News: Mark Strong and Lesley Manville return to the West End in Oedipus, a new adaptation created and directed by Robert Icke

Sonia Friedman Productions announce the West End run of Oedipus, a new adaptation created and directed by Robert Icke, after Sophocles. The strictly limited run at Wyndham’s Theatre previews from Friday 4 October 2024.

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

Starring the internationally renowned, multi award-winning Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, Sophocles’ epic tragedy is transformed into an essential, explosive human thriller.

Further casting and on-sale dates to be announced.