Rami Malek and Indira Varma star in a London production that uses dance brilliantly but lacks emotional connection ...

You can perform impossible feats, be a wise and respected leader, even solve the riddle of the Sphinx – but if you end up ...

A young actor who claims he was abused by Hollywood star Kevin Spacey whilst he was artistic director of the Old Vic is also ...

It’s difficult to imagine anyone watching Oedipus without having prior knowledge of the story’s brutal twist - especially the ...

Rami Malek and Indira Varma, © Manuel Harlan. The opening is dazzling. A chant of Oedipus. A man trapped in a smoky shaft of ...

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Oedipus starring Rami Malek and Indira Varma has finally arrived at the Old Vic and the tension was palpable from start to finish.

The opening scene of the Old Vic’s Oedipus is dominated by a giant backdrop of a skull-like face, eyes shut and rock-like. It ...

For its author, playwright Julia Grogan, the roots of the narrative were very singular – traced back to the news of a woman who had been murdered by her Tinder date, who had later claimed it was just ...

This version struggles to sustain its dramatic tension, its detached ideas never quite forming a cohesive whole.

But the overall message is unclear: in the end – spoilers for a 2,500-year-old play – populism wins, pragmatism is wrong and religious zealotry is vindicated. Opeipus, in thinking himself ...