This production imagines Oedipus (Mark Strong) as a contemporary politician – and achieves a level of catharsis rare for any ...

The bassist on becoming a Bad Seed, reconvening with old friends, and how life on the road has changed.

Writer-director Alexander Zeldin strips away the complexities of Sophocles's plot to illuminate brilliantly why a ...

In the corner of the wide white anonymous modern room that comprises the set of Robert Icke’s free adaptation of Oedipus Rex, ...

Sarah Kane’s final masterpiece *4.48 Psychosis* will close artistic director David Byrne's second season, and will star the ...

Lesley Manville and Mark Strong are spellbinding in Robert Icke ’s wrenchingly tense reworking of Sophocles’ Greek tragedy.

How many times does a politician survive wave after wave of attack from rivals, surf the waves of fickle voters and tiptoe ...

Zinnie Harris's contemporary adaptation of John Webster's Jacobean play at the Trafalgar Theatre doesn't tone down its ...

Robert Icke is to make his Royal Court debut with the world premiere of Manhunt in the London theatre’s 24/25 season, which also features the revival of Sarah Kane’s 4:48 Psychosis ...

Oedipus first premiered in Amsterdam in 2018, performed in Dutch, then played Edinburgh International Festival a year later.

This eternal dilemma hums and throbs relentlessly from the start of these hurtling two interval-free hours, as political ...

Rob Icke’s reimagining of Sophocles’ 2,500-year-old tragedy boasts a starry cast, but does it have the critics tearing their ...