Sophocles is suddenly everywhere on the city’s stages. In concurrent shows, Rami Malek is playing Oedipus and Brie Larson is ...
A loose adaptation of the Aeschylus’ trilogy in a contemporary modern take by British playwright Robert Icke, a monumental, ...
What Icke’s take did so compellingly was to emphasise the connection, the chemistry, the sexual frisson between Oedipus and ...
Where Icke’s was all sleekness and surgical precision, this one, co-directed by Matthew Warchus and choreographer Hofesh ...
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 ...
Read our review of *Oedipus*, starring Indira Varma and Rami Malek, now in performances at the Old Vic Theatre through 29 ...