One of the most basic questions in the world is “Who are you?” It's at the heart of the ancient tragedy of Oedipus, and it ...

In the corner of the wide white anonymous modern room that comprises the set of Robert Icke’s free adaptation of Oedipus Rex, ...

Oedipus first premiered in Amsterdam in 2018, performed in Dutch, then played Edinburgh International Festival a year later.

The clock is ticking. The votes are in, the election decided, the political leaders’ fate determined — it’s now just a countdown to the moment of truth when all is revealed. Mark Strong’s politician ...

Icke’s take on Oedipus makes for a compelling night at the theatre. Perhaps a truly modern version, though, would have ...

Rob Icke’s reimagining of Sophocles’ 2,500-year-old tragedy boasts a starry cast, but does it have the critics tearing their ...

How many times does a politician survive wave after wave of attack from rivals, surf the waves of fickle voters and tiptoe ...

Starring the internationally renowned, multi award-winning Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, Sophocles’ epic tragedy is ...

This time, in a glitzy production featuring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville as the star-crossed lovers, the blood-red digits count down to the results of an election, which Strong’s Oedipus ...

In the course of the two-hour playing time, Icke ratchets up enough tension to cause gasps in certain parts of the audience who have either forgotten or perhaps never knew that when Freud talked about ...