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Oedipus
Behind every great man is a great woman.
Election night. The polls predict a landslide victory. Everything is about to change.
Starring the internationally renowned, multi award-winning Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, Sophocles’ epic tragedy is transformed into an essential, explosive human thriller.
After his revelatory Oresteia, visionary director Robert Icke (1984, The Doctor) reimagines another Ancient Greek tragedy, bringing the secrets of the past bursting into the present.
Following hit runs at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and the Edinburgh Festival, Oedipus comes to Wyndham’s Theatre for a strictly limited run.
OedipusReviews
‘There will surely not be a more powerful production in the UK this year. It is electric’
The Observer
‘Mark Strong and Lesley Manville electrify ancient saga turned political thriller… Robert Icke’s modern retelling is riveting from beginning to end’
‘Mark Strong and Lesley Manville set the stage on fire’
The Guardian
‘Icke brilliantly remakes Sophocles tragedy for our times’
Financial Times
‘(Rob Icke) has turned this ancient play into an electric West End thriller’
Mail on Sunday
‘This Oedipus glints with a deadly sharpness’
Time Out
‘This is an extraordinary evening, thanks to Icke, Strong and Manville’
Evening Standard
‘A Monumental Feat’
Independent
‘Strong is tremendous. Manville dazzles’
Sunday Times
‘Robert Icke’s gripping transformation of Sophocles’
Sunday Express
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Oedipus Cast. Production photography by Manuel Harlan