Rami Malek and Indira Varma star in a London production that uses dance brilliantly but lacks emotional connection ...
Sudden blackouts blind the audience, but set design is the most interesting thing about this unbalanced production of the ...
It’s difficult to imagine anyone watching Oedipus without having prior knowledge of the story’s brutal twist - especially the ...
Fate is a funny thing. Just as it’s hardly Oedipus’s fault that he kills his dad and sleeps with his mum - sorry if you didn’t know that, but 2,500 years and your own Freudian subconscious ...
Oedipus starring Rami Malek and Indira Varma has finally arrived at the Old Vic and the tension was palpable from start to ...
Rami Malek and Indira Varma, © Manuel Harlan. The opening is dazzling. A chant of Oedipus. A man trapped in a smoky shaft of ...
Imagine stepping into the theatre and being instantly enveloped by a pulsing, musical heartbeat—an unmistakable sign that you ...
Strong contrasts and sudden changes of rhythm are crucial in this production of Oedipus. Hofesh Shechter Company set the ...
Where Icke’s was all sleekness and surgical precision, this one, co-directed by Matthew Warchus and choreographer Hofesh Schechter, takes Aristotle’s unities and rubs them in the old philosopher’s ...