Oedipus

Sophocles
In a new adaptation by Ella Hickson

‘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.’

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.

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 epic and revelatory version of Sophocles’ transcendent tragedy, Oedipus, co-directed by Hofesh Shechter and Matthew Warchus.

An Old Vic Production in association with Hofesh Shechter Company

Cast
Rami Malek – Oedipus
Indira Varma – Jocasta
Fayez Bakhsh – Understudy Oedipus/Creon
Paul Easom – Understudy Corinthian/Shepherd
Nicholas Khan – Creon
Joseph Mydell – Corinthian
Cecilia Noble – Tiresias
Sarah Priddy – Understudy Jocasta/Tiresias
Nicholas Woodeson – Shepherd

Rosa Neill-Chetty / Amelia Valentina Pankhania / Annika Chugh – Ismene
Amandeep Panesar / Asha Thakrar / Róisín Bhalla – Antigone

Hofesh Shechter Company dancers: Justine Gouache, Charles Heinrich, Kenny Wing Tao Ho, Adam Khazhmuradov, Kim Kohlmann, Oscar Jinghu Li, Yen-Ching Lin, Rachelle Scott, Jian-Hui Wang and Zee Zunnur.

Creative Team
Ella Hickson – Adaption
Hofesh Shechter – Co-Director, Choreographer and Music
Matthew Warchus – Co-Director
Rae Smith – Set & Costume
Tom Visser – Lighting
Christopher Shutt – Sound
Jim Carnahan, CSA – Casting
Saffeya Shebli – Children’s Casting
Charlie Hughes-D’Aeth – Voice
Penny Dyer – Dialect
Terry King – Fights
Lilac Yosiphon – Associate Director
Kim Kohlmann – Associate Choreographer
Niall McKeever – Associate Set
Joanna Coe – Associate Costume
Chris Burr – Associate Lighting
Frédéric Despierre – Music Collaborator
Propworks – Props Supervisor
Campbell Young Associates – Wigs, Hair & Make-Up Supervisor

Stage Management 
Tamsin Withers – Company Manager
Graham Michael – Stage Manager
Maria Gibbons – Deputy Stage Manager
Shakira Taylor-Knight – Assistant Stage Manager (Book Cover)

DATES: Tuesday 21 January – Saturday 29 March 2025 at The Old Vic

Access Performances
British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted: Tue 04 Mar at 7:30pm
Captioned: Fri 07 Mar at 7:30pm
Relaxed, audio described, captioned and BSL interpreted: Sat 08 Mar at 2:30pm
Audio described: Mon 10 Mar at 7:30pm. Touch Tour at 5:30pm

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