Tag Archives: Oedipus

Director: Chris Collier Music & Lyrics: Kid Carpet Puppet maker: Dik Downey Reviewer: Julia Beasley What does a naughty fairytale cat have in common with a mythical Greek hero who was destined to kill his father and marry his mother? Absolutely nothing. This makes Puss in Boots and Oedipus perfect components for the latest offering from the Wardrobe Theatre, who ...

Writer: Wayne Jordan Director: Wayne Jordan adaptation: Wayne Jordan Music: Tom Lane Reviewer: Saoirse Anton The story of Oedipus is a classic; the audience has an enormous performance history from which to draw expectations about the production. However, from the moment one enters the auditorium, curiosity is piqued by the set which is made up of dozens of chairs with ...

Writer: Shane O’Reilly Director: Eoghan Carrick Reviewer: Liam Harrison George Orwell, tells a story of how when he was returning home from Spain after fighting in the Spanish Civil War, he saw a ten year old child whipping a huge cart-horse. He confessed to having an epiphany which would later emerge in his modern fable Animal Farm: ‘It struck me ...

Writer: Sophocles Director: Ricky Dukes Reviewer: Edie R [rating:3.5] “Oedipus” is, like, really old. First staged in 429BC, it’s at the heart of the Greek tragic corpus, praised by Aristotle as a model play. But what went down a storm in pre-Christian Athens is not guaranteed on that score to impress in Bethwin Road. It’s to the credit of the ...