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Oedipus: Mark Strong and Lesley Manville are agonising, but it’s too little, too late
In the corner of the wide white anonymous modern room that comprises the set of Robert Icke’s free adaptation of Oedipus Rex, a digital clock ticks down the seconds to zero. It’s a trick Icke used to queasily tense effect in his 2015 version of The Oresteia,
Oedipus review: Lesley Manville is at the height of her powers
This eternal dilemma hums and throbs relentlessly from the start of these hurtling two interval-free hours, as political leader Oedipus (Mark Strong) awaits the results of a general election with his family.
Mark Strong and Lesley Manville are superb in stunning staging of Oedipus — review
The clock is ticking. The votes are in, the election decided, the political leaders’ fate determined — it’s now just a countdown to the moment of truth when all is revealed. Mark Strong’s politician kicks back with his wife (Lesley Manville), his family and his campaign team, confident that his message of change and hope has won the day.
Oedipus review: Mark Strong and Lesley Manville star in a tantalisingly fresh take on the Greek tragedy
Oedipus first premiered in Amsterdam in 2018, performed in Dutch, then played Edinburgh International Festival a year later. This belated West End visit retains the original’s stark European feel, but has a new cast anchored by the undeniable chemistry of its stars Mark Strong and Lesley Manville.
Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre review: Mark Strong and Lesley Manville are spellbinding in this wrenchingly tense Greek tragedy
Mark Strong and Lesley Manville are spellbinding in this wrenchingly tense Greek tragedy - 4/5 Strong is superb and surely there’s no better actress working today than Manville
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 eyes out? Fergus Morgan rounds up the reviews.
Review Roundup: Did Mark Strong and Lesley Manville Dazzle in OEDIPUS?
Starring the internationally renowned, multi award-winning Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, Sophocles’ epic tragedy is transformed into an essential, explosive human thriller.
Oedipus West End review – Mark Strong and Lesley Manville’s Greek tragedy is a political thriller
In the course of the two-hour playing time, Icke ratchets up enough tension to cause gasps in certain parts of the audience who have either forgotten or perhaps never knew that when Freud talked about the Oedipus complex,
Unscripted: Award winning actors Lesley Manville & Mark Strong on their West End play Oedipus
Stars of the stage and screen, Lesley Manville and Mark Strong join Arts Editor Nina Nannar to discuss Robert Icke’s adaptation of Oedipus. | ITV National News
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Oedipus, Wyndham's Theatre review - careful what you wish for
How many times does a politician survive wave after wave of attack from rivals, surf the waves of fickle voters and tiptoe ...
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Classic Desert Island Discs - Lesley Manville
Lauren Laverne talks to actor Lesley Manville in a programme first broadcast in 2023. Lesley Manville made her debut on the ...
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