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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?
The ancient King of Thebes famed for slaying his father and marrying his mother is being played by Rami Malek- winner of an Oscar as the lead singer of Queen in the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody. Martialled by Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter, they lay on a narcotic display of flashing feet and flailing limbs, set to pounding drums that pin you to your seat and reverb in your thorax. Accused by the Delphic Oracle in the faintly absurd form of a clapped-out, reel-to-reel tape recorder, his best moments come when he learns he did indeed kill his father and sire children by his mother.
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