Mark Strong, Lesley Manville and Oedipus
Mark Strong and Lesley Manville make ancient tragedy 'Oedipus' a political thriller
Screen stars Mark Strong and Lesley Manville return to the London stage in director Robert Icke’s adaptation, “Oedipus,” which fuses the primal power of the ancient tragedy with a modern-day political thriller. It wants anyone who thought identity politics was a new concern to think again.
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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: 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.
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: 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.
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.
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,
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.
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Oedipus, Wyndham's Theatre review - careful what you wish for
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Lesley Manville and Mark Strong on Oedipus: ‘Do men really dream about their mothers like that?’
T here’s one scene that occurs in the forthcoming West End staging of Oedipus that its stars Lesley Manville and Mark ...
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Oedipus – Wyndham’s Theatre | Review
Mark Strong and Lesley Manville give immaculate performances as Oedipus and Jocasta, bolstered by David Icke's monumental ...
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This production imagines Oedipus (Mark Strong) as a contemporary politician – and achieves a level of catharsis rare for any ...