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Oedipus
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Adapted from the Greek classic, OEDIPUS is playing at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre for a limited run until January 2025!
Originally presented in Dutch at the International Theater in Amsterdam, then at the Edinburgh International Festival, Robert Icke‘s adaptation of OEDIPUS will star Mark Strong (The Red Barn) in the title role, alongside Lesley Manville (The Crown) as Jocasta.
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When searching for help against a plague destroying his country, Oedipus finds himself drawn further and further into a convoluted prophecy which he has unwittingly fulfilled, in which he unknowingly murdered his own father and married his mother.
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Mark Strong (Oedipus). Lesley Manville (Jocasta). Samuel Brewer (Teiresias). Michael Gould (Creon). Sara Hazemi (Lichas/Understudy Antigone). Gary McDonald (Driver). Bhasker Patel (Corin). Phia Saban (Antigone). Jordan Scowen (Eteocles). June Watson (Merope). James Wilbraham (Polyneices). Jim Creighton (Ensemble/Understudy Oedipus & Creon). Derek Elroy (Ensemble/Understudy Corin, Teiresias & Driver). Celia Nelson (Ensemble/ Understudy Jocasta & Merope). Jake Rory (Ensemble/Understudy Polyneices, Eteocles & Lichas).
Robert Icke (Director). Hildegard Bechtler (Set Design). Wojciech Dziedzic (Costume Design). Natasha Chivers (Lighting Design). Tom Gibbons (Sound Design). Tal Yarden (Video Design). Julia Horan CDG (Casting Director).
Age Guidance: 16+. Scenes of a sexual nature, distressing content including graphic depictions of violence. The performance also contains a short blackout.
'There will surely not be a more powerful production in the UK this year. It is electic'
'Mark Strong and Lesley Manville electrify ancient saga turned political thriller… Robert Icke’s modern retelling is riveting from beginning to end’'
'Icke brilliantly remakes Sophocles tragedy for our times'
'(Rob Icke) has turned this ancient play into an electric West End thriller'
'This Oedipus glints with a deadly sharpness'
'This is an extraordinary evening, thanks to Icke, Strong and Manville'