So you haven’t read Oedipus the King? You’re missing out on the greatest Greek tragedy of all time Discover why Aristotle ranked it as the hottest tragedy ever ...

Academy Award winner Rami Malek and Olivier Award winer Indira Varma star in a new production of Oedipus at the Old Vic, and ...

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 ...

The Old Vic’s Oedipus will inevitably draw comparisons with Robert Icke’s version at Wyndham’s Theatre starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville that ended its run in January. While that was ...

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 slaying his ...

Read our review of *Oedipus*, starring Indira Varma and Rami Malek, now in performances at the Old Vic Theatre through 29 March. Read more theatre reviews on LondonTheatre.co.uk.

For every individual, imagination is personal, intuitive. For me, imagination is planetary, cosmic…” — Souleymane Cissé, 1940 to 2025 ...

But when the oracle declares the rain will come only when the murderer of King Laius is exposed, Oedipus seizes on the chance to become the saviour of the people by solving the 20-year-old mystery ...

The actor, on a hot streak after “Wicked,” takes on his biggest stage role to date. In London, he plays Shakespeare’s ...

Some tragedies, such as Sophocles’ Oedipus the King, demonstrate Aristotle’s argument nicely. Sophocles’ plot takes place over one day and involves Oedipus starting the play as King of ...

After eight years away establishing himself on screen, actor Gwilym Lee is returning to the stage in the revamped Dear ...