PATRICK MARMION reviews Elektra at the Duke of York's theatre: The REAL tragedy is this Hollywood star's assault on West End
Led by Oscar-winning Hollywood starlet Brie Larson, it's a snarling, punk travesty of Sophocles' ancient Greek tragedy ...
WhatsOnStage2d
Elektra West End review – Brie Larson leads an abstract, elusive revival
After the expansiveness of Oedipus at the Old Vic, complete with dancing chorus, this version of Sophocles’s Elektra specialises in stripped back starkness – and comes with a singing chorus in true ...
PATRICK MARMION reviews Oedipus at the Old Vic Theatre: King Malek upstaged by Greek chorus of dancers
What oracle could have predicted that Freddie Mercury and Oedipus Rex might cross paths? Yet that’s exactly what’s happening ...
Greek Reporter6d
Booing Started in Ancient Greece
Like several forms of expression, booing originated in Ancient Greece in the theater, as a means to express dissatisfaction ...
Three short adventures on the D.C. area’s smaller stages
Three short adventures play out in three wildly different, wonderfully specific settings — but they all deal on some level with what it means to live and work in community with people unlike ourselves ...
Can Movie Stars Handle Greek Classics? London Is Finding Out.
Sophocles is suddenly everywhere on the city’s stages. In concurrent shows, Rami Malek is playing Oedipus and Brie Larson is taking on Elektra.
The Big Issue5d
Why the story of metal is worthy of a Greek tragedy
There’s a pattern to it all, a narrative arc worthy of Greek myth or tragedy. First comes wonder and benefit, then power over others, and finally over nature itself. Only later do the full ...
CNN5d
How a train station tragedy is threatening to bring down a hardline European president
Latent discontent with the government found its expression in the Novi Sad station tragedy. The station had been hastily reopened in 2022 – with Vucic and Orban in attendance – ahead of an ...
New York Post6d
Chilling audio reveals final moments before Philadelphia plane crash: ‘We have a lost aircraft’
Audio from an air traffic control tower at Northeast Philadelphia Airport reveals the horrific moments before a medical ambulance plane crashed in Philadelphia Friday night while transporting a ...
Metro6d
Coronation Street confirms tragedy as death is ‘sealed’ in new spoiler videos
Lives are on the line in a dramatic week on Coronation Street (Picture: ITV) As for whether she’s to blame or not remains to be seen but a blaze is started soon afterwards, with a number of the ...
The Daily Telegraph6d
Female Black Hawk helicopter pilot in Washington DC aircrash tragedy named
The female pilot killed in the Army helicopter collision with a passenger jet in Washington DC has been named as a former aide to Joe Biden. Captain Rebecca Lobach, 28, whose identity was kept ...
CNN6d
The show must go on: Recording Academy CEO on why he didn’t cancel the Grammys amid tragedy in LA
A few weeks ago, as prep on the Grammy Awards was getting underway, tragedy hit Los Angeles. The heart of music industry was ravaged by fires, burning down the homes of thousands of people who ...