It turns out to be a rash promise, unraveling a secret about Oedipus’ origins that destroys his sense of identity, his family and his life. In this play, secrets may fester, but the truth is deadly.

After opening at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre, Oedipus became an instant phenomenon ... sensual human thriller catapulting the secrets of the past into a high-stakes present.

Jocasta has been questioned by Oedipus for details on the death of King Laius. When she asks what burden Oedipus is carrying and to share his information, this is his reply. A curse has taken a ...

After his revelatory Oresteia, visionary director Icke (1984, The Doctor) reimagines another Ancient Greek tragedy, bringing the secrets of the past bursting into the present.” Icke’s’ Oedipus began ...

The English writer and director Robert Icke’s “Oedipus,” a new version of the seminal Sophocles drama about a king who inadvertently kills his father and marries his mother, will come to ...

Teiresias tells Oedipus that Oedipus is the murderer he seeks. That Oedipus killed King Laius and the resulting plague is due to his trangressions. Oedipus does not believe Teiresias and feels ...