Oedipus, by Sophocles

Director - Jean-Pierre Voos
Costumes John Lorraway
Lighting Design Jim Gosden
Stage Manager - John Lorraway
The Cast
Jeremy Cheetham
   
Coryphaus, The Sphinx, King Polybus
Laura Collinson
   
Attendant, Shepherd, Theban Elder
Bradley Craperi
   
Oedipus (as a baby), Shepherd, Corinthian Shepherd, Theban Elder
Madonna Davies
   
Attendant, The Pytho, Queen Merope, Theban Elder
Karen Gibb
   
Queen Jocasta, Theban Elder
Jim Gosden
   
King Laius, Teiresias, Creon, Theban Elder
Travis Hock
   
Oedipus (as an adult), Theban Elder
      
Performances
Townsville
   Old Magistrates Court Theatre
   
17th Oct - 21st Oct 2007
             

Not without humour, the famously notorious story of Oedipus will be rendered through haunting imagery, physical statements and evocative soundscapes that span the centuries across cultural differences and overcome language barriers

In tackling one of the world’s most disturbing and fundamental myths, (whether you subscribe to Freud or not), Voos is once again inviting you to plunge back 2,500 years into an extraordinary adventure that goes to the very roots of Western drama. He has also devised an extended Prologue which covers the fascinating background to the events that Sophocles presents in his play.