“Oedipus Rex” is about as far from a new work as possible, having first been performed around 1,600 years ago. While stories of this caliber and place in the literary canon can often feel untouchable ...

Mark Strong and Lesley Manville in Robert Icke’s production of Oedipus - Manuel Harlan In the corner of the wide white anonymous modern room that comprises the set of Robert Icke’s free adaptation of ...

The Company Theatre continues its 2023-24 season with the Sophocles' classic OEDIPUS REX, running February 15-25 at the historic Temple Building Theater, 50 Liberty Pole Way, in Rochester. “The ...

Personal history emerges by painful degrees in “Oedipus,” whose language and story, the actress Lesley Manville says, “wreck me every time.” ...

Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex is one of the towering works of the human imagination; a play that has captivated audiences and readers alike for centuries. In Freud’s hands, the play became an illustration of ...

Edinburgh International Festival director Nicola Benedetti conceives of her 2024 programme as a series of “rituals that unite us”. Scottish Opera’s production of Igor Stravinsky and Jean Cocteau’s ...

From January 16 to 18, the Teatro Instabile in Naples will host an engaging production of 'Oedipus Rex', created by Talentum Production in collaboration with the Vesuvian Academy of Theater and Cinema ...

On a break from playing Oedipus in the new Broadway production, the British actor stops by Federal Hall to chat politics, family dynamics, and being mistaken for Stanley Tucci.