 UTC