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Rami Malek fans might want their money back after seeing Oedipus
The Old Vic offers even starrier casting in the form of Oscar winner Rami Malek – but he’s all adrift in a bewilderingly ...
Oedipus at the Old Vic review: bewildering chaos with Rami Malek strangely mannered
In fact, if it weren’t for the supernova-level pull of Oscar-winning actor Rami Malek, it’s likely that this Oedipus would ...
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The Other Place: an 'excruciatingly funny' and 'shockingly frank' take on Antigone
Robert Icke's new version of "Oedipus", starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, is about to open, and an "Elektra", with ...
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10 great Hamlets of the modern age
The Irish actor was, rightly, Olivier-nominated for his wrenching portrayal of the Prince of Denmark in Robert Icke’s slick modern-dress staging at the Almeida Theatre in 2017. Icke gave us a ...
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Sir Ian McKellen to take the rest of the year off after stage fall
Not because I need to, just because I want to.” Sir Ian, who played John Falstaff in the play, a production adapted by Robert Icke from Shakespeare’s Henry IV, parts one and two, previously ...