The trend for "plonking Hollywood stars into classics in the West End" has never looked more misconceived, said Robert ...

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 ...

Sophocles is suddenly everywhere on the city’s stages. In concurrent shows, Rami Malek is playing Oedipus and Brie Larson is ...

It’s difficult to imagine anyone watching Oedipus without having prior knowledge of the story’s brutal twist - especially the ...

Rami Malek and Indira Varma star in a London production that uses dance brilliantly but lacks emotional connection ...

This overcooked, jarring production is the latest iteration of West End star casting and the craze has surely reached a nadir ...

Oedipus starring Rami Malek and Indira Varma has finally arrived at the Old Vic and the tension was palpable from start to ...

Where Icke’s was all sleekness and surgical precision, this one, co-directed by Matthew Warchus and choreographer Hofesh ...

Rami Malek and Indira Varma, © Manuel Harlan. The opening is dazzling. A chant of Oedipus. A man trapped in a smoky shaft of ...

Oscar-winner Rami Malek plays Oedipus, king of Thebes, in this delirious, dance-filled adaptation of the Sophocles classic ...

The question of whether Rami Malek can actually act has always hung over this most idiosyncratic of performers, whose Oscar ...