The question of whether Rami Malek can actually act has always hung over this most idiosyncratic of performers, whose Oscar ...

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

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 ...

What oracle could have predicted that Freddie Mercury and Oedipus Rex might cross paths? Yet that’s exactly what’s happening now at London’s Old Vic. The ancient King of Thebes, famed for ...

The setting is a drought-stricken Thebes and the play is a reimagining of Sophocles’ tragedy, “Oedipus Rex,” first performed around 429 B.C. and relevant as ever in our era of vainglorious ...

It’s quite a risk, then, to cast him in Oedipus, even in light of the apparent bunfight among theatre producers to outdo each other when it comes to star casting in Sophocles: Mark Strong and ...

Fate is a funny thing. Just as it’s hardly Oedipus’s fault that he kills his dad and sleeps with his mum - sorry if you didn’t know that, but 2,500 years and your own Freudian subconscious ...

Matthew Warchus and Hofesh Shechter's new production of Sophocles' family tragedy gets off to a "fabulous" start. But while ...

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

The Old Vic welcomes Oedipus this evening! Rami Malek takes on the title role in the new production, alongside Indira Varma as Jocasta. Joining them in the new adaptation of Sophocles’ classic tragedy ...

Above: Brie Larson, Greg Hicks, and Patrick Vaill in Elektra at Duke of York's Theatre, London. It’s no use denying there’s a thrill that comes from things that are new, especially when we ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The corporate regulator warned Treasurer Jim Chalmers in secret briefings it had become increasingly concerned about the governance ...