The French actress will be appearing in August Strindberg’s Miss Julie at the Barbican in September. The production, actually titled Mademoiselle Julie, is a new French-language version directed by Frédéric Fisbach that comes from the Avignon Festival and is a contemporary reimagining of the story in modern dress. Unlike Strindberg’s rather bitter 1888 original, this one asks a much more up-to-date question: can love offer the possibility of radical change? Or will it turn out to be plus ça change?

Juliette Binoche is joined by Nicolas Bouchaud as Jean and Bénédicte Cerutti as Christine. At the Barbican, as at the Festival d’Avignon where the production premiered in 2011, Fisbach will bring together a chorus before whom the intimate drama and ultimate tragedy of the three main protagonists is played out. So no minimalism there.

La Binoche is no stranger to the London stage, having appeared in a 1998 London production of Luigi Pirandello’s Naked and in in-i, which was a 2008 touring collaboration with dancer Akram Khan, seen here at the National Theatre. She has also appeared in some 40 feature films, most notably The English Patient, Chocolat and Certified Copy. She notably declined Steven Spielberg’s offer to appear in Jurassic Park, choosing instead to work with art house director Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colors: Blue. Mademoiselle Julie runs from 20-29 September.