The Stage21h
Oedipus starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville – review round-up
Rob Icke’s reimagining of Sophocles’ 2,500-year-old tragedy boasts a starry cast, but does it have the critics tearing their ...
Strong and Manville are a formidable pairing in this modern reworking, but sadly it's a case of... Oedipus Wrecked! PATRICK MARMION reviews Oedipus
Two eye-popping examples have landed this week alone. One stars Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, in a retelling of the father ...
The Other Place: an 'excruciatingly funny' and 'shockingly frank' take on Antigone
Writer-director Alexander Zeldin strips away the complexities of Sophocles's plot to illuminate brilliantly why a ...
New Statesman18h
Liam Payne was a victim of the pop pin-up machine
This production imagines Oedipus (Mark Strong) as a contemporary politician – and achieves a level of catharsis rare for any ...
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The Duchess review: Even Jodie Whittaker can’t save this nonsensical bloodbath
Zinnie Harris's contemporary adaptation of John Webster's Jacobean play at the Trafalgar Theatre doesn't tone down its ...
The Stage11h
Come Alive! The Greatest Showman review
Meanwhile, the Showman has second thoughts about retirement and returns just in time for the finale. Working on the ...