Oedipus | Robert Icke
With Nikos Kouris and Karyofyllia Karabeti
Time & Date
Tickets
Tickets available in the first presale phase are sold out.
—Presale Phase B
Onassis Friends: from 24 OCT 2025, 17:00
General public: from 30 OCT 2025, 17:00
Ticket presales take place in two successive phases (A and B), with different prices for each phase and a limited number of tickets available in the first one. The first presale phase, that started on September 15 for Onassis Friends and on September 20, 2025 for the general public, has been completed.
Group ticket reservations at groupsales@onassis.org
Information
Age guidance
The performance is not recommended for children under 15.
Performances with English surtitles
Sundays:
November 30, 2025
December 14 & 28, 2025
Accessibility Services
The performances on December 18th, 19th and 20th will be held according to universal accessibility standards in collaboration with the cultural organization liminal. In particular, they include Greek surtitles for deaf and hard of hearing people, as well as tactile tours of the stage and audio descriptions for people who are blind or have low vision.
Accessibility services are provided with the support of the Europe Beyond Access network, co-funded by the "Creative Europe" program of the European Union.
Please contact infotickets@onassis.org or call 213 017 8036 to book universal accessibility tickets.
From London’s West End to Athens. Onassis Stegi once again hosts a renowned international director in his first collaboration with Greek actors. The acclaimed British director and playwright Robert Icke delivers an explosive adaptation of "Oedipus", transforming it into a dark, gripping political-and-family thriller that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats. Outstanding performances by leading Greek actors, unexpected twists, secrets, and intense conflicts will take your breath away.
Following a sold-out run in London’s West End, and almost right alongside its run on Broadway in New York, the Olivier Award-winning arresting rewriting of Sophocles’ tragedy arrives at Onassis Stegi. Directed by Robert Icke, his "Oedipus" premieres on the Onassis Stegi Main Stage on November 20, this time featuring a Greek cast.
Election night. A capable leader, the frontrunner in the race. A countdown ticking toward triumph. The polls predict a landslide victory. Everything is about to change. We may know the story of Oedipus, but we could never have imagined this contemporary reading of the ancient myth. Robert Icke’s work grips and shakes you to the core. What happens when everything you believed in collapses? When your very existence shatters before your eyes?
Sophocles’ 428 BC tragedy on the relentless force of fate is reimagined through the contemporary lens of public image, personal responsibility and the limits of human endurance. Brought to life with gripping intensity, sardonic humor, and scenes that echo both political thriller and family tragedy, British playwright and director Robert Icke—known to Greek audiences from "The Doctor" and his adaptation of George Orwell’s "1984"—returns with an "Oedipus" that cannot be ignored.
What happens when everything you believed in collapses?
With Nikos Kouris and Karyofyllia Karabeti as Oedipus and Jocasta, and Rania Oikonomidou as Merope (a character introduced by Icke), alongside Kostas Nikouli, Socratis Patsikas, Takis Sakellariou, Chara Giota, Giorgos Ziakas, Giannis Tsoumarakis, and Danai-Arsenia Filidou, who form the ensemble of family members and attendees at a political gathering that spirals out of control. Translated into Greek by Nikos Chatzopoulos, with Prodromos Tsinikoris as Associate Director for the Greek version.
Charged with political, erotic, and existential tension, this is an electrifying version of "Oedipus" not to be missed.
Credits
Based on
"Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles
Writer & Director
Robert Icke
Set
Hildegard Bechtler
Costumes
Wojciech Dziedzic
Lighting
Natasha Chivers
Associate Lightning
Charlotte Burton
Sound
Tom Gibbons
Associate Sound
Erwin Sterk
Video Design
Tal Yarden
Revival Director
Lizzie Manwaring
Originally produced by
International Theater Amsterdam
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Greek production credits
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Translation in Greek
Nikos Hatzopoulos
Associate Director
Prodromos Tsinikoris
Assistant to Revival Director
Korina Vasileiadou
Associate Set Designer
Mikaela Liakata
Props Manager
Athina Botonaki
Assistant to Set Designer
Maria Stathopoulou
Associate Costume Designer
Maria Karapouliou
Makeup designer
Dimitra Giatrakou
Line Production
Zoe Mouschi & Rena Andreadaki
Cast in alphabetical order
Danai-Arsenia Filidou, Chara Giota, Karyofyllia Karabeti, Nikos Kouris, Kostas Nikouli, Rania Oikonomidou, Socratis Patsikas, Takis Sakellariou, Giannis Tsoumarakis, Giorgos Ziakas
Commission and production in Greece
Onassis Stegi
The text of the performance, published by Onassis Publications, will be available at the Onassis Shop and selected bookstores.
Sponsors/Partners
Originally produced by
Accessibility Services
Within the framework
Co-funded by
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