Can Movie Stars Handle Greek Classics? London Is Finding Out.
Sophocles is suddenly everywhere on the city’s stages. In concurrent shows, Rami Malek is playing Oedipus and Brie Larson is ...
The Arts Desk3d
Oedipus, Old Vic review - disappointing leads in a production of two halves
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 ...
Gulf Times3dOpinion
Technofeudalism is war’s handmaiden
The West is on a war footing. The German government is working on an app that helps people locate their nearest bunker. A ...
Theater That Packs A Punch: Exhilarating Productions Of ‘Kyoto’ And ‘Oedipus’ Open In London
Academy Award winner Rami Malek and Olivier Award winer Indira Varma star in a new production of Oedipus at the Old Vic, and ...
The Taipei Times4d
Technofeudalism is the handmaiden of war
exacerbating a crisis with actions intended to prevent it — just as Oedipus ended up killing Laius, his father, only because Laius took harsh measures aimed at thwarting the Delphic prophecy that he ...
London Theatre7d
'Oedipus' review — Indira Varma and Rami Malek star in a stylish yet diluted version of this Greek tragedy
Read our review of *Oedipus*, starring Indira Varma and Rami Malek, now in performances at the Old Vic Theatre through 29 ...
Daily Mail26d
Rami Malek claims he was racially profiled by the LAPD during a 'precarious situation'
The premise follows: 'King Oedipus who is tasked by his subjects to avenge the murder of the old King Laius in hopes that ... after a group of terrorist who killed his wife,' per an official ...
londontheatre1.com7d
Oedipus – The Old Vic | Review
This version struggles to sustain its dramatic tension, its detached ideas never quite forming a cohesive whole.
WhatsOnStage9d
Oedipus at the Old Vic review – Rami Malek and Indira Varma start strong, finish stifled
Rami Malek and Indira Varma, © Manuel Harlan. The opening is dazzling. A chant of Oedipus. A man trapped in a smoky shaft of ...