Matthew Warchus and Hofesh Shechter's new production of Sophocles' family tragedy gets off to a "fabulous" start. But while there are "tantalising" flashes of "wonder" along the way, it struggles to sustain the "intensity" set out in those first few moments.

The Oscar-winning American actor makes his UK stage debut at the Old Vic, but does the latest London staging of Sophocles impress the press? Fergus Morgan rounds up the reviews

Sudden blackouts blind the audience, but set design is the most interesting thing about this unbalanced production of the Greek classic

The Old Vic offers even starrier casting in the form of Oscar winner Rami Malek – but he’s all adrift in a bewilderingly centrifugal production. What Icke’s take did so compellingly was to emphasise the connection,

In fact, if it weren’t for the supernova-level pull of Oscar-winning actor Rami Malek, it’s likely that this Oedipus would have felt like one tragedy too many, especially opening in the same week as another Oscar winner,

This overcooked, jarring production is the latest iteration of West End star casting and the craze has surely reached a nadir

Ella Hickson’s epic and revelatory version of Sophocles’ transcendent tragedy, Oedipus, co-directed by Hofesh Shechter and Matthew Warchus has now opened at The Old Vic.