The Oscar-winning American actor makes his UK stage debut at the Old Vic, but does the latest London staging of Sophocles ...

Matthew Warchus and Hofesh Shechter's new production of Sophocles' family tragedy gets off to a "fabulous" start. But while ...

Icke presented a very contemporary picture with Oedipus a Western-style politician who is seeking election, surrounded by a ...

Where Icke’s was all sleekness and surgical precision, this one, co-directed by Matthew Warchus and choreographer Hofesh ...

Rami Malek and Indira Varma star in a London production that uses dance brilliantly but lacks emotional connection ...

Hollywood star and Oscar winner Rami Malek plays Oedipus opposite Olivier Award winner Indira Varma as Jocasta. Hofesh ...

What Icke’s take did so compellingly was to emphasise the connection, the chemistry, the sexual frisson between Oedipus and Jocasta, thus making the play’s domino chain of revelations even more ...

Rami Malek and Indira Varma, © Manuel Harlan. The opening is dazzling. A chant of Oedipus. A man trapped in a smoky shaft of light, unable to escape his destiny. A blackout and d ...

Sudden blackouts blind the audience, but set design is the most interesting thing about this unbalanced production of the ...

The question of whether Rami Malek can actually act has always hung over this most idiosyncratic of performers, whose Oscar ...