Oedipus

Live at

The Old Vic

21 Jan – 29 Mar 2025

Tickets available from £26.40

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A new adaptation of Sophocles' OEDIPUS is coming to The Old Vic for a limited run early next year.

The Old Vic

21 Jan – 29 Mar 2025

The Old Vic Theatre, 103 The Cut, London SE1 8NB, UK

Mon - Sat at 19:30

Wed and Sat at 14:30

Age guidance: 14+

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It’s a cold case but, according to the Oracle, if the murderer of old King Laius is found and punished then all will be well. The people turn to their new King, Oedipus, the man who solved the riddle of the Sphinx, to hunt down the perpetrator and bring salvation. He vows to succeed whatever the cost and so begins an unstoppable pursuit of the truth through a harrowing labyrinth of fear and love.

‘Vengeance will be taken on the killer, then the land will be clean. The contamination will be washed away. The rains will come and the people will be healed.’

Academy Award winner Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody, No Time To Die) and Olivier Award winner Indira Varma (Present Laughter, Game of Thrones) star in Ella Hickson’s intimate and revelatory version of Sophocles’ transcendent tragedy, OEDIPUS, co-directed by Matthew Warchus and Hofesh Shechter.