Screen stars Mark Strong and Lesley Manville return to the London stage in director Robert Icke’s adaptation, “Oedipus,” ...
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 ...
And then of course this means I love you now forever, just as long as you can stay inside this lemon egg of time your mouth ...
In the smaller Upstairs Theatre, New Diorama regulars Kandinsky Theatre – aka Lauren Mooney and James Yeatman – make their Court debuts with intriguing ‘sci-fi gothic horror’ More Life (Feb 6-Mar 8 ...
Robert Icke’s contemporary take on the tragedy is stylish and shattering The reframing of the story works well, even if some of the sharp contemporary symbolism has lost its edge since the ...
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 ...
The blind seer Tiresias (Samuel Brewer) shambles into Oedipus’s clean white office to predict his fate – the politician dismisses it as “new age fear mongering”, with Icke drawing subtle ...
The progress of Robert Icke’s devastating modern-day version of Oedipus is from ceaseless noise to stunned silence. It opens with Mark Strong’s smooth-talking, charismatic political leader talking on ...
Stage and screen veterans Mark Strong and Lesley Manville have returned to the West End, teaming up for Robert Icke’s new adaptation of Oedipus. Following yesterday’s opening night performance, which ...
After his revelatory Oresteia, visionary director Robert Icke reimagines another Ancient Greek tragedy, bringing the secrets of the past bursting into the present. Following hit runs at ...