Oedipus, Blue Elephant, London
Blue Elephant, London: In a city driven to the edge of collapse after bloody wars, King Oedipus triumphs, only to be faced with horrifying discoveries about the curse of his birth. For this production, director Ricky Dukes has brought the action into a contemporary war zone with a set littered with the remnants of mortar attacks and a chorus of nurses offering aid to the wounded as well as commentary. The conceit wor…