A loose adaptation of the Aeschylus’ trilogy in a contemporary modern take by British playwright Robert Icke, a monumental, ...
Sophocles is suddenly everywhere on the city’s stages. In concurrent shows, Rami Malek is playing Oedipus and Brie Larson is ...
Where Icke’s was all sleekness and surgical precision, this one, co-directed by Matthew Warchus and choreographer Hofesh ...
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Sudden blackouts blind the audience, but set design is the most interesting thing about this unbalanced production of the ...
His love for theatre began on trips to Derby Rep with his dad, and he’s gone on to be directed by some of British theatre’s ...
Elektra feels like a work in progress, an early read-through in which the rough edges are yet to be smoothed. Even Brie ...
As with buses, so with productions of Oedipus – you wait for ages for one to come along and then two arrive almost simultaneously. Writer/director Robert Icke set the bar teeteringly high last autumn ...
Read our review of *Oedipus*, starring Indira Varma and Rami Malek, now in performances at the Old Vic Theatre through 29 ...
Weirdly, this one and Icke’s even open in the same way: Oedipus has just become leader of Thebes; cheering, adulation. And then, well, to say the two productions diverge is an understatement.
Rami Malek and Indira Varma star in a London production that uses dance brilliantly but lacks emotional connection ...
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