oedipus – First Night Magazine

Review of ‘Manhunt’: “Open fire”

The Royal Court hosts the world premiere of Robert Icke’s latest play, exploring the motivations of infamous spree-killer Raoul Moat. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if he ended up being shot from it. Men don’t cry. Men don’t feel pain. Men don’t complain. Men can’t be victims. Modern…

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9 April, 2025

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The 50 best shows of 2024

As this year’s last act gets ready for its grand finale, we present our annual list of the most enduring productions in both the London and UK scene. Join us, as we take a journey into the past – and reveal which ones, out of our 288 posts, have made it into our stagy wall…

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30 December, 2024

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a chorus line, A Raisin in the Sun, a view from the bridge, alegria, All's Well That Ends Well, asi wind, barbican theatre, barbra streisand, benjamin button musical, best shows, best shows of 2024, boys from the blackstuff, bronco billy, buyer and cellar, cirque, cirque du soleil, cowbois, cruel intentions musical, dance, death of england, dominic west, enb, english national ballet, fiddler on the roof, fringe, giant, giselle, harry clarke, holocaust, homo alone, House of Life, hugh panaro, incredibly human, John Lithgow, judy, judy garland, la fille mal gardee, lehman brothers, lehman trilogy, les noces, madame bovary, much ado about nothing, musical theatre, musicals, next to normal, oedipus, off west end, people places and things, pippin, players kings, plays, punchdrunk, roald dahl, rob madge, shakespeare, Shakespeare in the Squares, shakespeare’s globe, sophie’s surpirse 29th, spirited away, Standing at the Sky’s Edge, stephen schwartz, swan lake in the round, tennessee williams, the 39 steps, the bbc proms, The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady, the comedy of errors, the curious case of benjamin, the departue, the dream of a ridiculous man, the glass menagerie, the happiest man on earth, the hills of california, the liar the bitch and the wardrobe, the massive tragedy of Madame bovary, the nutcracker, the picture of dorian gray, theatre, tour, twelfth night, viola’s room, war horse, west end
Review of ‘Oedipus’: “Deus ex fabula”

The ancient tragedy is reborn on the London stage through Robert Icke’s latest adaptation, now arriving to the West End in a limited-running production starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the piece, to let us know if this new remake of the Greek myth ends up showing an Achilles’s…

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17 October, 2024

English contents, Reviews

drama, greek myth, James Wilbraham, jocasta, lesley manville, mark strong, Merope, oedipus, oedipus rex, play, political drama, Polyneices, robert icke, Samuel Brewer, sophocles, Teiresas, the crown, west end, wyndhams, wyndhams theatre